English words for 'record collector'
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noun
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
verb
adj
noun
- A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
- In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
noun
- equipment for making records
- someone responsible for keeping records
- Agent noun of record; one who records.
- a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
- a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
- An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
- A judge in a municipal court.
- (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
noun
- someone responsible for keeping records
- the administrator responsible for student records
- a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
- (law) The chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
- An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
- A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
- (Internet) A service that manages the reservation of domain names.
- (museums) The person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
noun
- a record book as a physical object
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
- (accounting) A general journal.
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
- (mechanical engineering) the part of a rotating shaft or axle that rests on the bearing
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
verb
noun
- a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
- office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A roll or list.
- (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A course of thought; a thread of narration.
- (chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
verb
- proceed in line
- smooth with a file
- place in a container for keeping records
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- file a formal charge against
- (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
- (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (intransitive) To move in a file.
- To corrupt.
- (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
- (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
verb
- record data on a computer
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- bring into safety
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
noun
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
conj
prep
verb
- record data on a computer
- contact in writing
- create code, write a computer program
- produce a literary work
- communicate or express by writing
- write music
- write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
- mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
- (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
- (ditransitive) To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
- (finance) To sell (an option or other derivative).
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.
- (ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to someone via writing.
- (intransitive) To be an author.
- (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
- (intransitive) To compose and send written information (to).
- (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
- (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
- (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
noun
noun
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a major division of a long written composition
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- A major division of a long work.
verb
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
noun
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- an accounting journal as a physical object
- (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- (fishing) Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
- (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- (cryptocurrencies) A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
verb
noun
adj
verb
verb
- record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
- trace
- withdraw money by writing a check
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- announce one's departure from a hotel
- (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
- (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die.
- (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- (transitive, programming) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version back).
- (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- (darts) To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
- (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
verb
- be recorded or remembered
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
noun
- A surviving record.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- A legal document.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
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noun
- A digital record representing the same concept.
- A paper card that is timestamped by a time clock to record the times when an employee starts and stops work.
- a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day
- a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
noun
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
noun
- a brief written record
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
verb
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
- make a written note of
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
noun
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
noun
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- register electronically
- be aware of
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
noun
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
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noun
- (music, countable) A phonograph record.
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
- (countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
- (music, collectively, uncountable) Phonograph records as a medium.
- shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
- a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
adj
noun
- Sound stored on a record.
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
verb
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
noun
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- An entry in such a book.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
verb
- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
noun
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a thin coating or layer
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
noun
- a depository containing historical records and documents
- A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
- The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
- (ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
verb
noun
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
prep_phrase
- Recorded or registered, especially in an official or definitive manner.
- Contained in an official list (of members, employees, clients, projects etc.).
- (business, accounting) Officially recorded in the financial records of a company or organization.
- (law) Officially recorded in the lawbooks; having the force of enacted law.
verb
noun
verb
- record on photographic film
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
noun
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
intj
verb
- record on photographic film
- cause to make a snapping sound
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
noun
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
adj
intj
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
noun
- A legal record.
- A table, index, or list of data.
- A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
- (uncountable, historical) An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions.
- (zoology) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
- A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.
- A frontal; a drapery for an altar.
noun
noun
- equipment for making records
- someone responsible for keeping records
- Agent noun of record; one who records.
- a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
- a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
- An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
- A judge in a municipal court.
- (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
noun
- someone responsible for keeping records
- the administrator responsible for student records
- a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
- (law) The chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
- An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
- A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
- (Internet) A service that manages the reservation of domain names.
- (museums) The person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
noun
- a record book as a physical object
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
- (accounting) A general journal.
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
- (mechanical engineering) the part of a rotating shaft or axle that rests on the bearing
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
verb
noun
- a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
- office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A roll or list.
- (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A course of thought; a thread of narration.
- (chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
verb
- proceed in line
- smooth with a file
- place in a container for keeping records
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- file a formal charge against
- (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
- (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (intransitive) To move in a file.
- To corrupt.
- (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
- (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
noun
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a major division of a long written composition
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- A major division of a long work.
verb
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
noun
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- an accounting journal as a physical object
- (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- (fishing) Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
- (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- (cryptocurrencies) A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A surviving record.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- A legal document.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
verb
noun
- A digital record representing the same concept.
- A paper card that is timestamped by a time clock to record the times when an employee starts and stops work.
- a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day
- a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
noun
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
noun
- a brief written record
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
verb
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
- make a written note of
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
noun
- (music, countable) A phonograph record.
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
- (countable) Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
- (music, collectively, uncountable) Phonograph records as a medium.
- shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
- a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
adj
noun
- Sound stored on a record.
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
- a depository containing historical records and documents
- A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
- The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
- (ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
verb
noun
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- A legal record.
- A table, index, or list of data.
- A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
- (uncountable, historical) An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions.
- (zoology) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
- A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.
- A frontal; a drapery for an altar.
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- register electronically
- be aware of
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
noun
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
adj
verb
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
noun
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- An entry in such a book.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
verb
noun
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
verb
adj
noun
- A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
- In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
verb
- record data on a computer
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- bring into safety
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
noun
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
conj
prep
verb
- record data on a computer
- contact in writing
- create code, write a computer program
- produce a literary work
- communicate or express by writing
- write music
- write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
- mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
- (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
- (ditransitive) To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
- (finance) To sell (an option or other derivative).
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.
- (ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to someone via writing.
- (intransitive) To be an author.
- (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
- (intransitive) To compose and send written information (to).
- (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
- (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
- (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
noun
verb
- record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
- trace
- withdraw money by writing a check
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- announce one's departure from a hotel
- (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
- (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die.
- (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- (transitive, programming) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version back).
- (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- (darts) To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
- (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
verb
- be recorded or remembered
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
noun
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
noun
verb
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- register electronically
- be aware of
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
noun
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
adj
verb
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
noun
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- An entry in such a book.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
verb
- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
noun
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a thin coating or layer
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
verb
noun
verb
- record on photographic film
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
noun
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
intj
verb
- record on photographic film
- cause to make a snapping sound
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
noun
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
adj
intj
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.