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noun
- a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
- the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- the thing arranged or agreed to
- an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
noun
- the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
- the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
noun
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
- An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
- A piece of residential land; a plot.
- Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadan surveys and (historical) American land grants.
- A sequence of rock layers.
- A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
- A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
- A right inverse.
- A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- An act or instance of cutting.
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
- An incision or the act of making an incision.
- A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
- A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
- A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
verb
- To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
verb
- To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
- To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think about (something).
noun
- A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- The brain; the head.
- An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
noun
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A ship accompanying another.
- Association or partnership.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
adj
verb
noun
- A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
- Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
- Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
- The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
noun
- the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
- (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
- a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
- the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
noun
- An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
- A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
- A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood.
- Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
- Electronic signal jamming.
verb
noun
- A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
- The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
- A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- An instance of singing by a group of people.
- The opinion expressed by such a group.
- A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- The noise or sound made by such a group.
- A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
verb
- To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
- To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
- To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
- To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
- To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
- Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
- To echo in unison another person's words.
verb
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
noun
- The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
- A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
- A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
- Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
- The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
- A flow, repetition or regularity.
- A person's natural feeling for rhythm.
- The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
verb
- To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
- To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
- To apply measuring devices.
noun
- A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- A measuring or displaying device.
noun
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- 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.
- 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.
verb
- 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 rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- 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.
adj
noun
- An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
verb
adj
noun
- The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- A section of a document.
- Duty; responsibility.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- A group inside a larger group.
- In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A distinct element of something larger.
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
adv
verb
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- To leave (an IRC channel).
- To cut hair with a parting; shed.
- To leave the company of.
- To divide in two.
- To be divided in two or separated; shed.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
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verb
noun
verb
- as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
- to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
noun
- An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
- A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
- Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
- An inquiline.
- A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
- A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
noun
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- A grain sieve.
- A harmonica.
- A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
verb
noun
- A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.
- The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
- The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.
- That which is recited; a story, narration, account.
- A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.
verb
- To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song).
- To act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc.
noun
- One of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now sometimes regarded as racist).
- Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
- Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
- An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.
noun
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
- Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
verb
noun
- A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
- A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
- A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
- A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
- A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
- A probability distribution for the state of the system.
noun
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
verb
noun
- A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
- A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.
- Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
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