hit the dirt
hit the deck
dip
still
fall
descend
settle
drip
crater
plump
dribble
drop
lapse
delapsion
droppingly
raining
flop
spill
fall down on
skiff
tumble
topple
swash
crash
give in
ruinate
skell
debouch
sinking
run out
retire
decidence
welter
march out
trip up
hang
flow
flump
sink
trip
slip
drop down
stack
declension
sunkenness
prolapse
fall into
lithobraking
founder
down
tailspin
distillation
bring down
cadent
totter
dump
fall over
flob
dropping
plunge
ebb
dropwise
precipitate
throw
push over
take a tumble
somatogravic
run aground
nosedive
ground
mop up the ice
everfalling
plummet
incident
drop off
recedingly
jump
backfall
falldown
sie
overslip
bottom
fall off
atilt
slump
raining
down
cadent
somatogravic
everfalling
incident
droppingly
dropwise
recedingly
atilt
dip
delapsion
spill
sinking
decidence
trip
slip
declension
sunkenness
lithobraking
tailspin
distillation
dropping
nosedive
plummet
jump
backfall
falldown
sie
hit the dirt
hit the deck
still
fall
descend
settle
drip
crater
plump
dribble
drop
lapse
flop
fall down on
skiff
tumble
topple
swash
crash
give in
ruinate
skell
spill
debouch
run out
retire
welter
march out
trip up
hang
flow
flump
sink
drop down
stack
prolapse
fall into
founder
bring down
totter
dump
fall over
flob
plunge
ebb
precipitate
throw
push over
take a tumble
run aground
ground
mop up the ice
drop off
slip
overslip
bottom
fall off
slump
noun
- A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A diplomat.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The moist form of snuff tobacco.
- A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- Fried bread.
- A foolish person.
- A dip stick.
- A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A sauce for dipping.
- The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
verb
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- To lower into a liquid.
- To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- To immerse for baptism.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
- To leave.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- To lower a light's beam.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
verb
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To calm down, to quiet.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
adv
- Without motion.
- To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Even, yet.
- Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- Nevertheless.
noun
- A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- A period of calm or silence.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
adj
verb
- come as if by falling
- go as if by falling
- fall or flow in a certain way
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- come into the possession of
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
- come as if by falling
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- take up residence and become established
- come to terms
- go under
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- establish or develop as a residence
- come to rest
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- sink down or precipitate
- fix firmly
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- form a community
noun
verb
- To crash or fall.
- To form craters in a surface.
- To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
noun
- Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
- The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
verb
- To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
- To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
- To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- To grow plump; to swell out.
- To favor or decide in favor of something.
adj
- Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
- Fat.
- Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
adv
noun
verb
- let or cause to fall in drops
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- let fall to the ground
- to fall vertically
- go down in value
- terminate an association with
- utter with seeming casualness
- stop pursuing or acting
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- lose (a game)
- pay out
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- hang loosely
- stop associating with
- to remove
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- leave undone or leave out
- change from one level to another
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- give birth; used for animals
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a steep high face of rock
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something
verb
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
noun
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A fall or apostasy.
- An interval of time between events.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- memory lapse
noun
- A fall or stumble.
- A metallic rod or pin.
- One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
- A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- A mess of something that has been dropped.
- The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
verb
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- To come undone.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
verb
- To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).
- To navigate in a skiff.
- To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.
noun
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
verb
- fall suddenly and sharply
- fall down, as if collapsing
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fly around
- fall apart
- throw together in a confused mass
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
noun
verb
- To fall violently or noisily.
- To swipe.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- To wade forcefully through liquid.
- To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- To swirl through liquid; to swish.
adj
noun
- A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A streak or patch.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- A swishing noise.
- An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
verb
- fall or come down violently
- move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
- undergo damage or destruction on impact
- move violently as through a barrier
- break violently or noisily; smash
- occupy, usually uninvited
- make a sudden loud sound
- enter uninvited; informal
- cause to crash
- hurl or thrust violently
- undergo a sudden and severe downturn
- stop operating
- sleep in a convenient place
noun
- a loud resonant repeating noise
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- the act of colliding with something
- (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
verb
- To recede; to fall or bend back.
- To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
- To cease use or production of something.
- To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
- To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
- To go to bed.
- To withdraw; to take away.
- To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
- To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
- To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.
noun
noun
verb
- fall or flow in a certain way
- be suspended or hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- kill by hanging
- let drop or droop
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be suspended or poised
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- be exhibited
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
noun
verb
- fall or flow in a certain way
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- move along, of liquids
- cause to flow
- be abundantly present
- cover or swamp with water
- undergo menstruation
noun
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
verb
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- cause to sink
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go under
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- appear to move downward
- fall or sink heavily
- embed deeply
noun
- 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
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
noun
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- a light or nimble tread
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
verb
noun
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- a young and slender person
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a small sheet of paper
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- an unexpected slide
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
verb
- move stealthily
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- pass out of one's memory
- move out of position
verb
- To crash; to fall.
- To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- To operate cumulatively.
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
- To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- To have excessive ink transfer.
- To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
noun
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A fall or crash, a prang.
- A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- A large amount of an object.
- An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- An extensive collection
- The amount of money a player has on the table.
- The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A smokestack.
- A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
adj
- Fallen or felled.
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- From the higher end to the lower of.
- At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
adv
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
verb
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- To reduce.
- To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- To make someone feel bad emotionally.
- To make a ruler lose their position of power.
- To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
- To humble.
adj
verb
- to fall away or decline
- to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
- to flow back or recede
noun
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
adj
verb
- cause to fall off
- propel through the air
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- to remove
- place or put with great energy
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- put or send forth
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- cause to be confused emotionally
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- organize or be responsible for
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- a single chance or instance
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
verb
- hit or reach the ground
- fix firmly and stably
- confine or restrict to the ground
- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- use as a basis for; found on
noun
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
adj
- Falling on or striking a surface.
- Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
noun
noun
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- An early start or an advantage.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”)
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
verb
- To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
- To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- To bore with a jumper.
- To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- To attack suddenly and violently.
- To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To cause to jump.
- To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- To join by a buttweld.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
verb
- To fall to the lowest point.
- To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- To establish or found (something) on or upon.
- To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- To reach the bottom of something.
- To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.
- To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
adj
noun
- Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- The far end of somewhere.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- The buttocks or anus.
- Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- A cargo vessel, a ship.
- A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men.
- Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect.
- A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- An abyss.
- The lowest part of anything.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The lowest part of a container.
- The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
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