stop
give up
discontinue
lay off
quit
cease
hindrance
result
ensue
consummation
call it stumps
pound sand
call it quits
upend
keep
abate
go along
proceed
continue
go on
terminate
action
fall at the last hurdle
that's a wrap
endearment
endotacticity
activeness
vehicle
activity
proactiveness
leap
recess
jump
equerryship
deferral
play
activation
throw
hold
end
intergrade
unfoldedness
continuous
inactivity
inactiveness
set out
inaction
structuredness
open-endedness
playability
stay
homestretch
subsist
in condition
way
peremptory
staleness
on the boil
-ion
see out
defensorship
annulment
civitas
condition
continuedness
scrappiness
doingness
working order
reducer
revocation
last hurrah
transition
call it a day
finishing
abandonness
deoccupy
shutdown
firing line
on-the-go-ness
get over
abolish
actorishness
analogicalness
-escence
get back to
desition
back out
renounce
kick at an open door
ingeminate
period
wrapping up
embrace
misalignment
moribundity
iterate
continuous
peremptory
hindrance
consummation
action
endearment
endotacticity
activeness
vehicle
activity
proactiveness
recess
equerryship
deferral
play
activation
end
unfoldedness
inactivity
inactiveness
inaction
structuredness
open-endedness
playability
stay
homestretch
way
staleness
defensorship
annulment
civitas
continuedness
scrappiness
doingness
working order
reducer
revocation
last hurrah
finishing
abandonness
shutdown
firing line
on-the-go-ness
actorishness
analogicalness
desition
period
wrapping up
embrace
misalignment
moribundity
stop
give up
discontinue
lay off
quit
cease
result
ensue
call it stumps
pound sand
call it quits
upend
keep
abate
go along
proceed
continue
go on
terminate
fall at the last hurdle
leap
jump
throw
hold
intergrade
set out
subsist
see out
condition
transition
call it a day
deoccupy
get over
abolish
get back to
back out
renounce
kick at an open door
ingeminate
iterate
verb
- put an end to a state or an activity
- come to a halt, stop moving
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to end
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
noun
- the event of something ending
- the act of stopping something
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
verb
- put an end to a state or an activity
- lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime
- give up with the intent of never claiming again
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- give up what is not strictly needed
- part with a possession or right
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- relinquish possession or control over
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- stop consuming
noun
- Termination; the end (as of the world or of life); an end or resulting state.
- The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
- The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction.
- The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
- The achievement of perfection.
verb
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- retain possession of
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- conform one's action or practice to
- stick to correctly or closely
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- maintain by writing regular records
- supply with room and board
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- supply with necessities and support
- fail to spoil or rot
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- to rear
- retain rights to
- store or keep customarily
- have as a supply
- maintain for use and service
- hold and prevent from leaving
- prevent the action or expression of
- prevent (food) from rotting
noun
verb
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To decrease in amount or size.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
- To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
noun
verb
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- continue talking
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
- continue after an interruption
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- exist over a prolonged period of time
verb
- To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- To conclude.
- To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- To kill someone or something.
- To issue or result.
adj
noun
- the state of being active
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- a military engagement
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the series of events that form a plot
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
verb
noun
- An entity to achieve an end.
- A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits
- A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
noun
- the state of being active
- any specific behavior
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
verb
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- make a sudden physical attack on
- increase suddenly and significantly
- be highly noticeable
- enter eagerly into
- rise in rank or status
- jump down from an elevated point
- run off or leave the rails
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- cause to jump or leap
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- bypass
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
noun
noun
- a state in which action is feasible
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
verb
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- propel through the air
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- to remove
- place or put with great energy
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- organize or be responsible for
- make on a potter's wheel
- cause to fall off
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- a single chance or instance
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
verb
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
noun
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
noun
- The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- Money.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- Death.
- The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
verb
adj
- Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- Without intervening space; continued.
- Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
noun
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
verb
noun
- A state or condition
- A roughly-defined geographical area.
- The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
- A degree, an amount, a sense.
- A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
- A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
- A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
- Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
- Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
- Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
- The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
- A means to enter or leave a place.
- Speed, progress, momentum.
- The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
adv
intj
verb
- put into a better state
- establish a conditioned response
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
noun
- a state at a particular time
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
noun
- A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
- A reducing agent.
- A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
- A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
- A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
- Something that reduces.
noun
suffix
verb
- To exit a mode or function.
- To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also bare back).
- To undo (a change).
- Coordinate terms: cancel, call off, get cold feet
- To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- See also: sell short
- To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a challenge.
- To bet on someone losing.
- Coordinate term: scare off
verb
- To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
- To cast off, repudiate.
- To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
- To make a renunciation of something.
- To give up, resign, surrender.
- To surrender formally some right or trust.
- To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
noun
noun
- the end or completion of something
- an amount of time
- the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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