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- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- Elevation.
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- Recruitment.
- The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
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- Nurture; education; formation of manners.
- The act of copulation in animals.
- Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
- Descent; pedigree; extraction.
- Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.
- The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
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- a place of rearing and fostering
- A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- One circuit around a race track.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- The act or process of lapping.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- The upper legs of a seated person.
verb
- to envelop, enfold
- To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- to wind around
- To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
- To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
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- Something which educates and nurtures.
- A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
- A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
- A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
- The first year of pre-school.
- A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
- Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
- A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
- A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
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- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- make an examination or investigation
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- slow the growth or development of
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- place into check
- write out a check on a bank account
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- make cracks or chinks in
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
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- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
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- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- establish a conditioned response
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- put into a better state
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
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- a state at a particular time
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
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- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- create by training and teaching
- undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
- educate for a future role or function
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
- exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
- cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
- travel by rail or train
- drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
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- public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
- a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
- a series of consequences wrought by an event
- piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
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- To foster, to nourish.
- To drink slowly, to make it last.
- To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
- To manage with care and economy.
- To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
- To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
- To treat kindly and with extra care.
- To hold closely to one's chest
- To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
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- One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
- A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
- A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
- A person trained to provide care for the sick.
- A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
- A nurse shark or dogfish.
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- To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
- To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- To cherish; to comfort.
- To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
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- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
- An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
- Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
- Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
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- Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- To install (a bridge).
- To eject or cause to fall off.
- To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- Synonym of pass
- To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- To deliver.
- To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- To roll (a die or dice).
- To discard.
- To send desperately.
- To imprison.
- To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To confuse or mislead.
- To organize an event, especially a party.
- To intentionally lose a game.
- To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
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- A pet project or responsibility.
- Unborn young; a fetus.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from conception or birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- One who is new to an identity or community.
- A term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
- A person's romantic partner.
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person who is immature, infantile or feeble.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
adj
- Like or pertaining to a baby, in size or youth; small, young.
- Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).
- Newest (overall, or in some group or state), most inexperienced.
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- (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- To be bred.
- To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
noun
- Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
- Parentage.
- The children in one family; offspring.
- The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
verb
- To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
- To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
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noun
- A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
- A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
- Any unreferenced object.
- A young animal with no mother.
- Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
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- To tend (toward a result).
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
noun
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
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- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- support materially or financially
- be behind; approve of
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- argue or speak in defense of
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
noun
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- documentary validation
- the financial means whereby one lives
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
verb
- To develop mother.
- To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
noun
- A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
- A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- A striking example.
- Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
- Motherfucker.
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
- A source or origin.
- A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
- A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- A female ancestor.
- Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- Any person or entity which performs mothering.
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