English words for 'pierce with a sharp stake or point'
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verb
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
- (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
verb
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
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- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
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- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
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- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
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- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
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- pierce with a spear
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- thrust up like a spear
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
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- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- open by piercing with a lancet
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
noun
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
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- (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
verb
- pierce with force
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
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- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
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- pierce with a pin
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- attach or fasten with pins
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
noun
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
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- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
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- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
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- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- sound sharply or shrilly
- cut or make a way through
- make a hole into
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
- (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
- (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
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- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- push forcefully
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
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- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
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- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
adv
noun
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
verb
verb
noun
- one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
- a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
- a device having the shape of a horn
- the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
- a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
- an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
- (architecture) The Ionic volute.
- A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.
- (chiefly sports) A sound signaling the expiration of time.
- (countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.
- (carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
- (vulgar, slang, with definite article) An erection of the penis.
- (military) In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.
- (informal, music, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- An antler.
- (slang, countable) A telephone.
- (botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
- Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
- One of the two corners of a crescent, particularly of the crescent moon
- One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
- The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
- (countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- (nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
- (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- (countable, geography) A peninsula or projecting tract of land.
- (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
- (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- (countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
verb
noun
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
- A sharp point.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- The share of a plough.
- A tusk shell.
noun
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
noun
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- A small spike of flowers.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
- (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- (historical) A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.
- small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
verb
- pierce or penetrate
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
adj
- Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
- Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
- (chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
noun
- A pit or hole which has been bored.
- (usually in the plural) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
- The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- the act of drilling
verb
verb
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
noun
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
verb
noun
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a quick short straight punch
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
- (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection.
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
verb
- stab or pierce
- use a knife on
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- (transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- (transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- (transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- (transitive, oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.
noun
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- a sudden sharp feeling
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
- (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment.
- Criticism.
- (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- (informal) An attempt.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
adj
noun
- The point of a blade or similar item where it begins to bite or penetrate.
- (automotive) The point where the clutch engages when the pedal is released.
- The level of aggravation that causes someone or something to lash out or bite.
- (figuratively) The point or set of circumstances when a particular action can begin or a critical transition can occur.
- (more generally) The precise position at which a control mechanism as been moved just enough to cause a device to operate.
- The location where something is bitten.
- The position of the jaw where the upper and lower teeth meet during a bite
verb
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
- place a bet on
- tie or fasten to a stake
- mark with a stake
- put at risk
- (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
- (cryptocurrencies) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
- (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
noun
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- the money risked on a gamble
- A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
- (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
- A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
- A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
- (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
- A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
noun
adj
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
verb
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- deliver a sting to
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
noun
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
verb
noun
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
noun
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
- (American football, basketball) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
- (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- (typography) The typographical mark †.
verb
noun
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an adhesive label
- A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
- (US, politics) A paster.
- (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II, if not earlier) A bayonet.
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- A price tag.
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
adj
- (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
- Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
- Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
- (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
- Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
verb
noun
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A rough humming sound.
- A burr knot or burl.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- (British) Alternative spelling of burl.
- (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The ear lobe.
- Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
verb
adj
- notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
- having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
- having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination
- Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
- (in combination) Having teeth of the specified type.
- (of an animal) Having teeth.
verb
verb
- pierce with many holes
- spread or diffuse through
- set a difficult problem or riddle
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- speak in riddles
- explain a riddle
- To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
- To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
- (transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
- To fill with holes like a riddle.
- (figuratively) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).
noun
- a difficult problem
- a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
- (religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.
- A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
- A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall sometimes connoting hard, as if to smash something, other times light and dispersed.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to disperse (become dispersed) upon ripening.
- break into many pieces
- cause to break into many pieces
- damage or destroy
adj
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- suitable for cutting or piercing
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
verb
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) 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.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) 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.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) 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”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) 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.
- 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 series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
noun
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc.) through which the shaft or axle passes
name
verb
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- deliver a sting to
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
noun
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
noun
- A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
- An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- (go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
- A shade of colour; a tinge.
- A meaningful look or stare.
- Ellipsis of private eye.
- (US) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The visual sense.
- A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
- The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
- (typography) The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e.
- A reproductive bud in a potato.
- The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
- A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.
- The name of the Latin script letter I/i.
- The ability to notice what others might miss.
- One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
- (nautical, in the plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
- (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
- The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
- The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
- A brood.
- A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
- That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance.
- Attention, notice.
- (usually in the plural) Opinion, view.
- (mining) Synonym of pit-eye.
- (informal) The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower.
- good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
- attention to what is seen
- the organ of sight
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
verb
noun
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
verb
noun
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
noun
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- A small spike of flowers.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
- (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- (historical) A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.
- small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
noun
- The point of a blade or similar item where it begins to bite or penetrate.
- (automotive) The point where the clutch engages when the pedal is released.
