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verb
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- create an image or likeness of
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- be representative or typical for
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- serve as a means of expressing something
- be typical of
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- play a role or part
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- bring forward and present to the mind
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
verb
- To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
- To create an image of.
- To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
- To reflect, mirror.
noun
- A statue or idol.
- What a function maps to.
- A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
- A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
- The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
- A mental picture of something not real or not present.
- A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
- An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
verb
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- To enter into; to be a part of.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- To embellish.
- To come to understand.
- To be reasonable.
noun
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- A number, an amount.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A figure of speech.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- A numeral.
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- A shape.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
verb
- convey by one's expression
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group
- search or seek
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- take charge of or deal with
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- accord in appearance with
- have faith or confidence in
noun
verb
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- bring forward and present to the mind
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- hand over formally
- offer for others to consider
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as a present; make a gift of
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- cause to come to know personally
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
noun
verb
noun
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
adj
- Synonym of expressive.
- Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Used in the production of speech sounds.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Full of voices.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- Synonym of vocalic.
noun
- A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- A musical performance involving singing.
- A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
verb
- To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
- To be of some level of importance.
- To have as intentions of a given kind.
- To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
- To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- To lament.
noun
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
adj
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Powerful; fierce; strong.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
- Difficult, tricky.
verb
- To represent or indicate something using a diagram.
- To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.
noun
- A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
- A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".
- Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.
- A graph or chart.
verb
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
noun
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
- biographical sketch
- degree of exposure to public notice
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
verb
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- interpret something that is written or printed
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- be a student of a certain subject
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- to hear and understand
- make sense of a language
noun
verb
- To represent something figuratively or metaphorically, especially as a literary motif.
- To turn into, coin, or create a new trope.
- To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
- To think or write in terms of tropes.
- To analyse a work in terms of its literary tropes.
noun
- Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
- A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
- A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
- A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
- Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
- A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
- A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
verb
- To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
- To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
- To bend or strain out of its position.
- To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
- To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
- To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
- To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
- To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
noun
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