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noun
- A state of floating, or being afloat.
- The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
- A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
- The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
noun
- The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
- The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
- The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure a undeserved penalty.
- Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
adj
verb
- To be capable of floating.
- To perform a float.
- To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- To circulate.
- To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
- To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- To move in a fluid manner.
- To drift gently through the air.
- To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
- To drift or wander aimlessly.
- To extend a short-term loan to.
- To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
noun
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- A float board.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
- Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
- A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- A lowboy trailer.
- Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
verb
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- 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 depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- 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 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 produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- 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.
noun
- A jump or plunge into water.
- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- A deliberate fall after a challenge.
- A decline.
- A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
verb
- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
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verb
- To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
- To throw or chuck.
- To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
- To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
- To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
- To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
- To throw a frisbee a long distance.
- To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
noun
verb
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To move briskly but sedately.
- To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
noun
- A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- A sailfish.
- The blade of a windmill.
- The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
verb
noun
- An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A score of one over par on a hole.
- A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- A swim or bathe; a bath.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
verb
- To swim in the manner of a fish.
- To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
noun
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
- a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- The finish, the end
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
verb
noun
- A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
- A prison cell, or prison generally.
- A closed container for liquids or gases.
- A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
- A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
- A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
- An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
- The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
- By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
- An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
- a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
- The amount held by a container; a tankful.
- A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
- A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
- A reservoir or dam.
verb
- To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
- To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
- To stand; to tolerate.
- To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
- To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
- To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
- To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
noun
- An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- A woman’s breast.
- A large amount of money.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A success; the bomb.
- Any explosive charge.
- A long forward pass.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft.
- An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- A car in poor condition.
- A very attractive woman.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
verb
- To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- To crash.
- To move at high speed.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To fail dismally.
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To make oneself drunk.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To make a smelly mess in a toilet.
adj
verb
- To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- To move around freely because of excess space.
- To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- To glide along with a waving motion.
- My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
- To cause to swim.
- To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- To be overflowed or drenched.
- To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
- To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
noun
verb
- To glide or soar.
- To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
adj
noun
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
- A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- A level of existence or development.
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A sycamore.
- Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- A level or flat surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
verb
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- To let something fall in drips.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
noun
verb
- swim in or form a large group of fish
- educate in or as if in a school
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
noun
- an educational institution
- a building where young people receive education
- the process of being formally educated at a school
- a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
- an educational institution's faculty and students
- a large group of fish
adj
verb
- To turn and swim upside down.
- To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
- To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
- To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
- To move along slowly.
noun
- A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
- A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
- An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
- A low stand for a lamp etc.
- A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
- An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
- A marine reptile of that order.
- The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
noun
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A diplomat.
- 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.
- A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- 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.
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