English words for 'change the inherent purpose or function of something'
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verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
noun
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
verb
noun
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- (transitive, cricket) 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.
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
- (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- (transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- (intransitive, marketing) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- (ambitransitive, chess) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (transitive) 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.
- (American football) To score extra points following a touchdown.
noun
- a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- (Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
- A person who has converted to a religion.
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
noun
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
verb
- alter the functioning or setting of
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
noun
verb
noun
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
verb
noun
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
verb
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- designed for or adapted to a function or use
- designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
- involving or affecting function rather than physiology
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure
- fit or ready for use or service
- Optimized for all-around physiological benefit.
- (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a function or functions.
- Of or relating to one's role or office; official.
- Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
- In good working order.
- (physiology, psychology) Characterizing functioning in environment, being symptoms that do not presuppose alteration of organic structure.
noun
- (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
- (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
noun
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
verb
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- (historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
- (sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
- A change or exchange.
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- (multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
- (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- (slang, metonymic) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
verb
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- make a shift in or exchange of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To be swung or whisked.
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
- (sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
- (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To trim.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- To swing or whisk.
- (transitive) To exchange.
adj
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
- Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
- The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
- The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
- (computing, networking) The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.
- Change from one product or service provider to another.
verb
verb
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
noun
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
noun
- A purpose, a use.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
adj
- fixed in your purpose
- of metal e.g.
- used of the back and knees; stooped
- (with about) Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.
- (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
- (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
- (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
- (with on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.
- (slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.
noun
- a special way of doing something
- grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- A grassy area, grassland.
- Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
- An inclination or talent.
- Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).
- Old dried stalks of grasses.
- Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
adj
- designed to be changed from one use or form to another
- Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
- capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
- (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
noun
- a sofa that can be converted into a bed
- a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
- a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- (computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
- (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
adj
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- having testicles or ovaries removed
- Having been changed from an original form.
- (of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
noun
verb
adj
- having a purpose
- having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- (grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
- Serving a particular purpose; useful; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- (psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
noun
adj
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- for a special service or occasion
- first and most important
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
adj
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- Suitable; proper
- In good shape; physically well.
- (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- meeting adequate standards for a purpose
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
noun
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- The degree to which something fits.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a display of bad temper
- the manner in which something fits
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
verb
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- make correspond or harmonize
- conform to some shape or size
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
noun
- Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
- (countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- the ultimate goal for which something is done
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
verb
- cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- create (as an entity)
- form or join a union
- bring order and organization to
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
- (transitive) To arrange in working order.
- (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
- (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- have room for; hold without crowding
- make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- provide with something desired or needed
- provide a service or favor for someone
- provide housing for
- (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- (intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
- (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
- (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
- (transitive) To provide housing for.
- (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
verb
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
adj
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- (sex, loosely) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
- (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Changeable or inconstant.
- changeable or inconstant
- able to move freely in all directions
- competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
- having great diversity or variety
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
verb
- rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose
- write differently; alter the writing of
- (mathematics, computing) To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
- (transitive) To write again (without changes).
- (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
noun
verb
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
noun
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- the creation of something in the mind
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Intention or plot.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
adj
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
noun
adj
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
- Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
- (proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
noun
verb
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
noun
- The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.
- (by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
- (philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
- (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the action of changing something
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
- (figurative) To modify one's approach.
- (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
- (intransitive) To be at an angle.
- (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
- (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
- (pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
- (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
- To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
- (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
- charge with a tilt
- heel over
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- A slope or inclination.
- (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
- Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
- A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
- A jousting contest. (countable)
- (uncountable, poker, video games, chess, slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
- An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
- A tilt hammer.
- The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
- A thrust, as with a lance.
- a slight but noticeable partiality
- a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- pitching dangerously to one side
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
noun
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
- (law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
- An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- (law) A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- create by hammering
- move ahead steadily
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- (metallurgy, metalworking) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
noun
- a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
- furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
- (computing) A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.
- A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
- The act of beating or working iron or steel.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- give shape or form to
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
noun
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- shape or influence; give direction to
- give shape or form to
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
noun
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
noun
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- (transitive) To revise or adapt (an existing item or process) in order to achieve a new purpose.
- (transitive) To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
- (transitive) To develop (a process) by starting with the goal and working backwards to determine the steps needed to achieve it.
noun
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
noun
verb
noun
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
noun
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
verb
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- (historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
- (sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
- A change or exchange.
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- (multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
- (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- (slang, metonymic) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
verb
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- make a shift in or exchange of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To be swung or whisked.
