think up
hatch
dream up
concoct
think of
make up
set
devisal
go up
set on foot
gin up
induct
carry
rear
workloom
raise
propaedeutic
set up
erect
put up
scheme
gimmick
handle oneself
contrive
dawn
mismake
motivate
wing
built-up
design
seminal
constitute
decoct
initiatory
practice
drive home
preparative
ingressing
contrivance
confect
commit
deliver
form
hit upon
initiation
coach
steer
contraversively
ingenuitous
jigamaree
protentional
enterprise
admonish
cut
efficacious
effectual
devisement
jackleg
practise
effect
effective
wise
cogitate
preact
introduce
make
inductive
enter
weasel
infix
insert
made-up
makeshift
give birth
carve out
ingressive
forge
forework
throw down
purposive
contrivable
brisk up
establish
lay down
happen
improvision
infang
intendable
take
eventualize
improvisate
on the book
be
set
propaedeutic
built-up
seminal
initiatory
preparative
ingressing
ingenuitous
protentional
efficacious
effectual
jackleg
effective
inductive
made-up
makeshift
ingressive
purposive
contrivable
intendable
contraversively
devisal
workloom
gimmick
contrivance
initiation
jigamaree
devisement
improvision
think up
hatch
dream up
concoct
think of
make up
go up
set on foot
gin up
induct
carry
rear
raise
set up
erect
put up
scheme
handle oneself
contrive
dawn
mismake
motivate
wing
design
constitute
decoct
practice
drive home
confect
commit
deliver
form
hit upon
coach
steer
enterprise
admonish
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practise
effect
wise
cogitate
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make
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weasel
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give birth
carve out
forge
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brisk up
establish
lay down
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improvisate
be
verb
verb
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
verb
- propel or give impetus to
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- serve as a means for expressing something
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- support or hold in a certain manner
- contain or hold; have within
- extend to a certain degree
- continue or extend
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- win in an election
- include, as on a list
- behave in a certain manner
- have on hand
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- propel
- pass on a communication
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- keep up with financial support
- have or possess something abstract
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- win approval or support for
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- take further or advance
- have on the surface or on the skin
- capture after a fight
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- bear (a crop)
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be able to feed
- have a certain range
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be successful in
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- be pregnant with
noun
noun
verb
- construct, build, or erect
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- look after a child until it is an adult
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise in rank or condition
- increase the level of
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bet more than the previous player
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- activate or stir up
- establish radio communications with
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- invigorate or heighten
- put an end to
- cause to become alive again
noun
verb
- construct, build, or erect
- set up or found
- create by putting components or members together
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- put into a proper or systematic order
- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- produce
- set up for use
- place
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- erect and fasten
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- equip with sails or masts
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
verb
noun
- an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- a schematic or preliminary plan
verb
- To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- To throw.
- To add a wing (extra part) to.
- To furnish with wings.
- To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- To traverse by flying.
- To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- To fly.
noun
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- Human arm.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A háček.
adj
- Constructed or enhanced.
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
verb
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- intend or have as a purpose
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
- create designs
noun
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- an arrangement scheme
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- a decorative or artistic work
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- the creation of something in the mind
noun
- the act of devising something
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
verb
- engage in or perform
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- make a set of changes permanent
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- confer a trust upon
- make an investment
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
verb
- carry out or perform
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- to surrender someone or something to another
- free from harm or evil
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- pass down
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- save from sins
- relinquish possession or control over
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- cause to be born
verb
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- 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 give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- To take shape.
noun
- A specific way of performing a movement.
- A quantic.
- A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- A window or dialogue box.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
- 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.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- The den or home of a hare.
- An infraspecific rank.
noun
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
- The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
verb
- To instruct; to train.
- To train.
- To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
- To convey in a coach.
- To study under a tutor.
adv
noun
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
- The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
- The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
- A trainer or instructor.
- A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
- A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
verb
- To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
- To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- To direct a group of animals.
- To direct a conversation.
- To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- To castrate (a male calf).
- To direct or send an object into a specific place
- To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
noun
verb
- perform or carry out
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
adj
verb
- To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
- To make use of; to employ.
- To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
- To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
- To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
- To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
- To repeat an activity in this way.
verb
noun
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
- A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
verb
- put or introduce into something
- cause to come to know personally
- bring something new to an environment
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
- bring in or establish in a new place or environment
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- put before (a body)
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- be a precursor of
verb
- perform, produce, or carry out
- institute, enact, or establish
- undergo fabrication or creation
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
verb
- To engage in clever or devious behavior.
- To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
- To achieve by clever or devious means.
noun
- The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.
- A devious or sneaky person or animal.
- A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
adj
- Going or directed inward, entering.
- Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
- Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
- Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
- Open to entry or examination.
noun
verb
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- 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 create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
- To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
noun
verb
- to produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
- to make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album)
- to fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.
- to drink a large amount quickly.
- to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
adj
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
- Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
- Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
verb
verb
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- 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 come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- 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 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.
prep_phrase
verb
- form or compose
- 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
- happen, occur, take place
- be identical or equivalent to
- 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
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