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verb
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- to enjoy some music greatly
- to play music at loud volume
noun
verb
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be the case by chance
- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
noun
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a risk involving danger
- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the possibility of future success
adj
verb
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- obtain through effort or management
- decide on and make a declaration about
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- get or find back; recover the use of
- succeed in reaching; arrive at
- accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
noun
verb
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To play a match.
- To balance or come out correct.
- To come together in conflict.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
noun
- The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- A meeting.
- A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
verb
- Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
- Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
- Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
adj
- Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
- Aglow with activity or emotion.
- Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
- Burning, lit, on fire.
adv
verb
- happen, occur, take place
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- be identical to; be someone or something
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- have an existence, be extant
- be identical or equivalent to
- form or compose
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- represent, as of a character on stage
- spend or use time
- have life, be alive
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
- be priced at
verb
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To come together; to meet.
- To unite in marriage.
- To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- To come into the company of.
- To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
- To become a member of.
- To connect or combine into one; to put together.
- To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
noun
verb
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- come into sight or view
- be issued or published
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
verb
- To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
- To experience.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- To be or become aware or cognizant.
- To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
noun
verb
- meet at a point
- meet and pass
- travel across or pass over
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- fold so as to resemble a cross
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- trace a line through or across
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
noun
- a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- any affliction that causes great suffering
- (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
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verb
noun
- The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
- A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
- The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
- The setting about of an action; development; progress.
- An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
- A mysterious disease or ailment.
- Advent, arrival, approach; onset
verb
verb
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- to be the product or result
- be found or available
- come forth
- be a native of
- extend or reach
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- cover a certain distance
- come under, be classified or included
- happen as a result
- add up in number or quantity
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be received
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- proceed or get along
- experience orgasm
- have a certain priority
noun
verb
verb
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- bulge outward
- hit a pop-fly
- make a sharp explosive noise
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- release suddenly
- hit or strike
- drink down entirely
- take drugs, especially orally
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
noun
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
adj
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verb
noun
verb
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
noun
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
- To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
- To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
- To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards.
- To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
- To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.
noun
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A large amount of money.
verb
verb
- To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- To vary by turns.
- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
adj
- Other; alternative.
- Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
- Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
noun
- A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
verb
noun
- A meeting or date.
- A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
verb
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To meet with someone.
- To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
- To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- To connect two or more things.
- To post a hyperlink to.
noun
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
- The connection between buses or systems.
- a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- An introductory cue.
- Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- an individual person or element in a system
verb
- To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
- To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
- To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
- To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
- In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
- To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
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