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
- (sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
- (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To trim.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- To swing or whisk.
- (transitive) To exchange.
adj
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
- Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
- The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
- The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
- (computing, networking) The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.
- Change from one product or service provider to another.
verb
noun
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
noun
- A purpose, a use.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
noun
- Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
- (countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- the ultimate goal for which something is done
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
noun
verb
noun
- The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.
- (by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
- (philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
- (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
noun
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
verb
noun
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- (transitive, cricket) 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.
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
- (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- (transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- (intransitive, marketing) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- (ambitransitive, chess) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (transitive) 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.
- (American football) To score extra points following a touchdown.
noun
- a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- (Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
- A person who has converted to a religion.
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
verb
- alter the functioning or setting of
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
verb
noun
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
verb
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
verb
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
verb
- cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- create (as an entity)
- form or join a union
- bring order and organization to
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
- (transitive) To arrange in working order.
- (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
- (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- have room for; hold without crowding
- make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- provide with something desired or needed
- provide a service or favor for someone
- provide housing for
- (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- (intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
- (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
- (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
- (transitive) To provide housing for.
- (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
verb
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
verb
- rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose
- write differently; alter the writing of
- (mathematics, computing) To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
- (transitive) To write again (without changes).
- (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
noun
verb
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
noun
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- the creation of something in the mind
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Intention or plot.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
noun
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- (especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- (historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
- (sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
- A change or exchange.
- (music) Synonym of rute.
- (genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
- (multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
- (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- (card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
- (slang, metonymic) A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- (firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
verb
- (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- make a shift in or exchange of
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To be swung or whisked.
- (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
- (sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
- (intransitive) To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
- (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To trim.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- To swing or whisk.
- (transitive) To exchange.
adj
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
noun
verb
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the action of changing something
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
- (figurative) To modify one's approach.
- (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
- (intransitive) To be at an angle.
- (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
- (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
- (pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
- (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
- To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
- (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
- charge with a tilt
- heel over
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- A slope or inclination.
- (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
- Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
- A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
- A jousting contest. (countable)
- (uncountable, poker, video games, chess, slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
- An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
- A tilt hammer.
- The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
- A thrust, as with a lance.
- a slight but noticeable partiality
- a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- pitching dangerously to one side
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
noun
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
- (law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
- An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- (law) A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- create by hammering
- move ahead steadily
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- (metallurgy, metalworking) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
noun
- a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
- furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
- (computing) A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.
- A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
- The act of beating or working iron or steel.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- give shape or form to
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
noun
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- shape or influence; give direction to
- give shape or form to
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
noun
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
verb
- make something, usually for a specific function
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
noun
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- (transitive) To revise or adapt (an existing item or process) in order to achieve a new purpose.
- (transitive) To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
- (transitive) To develop (a process) by starting with the goal and working backwards to determine the steps needed to achieve it.
adj
noun
adj
- designed for or adapted to a function or use
- designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
- involving or affecting function rather than physiology
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure
- fit or ready for use or service
- Optimized for all-around physiological benefit.
- (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a function or functions.
- Of or relating to one's role or office; official.
- Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
- In good working order.
- (physiology, psychology) Characterizing functioning in environment, being symptoms that do not presuppose alteration of organic structure.
noun
- (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
- (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
adj
- fixed in your purpose
- of metal e.g.
- used of the back and knees; stooped
- (with about) Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.
- (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
- (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
- (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
- (with on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.
- (slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.
noun
- a special way of doing something
- grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- A grassy area, grassland.
- Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
- An inclination or talent.
- Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).
- Old dried stalks of grasses.
- Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
verb
adj
noun
adj
- designed to be changed from one use or form to another
- Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
- capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
- (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
noun
- a sofa that can be converted into a bed
- a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
- a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- (computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
- (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
adj
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- having testicles or ovaries removed
- Having been changed from an original form.
- (of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
noun
verb
adj
- having a purpose
- having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- (grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
- Serving a particular purpose; useful; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- (psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
noun
adj
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- for a special service or occasion
- first and most important
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
noun
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
adj
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- Suitable; proper
- In good shape; physically well.
- (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- meeting adequate standards for a purpose
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
noun
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- The degree to which something fits.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a display of bad temper
- the manner in which something fits
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
verb
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- make correspond or harmonize
- conform to some shape or size
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
adj
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- (sex, loosely) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
- (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Changeable or inconstant.
- changeable or inconstant
- able to move freely in all directions
- competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
- having great diversity or variety
adj
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
noun
adj
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
- Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
- (proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.