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noun
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- building material used as siding or roofing
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
verb
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move back and forth or sideways
- undermine or cause to waver
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- get rid of
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
noun
- An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, now especially a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
- A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
- A kiss, offered in salutation.
- A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
verb
- To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
- To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
- to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
- To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
- To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
verb
- strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
- put quickly or forcibly
- cause to strike the air in flight
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- clap one's hands together
- strike the air in flight
- strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
noun
noun
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
verb
- To become bent or curved.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- A person's hand.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- A paddlewheel.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
verb
- To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- To toddle.
- To spank with a paddle.
- To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- To dog paddle in water.
verb
- hand over formally
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- bring forward and present to the mind
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- 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
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- 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
noun
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- something presented as a gift
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
adj
verb
- hand over formally
- refer for judgment or consideration
- put before
- yield to the control of another
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make an application as for a job or funding
- make over as a return
- accept as inevitable
verb
verb
- To gesture indicating a desired movement.
- To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
- To make a proposal; to offer plans.
noun
- A change from one place to another.
- A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- A state of progression from one place to another.
- from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- A change of position with respect to time.
- A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
noun
verb
- To reveal one's hand.
- To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- To bring up, broach.
- To make accessible to customers or clients.
- To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- To become open.
- To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- To enter upon, begin.
- To turn on; to switch on.
- To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- To start (a campaign).
- To begin conducting business.
- To load into memory for viewing or editing.
adj
- Not fulfilled.
- Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Having a free variable.
- Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- Public
- Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
- With open access, of open science, or both.
- Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- In current use; mapped to part of memory.
- Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- not covered, showing what is inside
- To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
- Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Able to be accessed (physically).
- Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
- Receptive.
- Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- Whose first and last vertices are different.
noun
verb
- To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- To arrive at a particular destination.
- To stretch out the hand.
- To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- To make contact with.
- To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- To strike or touch.
- To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
noun
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- The distance traversed between tacks.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
verb
- To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
- To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
- To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- To bring comfort or relief.
- To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
verb
- To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
- To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
- To pass gas; to fart quietly.
- Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
- To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
- To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
- To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
- To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
- To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
- To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- To copulate.
- To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
noun
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- A dancing shoe.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
- A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
- A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- The heart.
- A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- A type of shoe without a heel.
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- sweep across or over
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- cover the entire range of
noun
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- influence decisively
- hang loosely
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- have a certain musical rhythm
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
noun
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
noun
- A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
- A curtsey.
- The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
- Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
- Polite behavior.
- Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
adj
noun
- A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
- The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
- A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
- A mooring hawser.
- A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
- A restraint; a curb; a check.
verb
verb
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- To give birth to.
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- To produce what is expected or required.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
- To discover; to show.
- To administer a drug.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
adj
noun
- A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
- A two-year prison sentence.
- A cast of dice totalling two.
- A '32 Ford.
- A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- A table seating two diners.
- The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
- A piece of excrement.
- A curveball.
- A side of a die with two spots.
verb
verb
verb
- (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To get a two-base hit.
- To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
- To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To operate as a double agent.
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- To double down.
- To multiply by two.
- To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- To repeat exactly; copy.
- To sail around (a headland or other point).
- To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
noun
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- A two-base hit.
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A double feast.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- A hit on this ring.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
adj
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Designed for two users.
- Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
adv
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