English words for 'plural of coefficient of friction'
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noun
- (countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
- (uncountable) The state of being viscous.
- (uncountable, psychology) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.
- resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
noun
- (physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.
- the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface
verb
- cause friction
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
noun
verb
- cause friction
- wear away by rubbing
- (specifically) Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
- To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
- (also figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
- (specifically) Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
- To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
- To rub.
- (figuratively) Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
noun
verb
- cause friction
- cause annoyance in
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- carve a pattern into
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
- be agitated or irritated
- be too tight; rub or press
- decorate with an interlaced design
- (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
- (transitive, music) To press down the string behind a fret.
- (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- (transitive, music) # To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
- (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- (intransitive, brewing, wine) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- (ambitransitive) To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).
- (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
noun
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
- (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
- (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
verb
- cause friction
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb
- cause friction
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
- an intellectual hold or understanding
- the act of grasping
- worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
- A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
- An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
- (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
- (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip.
- (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
- (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
- A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
- (figurative) Mental grasp.
- (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
verb
- hold fast or firmly
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
- (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
- (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
- (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
- (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
noun
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- (business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
- (academia) Scholarly interest and research.
- (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- Grip.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- (politics) Popular support.
verb
noun
- (complex analysis) The equivalent single equation (∂f)/(∂x)+i(∂f)/(∂y)=0.
- (mathematics, complex analysis, always plural) Given a complex-valued function f and real-valued functions u and v such that f(z) = u(z) + iv(z), either of the equations (∂u)/(∂x)=(∂v)/(∂y) or (∂u)/(∂y)=-(∂v)/(∂x), which together form part of the criteria that f be complex-differentiable.
noun
- the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
- the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
- (ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
- (ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
- (automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
- (chiefly nautical) Exposure to the wind.
verb
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- A tedious and laborious task.
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
noun
- (countable, physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
- (uncountable) The state of being viscous.
- (uncountable, psychology) A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.
- resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
noun
- (physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.
- the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface
noun
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
- an intellectual hold or understanding
- the act of grasping
- worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
- A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
- An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
- (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
- (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip.
- (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
- (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
- A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
- (figurative) Mental grasp.
- (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
verb
- hold fast or firmly
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
- (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
- (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
- (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
- (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
noun
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- (business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
- (academia) Scholarly interest and research.
- (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- Grip.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- (politics) Popular support.
verb
noun
- (complex analysis) The equivalent single equation (∂f)/(∂x)+i(∂f)/(∂y)=0.
- (mathematics, complex analysis, always plural) Given a complex-valued function f and real-valued functions u and v such that f(z) = u(z) + iv(z), either of the equations (∂u)/(∂x)=(∂v)/(∂y) or (∂u)/(∂y)=-(∂v)/(∂x), which together form part of the criteria that f be complex-differentiable.
noun
- the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
- the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
- (ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
- (ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
- (automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
- (chiefly nautical) Exposure to the wind.
verb
- cause friction
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
noun
verb
- cause friction
- wear away by rubbing
- (specifically) Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
- To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
- (also figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
- (specifically) Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
- To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
- To rub.
- (figuratively) Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
noun
verb
- cause friction
- cause annoyance in
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- carve a pattern into
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
- be agitated or irritated
- be too tight; rub or press
- decorate with an interlaced design
- (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
- (transitive, music) To press down the string behind a fret.
- (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- (transitive, music) # To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
- (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- (intransitive, brewing, wine) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- (ambitransitive) To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).
- (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
noun
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
- (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
- (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
verb
- cause friction
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb
- cause friction
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
verb
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- A tedious and laborious task.
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work