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adj
- gradually advancing in extent
- advancing in severity
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
adj
- favoring or promoting progress
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
noun
verb
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- attach to a support
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- get up on the back of
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- copulate with
noun
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- the act of climbing something
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
verb
- To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
- to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
adj
noun
- A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- A small island; an islet.
- A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
- Any very short distance.
- A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
- An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
- Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
noun
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- Something which is improved
- Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
verb
- move ahead steadily
- create by hammering
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- make something, usually for a specific function
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
noun
verb
noun
- an effort to advance
- the act of applying force in order to move something away
- the force used in pushing
- enterprising or ambitious drive
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
verb
- move with force
- press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- press against forcefully without moving
- approach a certain age or speed
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
- move strenuously and with effort
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
verb
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- To eat or drink very quickly.
- To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- To beat strongly or throb.
- To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
noun
- The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- The translated name of various non-English units of measure
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- The translated name of various non-English units of currency
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- The people who work for the pound.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
verb
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
adj
prep_phrase
verb
- To increase or expand rapidly.
- Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- To inflate like a balloon.
- To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
noun
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A bomb or shell.
- The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
- A woman's breast.
- A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- A speech bubble.
- Synonym of balloon payment
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
verb
- To progress.
- To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- To overtake.
- To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
noun
- The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
verb
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
- To slack off a line.
- To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
- To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
noun
- A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
- The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
- A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
- A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
- A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
noun
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- vegetation that has grown
- (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
- something grown or growing
verb
noun
- Conditions for advancing in any way.
- Progress.
- The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
- The whereabouts (of something).
- The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- A departure.
adj
verb
verb
- To grow; to advance.
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
noun
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
intj
verb
noun
- One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
- A ride on a horse at such speed.
- One who cants or whines; a beggar.
- A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
noun
verb
- move or go steadily or gradually
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- advance slowly, as if by inches
- provide with a border or edge
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- provide with an edge
noun
- the boundary of a surface
- a line determining the limits of an area
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a slight competitive advantage
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
verb
- To progress, to develop.
- Elaboration of come (in the sense of move towards the speaker or other focus), emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement.
- To encounter, discover; to come upon.
- To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing.
- To appear on a stage or in a performance.
- To activate; to turn on.
- To enter the playing field.
- To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions.
- To get one's period, start menstruating.
intj
noun
noun
- A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- A person of high social standing; an important person.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
verb
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be raised to arrogance.
- To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- To cause to become bigger.
adv
adj
noun
verb
- To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- To progress through a sequence of stages.
- To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- To place one's pieces actively.
- To change with a specific direction, progress.
- To create.
- To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
verb
- To grow gradually larger by accretion.
- To bring stitches closer together.
- To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- To haul in; to take up.
- To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- To congregate, or assemble.
- Especially, to harvest food.
- To collect; normally separate things.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
- To gain; to win.
- To be filled with pus
- To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
noun
- The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
- A gathering.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
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