English words for 'cisterna magna'
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noun
noun
- (biology) A cisterna.
- A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass.
- The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp.
- In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
- The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
- A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
- a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
- a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
noun
- basin for holy water
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
verb
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
adj
noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- (theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
- (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- (geology) A sinkhole.
- (ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- (graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
- A heat sink.
- (mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
verb
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- embed deeply
- go under
- appear to move downward
- cause to sink
- fall or sink heavily
- (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- (transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (transitive) To push (something) into something.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive) To make by digging or delving.
- (transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- (intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (Scotland) A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
verb
noun
noun
adj
noun
- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
- a facility that provides a source of water
- the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
- binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- liquid excretory product
- a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
- (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
- (countable) A serving of liquid water.
- (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
- (colloquial, figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- (colloquial, medicine) A fluid that causes swelling.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
- (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- (countable, often in the plural) Spa water; hot springs.
- (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
- Urine.
verb
- secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
- provide with water
- fill with tears
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- (transitive) To dilute.
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
- (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
noun
- A fountainhead; a source.
- (figurative) A basis or foundation.
- A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
- the source of water from which a stream arises
verb
noun
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- worthless people
verb
adj
noun
- A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
- A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
- (Ancient Rome) A cinerary urn.
- (agriculture) An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
- leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
noun
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- (originally) A natural source of water; a spring.
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- (US) A soda fountain.
- (juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
- (figurative) A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a natural flow of ground water
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- an artificially produced flow of water
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (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.
- 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
- make something, usually for a specific function
noun
- a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea
- A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
adj
- filled with water
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
- Diluted or having too much water.
- (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Weak and insipid.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.
noun
noun
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
suffix
noun
noun
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (biology) A cisterna.
- A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass.
- The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp.
- In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
- The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
- A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
- a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
- a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
noun
- basin for holy water
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
verb
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- (theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
- (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- (geology) A sinkhole.
- (ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- (graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
- A heat sink.
- (mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
verb
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- embed deeply
- go under
- appear to move downward
- cause to sink
- fall or sink heavily
- (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- (transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (transitive) To push (something) into something.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive) To make by digging or delving.
- (transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- (intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (Scotland) A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
verb
noun
noun
adj
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- (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- A laver: a washbasin.
- (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
noun
- a facility that provides a source of water
- the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
- binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- liquid excretory product
- a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
- (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
- (countable) A serving of liquid water.
- (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
- (colloquial, figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- (colloquial, medicine) A fluid that causes swelling.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
- (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- (countable, often in the plural) Spa water; hot springs.
- (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
- Urine.
verb
- secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
- provide with water
- fill with tears
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- (transitive) To dilute.
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
- (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
noun
- A fountainhead; a source.
- (figurative) A basis or foundation.
- A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
- the source of water from which a stream arises
verb
noun
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- worthless people
verb
noun
- A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
- A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
- (Ancient Rome) A cinerary urn.
- (agriculture) An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
- leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
noun
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- (originally) A natural source of water; a spring.
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- (US) A soda fountain.
- (juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
- (figurative) A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- (US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a natural flow of ground water
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- an artificially produced flow of water
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (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.
- 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
- make something, usually for a specific function
noun
- a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea
- A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
noun
noun
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
noun
noun
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
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noun
adj
adj
adj
- filled with water
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
- Diluted or having too much water.
- (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Weak and insipid.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.