- The level of aggravation that causes someone or something to lash out or bite.
- (figuratively) The point or set of circumstances when a particular action can begin or a critical transition can occur.
- (more generally) The precise position at which a control mechanism as been moved just enough to cause a device to operate.
- The location where something is bitten.
- The position of the jaw where the upper and lower teeth meet during a bite
noun
adj
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
noun
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
- (American football, basketball) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
- (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- (typography) The typographical mark †.
verb
noun
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an adhesive label
- A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
- (US, politics) A paster.
- (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II, if not earlier) A bayonet.
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- A price tag.
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
adv
conj
verb
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
noun
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A rough humming sound.
- A burr knot or burl.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- (British) Alternative spelling of burl.
- (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The ear lobe.
- Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall sometimes connoting hard, as if to smash something, other times light and dispersed.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to disperse (become dispersed) upon ripening.
- break into many pieces
- cause to break into many pieces
- damage or destroy
noun
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc.) through which the shaft or axle passes
name
verb
noun
noun
- A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
- An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- (go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
- A shade of colour; a tinge.
- A meaningful look or stare.
- Ellipsis of private eye.
- (US) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The visual sense.
- A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
- The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
- (typography) The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e.
- A reproductive bud in a potato.
- The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
- A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.
- The name of the Latin script letter I/i.
- The ability to notice what others might miss.
- One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
- (nautical, in the plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
- (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
- The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
- The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
- A brood.
- A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
- That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance.
- Attention, notice.
- (usually in the plural) Opinion, view.
- (mining) Synonym of pit-eye.
- (informal) The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower.
- good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
- attention to what is seen
- the organ of sight
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
verb
noun
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
verb
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- push forcefully
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
noun
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
verb
- stab or pierce
- use a knife on
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- (transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- (transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- (transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- (transitive, oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.
noun
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- a sudden sharp feeling
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
- (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment.
- Criticism.
- (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- (informal) An attempt.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
adj
verb
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
- (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
verb
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
noun
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
verb
noun
verb
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
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- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
- Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- something that causes irritation and annoyance
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a Germanic character of runic origin
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verb
noun
verb
- pierce with a spear
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- thrust up like a spear
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
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verb
- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- open by piercing with a lancet
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
noun
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
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- (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
verb
- pierce with force
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
noun
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
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- pierce with a pin
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- attach or fasten with pins
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
noun
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
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- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
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- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
verb
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- sound sharply or shrilly
- cut or make a way through
- make a hole into
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
- (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
- (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
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verb
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- push forcefully
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
noun
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
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- one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
- a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
- a device having the shape of a horn
- the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
- a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
- an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
- (architecture) The Ionic volute.
- A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.
- (chiefly sports) A sound signaling the expiration of time.
- (countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.
- (carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
- (vulgar, slang, with definite article) An erection of the penis.
- (military) In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.
- (informal, music, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- An antler.
- (slang, countable) A telephone.
- (botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
- Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
- One of the two corners of a crescent, particularly of the crescent moon
- One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
- The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
- (countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- (nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
- (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- (countable, geography) A peninsula or projecting tract of land.
- (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
- (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- (countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
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noun
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
- A sharp point.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- The share of a plough.
- A tusk shell.
verb
- pierce or penetrate
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
verb
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
noun
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
verb
noun
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a quick short straight punch
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
- (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection.
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
verb
- stab or pierce
- use a knife on
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- (transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- (transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- (transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- (transitive, oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.
noun
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- a sudden sharp feeling
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
- (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment.
- Criticism.
- (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- (informal) An attempt.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
adj
verb
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
- (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
- place a bet on
- tie or fasten to a stake
- mark with a stake
- put at risk
- (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
- (cryptocurrencies) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
- (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
noun
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- the money risked on a gamble
- A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
- (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
- A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
- A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
- (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
- A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
verb
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- deliver a sting to
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
noun
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
verb
noun
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
verb
- pierce with many holes
- spread or diffuse through
- set a difficult problem or riddle
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- speak in riddles
- explain a riddle
- To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
- To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
- (transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
- To fill with holes like a riddle.
- (figuratively) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).
noun
- a difficult problem
- a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
- (religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.
- A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
- A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
verb
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) 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.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) 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.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) 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”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) 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.
- 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 series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
verb
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- deliver a sting to
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
noun
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
adj
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
adv
noun
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
verb
adj
noun
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
verb
adj
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
adv
noun
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
verb
adj
- Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
- Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
- (chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
noun
- A pit or hole which has been bored.
- (usually in the plural) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
- The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- the act of drilling
verb
adj
- (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
- Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
- Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
- (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
- Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
verb
adj
- notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
- having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
- having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination
- Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
- (in combination) Having teeth of the specified type.
- (of an animal) Having teeth.
verb
adj
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- suitable for cutting or piercing
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions