circumferential
interjacent
set
eastern
decumbent
adjacent
recumbent
accumbent
subjacent
outward
outlie
decubital
subject
easterly
tuck
lie-down
circumadjacent
hunker
submedial
bed
traverse
lie back
bare
strip
denude
denudate
sprawl
embrace
underlying
circumambient
superincumbent
on
snuggle up
squarewise
shavasana
lair
extraradical
incumbent
underlie
cuddle up
beskirt
recline
sitspot
comfyish
semicomfortable
located
loungingly
placed
cuddle
situated
prostrate
border
parasphenoid
flat as a pancake
lay down
recumb
take a knee
crouchy
repose
prone position
hiding place
tight-assed
low
flank
concyclic
pillow
circum-
plop down
para-
pin down
take the weight off one's feet
trap
intercrural
rest
chillaxing
stretch
perch
douth
pulvinar
nestle
sploot
supramarginal
nustle
east
nest
stretch out
subterposition
inmost
innermost
circumferential
interjacent
eastern
decumbent
adjacent
recumbent
accumbent
subjacent
outward
decubital
subject
easterly
circumadjacent
submedial
traverse
underlying
circumambient
superincumbent
squarewise
extraradical
incumbent
comfyish
semicomfortable
set
located
placed
situated
prostrate
parasphenoid
flat as a pancake
crouchy
tight-assed
concyclic
intercrural
chillaxing
douth
pulvinar
supramarginal
east
inmost
innermost
loungingly
low
lie-down
bed
embrace
shavasana
lair
sitspot
prone position
hiding place
nest
subterposition
set
outlie
tuck
hunker
lie back
bare
strip
denude
denudate
sprawl
snuggle up
underlie
cuddle up
beskirt
recline
cuddle
border
lay down
recumb
take a knee
repose
prostrate
flank
pillow
plop down
pin down
take the weight off one's feet
trap
rest
stretch
perch
nestle
sploot
nustle
stretch out
bed
verb
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
adj
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
verb
- To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
- To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
noun
- A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
- That of which something is stated.
- An actor; one who takes action.
- A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
verb
- To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
- To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
- To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- To eat; to consume.
- To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
- To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
- To full, as cloth.
- To fit neatly.
noun
- The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- The beat of a drum.
- A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
- A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
- An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
- A curled position.
- A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
- The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
noun
- One's place of sleep or rest.
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- Marriage.
- The taut surface of a trampoline.
- Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- Sexual activity.
- A garden plot.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- Time spent in a bed.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
verb
- To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- To settle, as machinery.
- To go to bed.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- To place in a bed.
- To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
adj
adv
verb
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
noun
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- A traverse board.
verb
adj
- having no clothes on the body
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
adj
verb
- lay bare
- take away possessions from someone
- get undressed
- remove the surface from
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- steal goods; take as spoils
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- strip the cured leaves from
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- take off or remove
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
noun
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
verb
noun
- An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- Full acceptance (of something).
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- An act of enfolding or including.
verb
- To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- To submit to; to undergo.
prep
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Against; in opposition to.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
adv
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action).
- To an operating state.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
verb
noun
adj
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Acting in character.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
noun
- A bed or resting place.
- A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
- A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
- A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
- A grave; a cemetery plot.
- A bog; a mire.
- A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
verb
verb
- To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
- To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- To put a border on something.
- To form a border around; to bound.
- To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
noun
- A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- The outer edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
verb
- To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- To euthanize an animal.
- To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
- simple past tense of lie down
- To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
verb
- To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee.
- To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
- Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
adv
- Close to the ground.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
adj
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Dead. (Compare lay low.)
- Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Below the batter's knees.
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Low-cut.
- Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- Being near the equator.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Simple in complexity or development.
- Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
noun
- An area of low pressure; a depression.
- The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
- A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
- A flame; fire; blaze.
- A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
- The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- Barrow, mound, tumulus.
verb
prefix
prefix
- around, surrounding
- avoiding or avoidant
- beside, alongside
- near
- abnormal
- resembling
- false
- In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- disability sport
- adjacent, next to
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
- across, through, throughout
- parachute.
- incorrect
- above, over
- between
- beyond
- opposite of, on the far side of
- related or pertaining to
- affecting or concerning lower body
verb
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- catch in or as if in a trap
- hold or catch as if in a trap
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
noun
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- informal terms for the mouth
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a hazard on a golf course
verb
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- not move; be in a resting position
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- give a rest to
- have a place in relation to something else
- be at rest
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- sit, as on a branch
- be inactive, refrain from acting
noun
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a pause for relaxation
- a state of inaction
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- a support on which things can be put
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
verb
- lie down comfortably
- occupy a large, elongated area
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- pull in opposite directions
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- extend one's body or limbs
noun
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
adj
verb
- To sit upon the edge of something.
- To stay in an elevated position.
- To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- To inspect cloth using a perch.
noun
- Acanthopagrus berda
- Kyphosus azureus
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
noun
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A fortified position for a weapon.
verb
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