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noun
noun
noun
adj
- Persistent.
- Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
- Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- Potentially difficult to escape from.
- Appearing on all virtual desktops.
- Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
- Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
verb
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adj
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noun
- Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
- The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.
- An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
- A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
- The number left over after a simple subtraction
noun
- The property of being persistent.
- Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
- The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.
- Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
verb
- To keep back; to retain.
- To book in advance; to make a reservation.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
noun
- A reserve price in an auction.
- Wine held back and aged before being sold.
- A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- A resist.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
- A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
- Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
verb
- To conserve.
- To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
- To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
- To provide with a husband.
noun
- The male of a pair of animals.
- A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
- A prudent or frugal manager.
- The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
- A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
- A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
- A polled tree; a pollard.
- A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
adj
verb
noun
- The ability to persist.
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
adj
- Continuous.
- Advancing in severity.
- Of or relating to progressive education.
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- Liberal.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
noun
noun
- A quantity of availability of duration.
- The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- The hour of childbirth.
- A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- An instance or occurrence.
- A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- The serving of a prison sentence.
- An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- Ratio of comparison.
- The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
- Closing time.
- Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- An experience.
- Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
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- To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
- To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
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- immediately past
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- occurring at the time of death
- conclusive in a process or progression
- highest in extent or degree
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
adj
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- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
noun
- Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
- The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
- The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
verb
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- retain possession of
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- conform one's action or practice to
- stick to correctly or closely
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- supply with room and board
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- supply with necessities and support
- fail to spoil or rot
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- to rear
- retain rights to
- store or keep customarily
- have as a supply
- maintain for use and service
- hold and prevent from leaving
- prevent the action or expression of
- prevent (food) from rotting
noun
verb
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- supply with necessities and support
- state categorically
- have and exercise
- maintain for use and service
- state or assert
- support against an opponent
- stick to correctly or closely
prefix
verb
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- continue talking
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
- continue after an interruption
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- exist over a prolonged period of time
verb
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- prevent (food) from rotting
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
noun
verb
- To persist.
- To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- To stab.
- To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To propagate plants by cuttings.
- To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- To jam; to stop moving.
- To furnish or set with sticks.
- To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
adj
noun
- A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- The clarinet.
- Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- General hitting ability.
- A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- The short whip carried by a jockey.
- A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- A handgun.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Corporal punishment; beatings.
- The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- The traction of tires on the road surface.
- The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- Criticism or ridicule.
- A memory stick.
- A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
verb
- keep to
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- be later in time
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- travel along a certain course
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- come after in time, as a result
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- be next
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- to bring something about at a later time than
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- be the successor (of)
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to be the product or result
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- adhere to or practice
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- keep under surveillance
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- grasp the meaning
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
verb
verb
- keep an account of
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- to give an account or representation of in words
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
noun
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a short account of the news
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- importance or value
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- the quality of taking advantage
verb
noun
noun
- A memory; what is retained in the mind
- The portion of a potential damange that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.
- The act or power of remembering things
- The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
- The length of time an individual remains in treatment
- The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
- The act of retaining or something retained
noun
verb
- take in and retain
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
noun
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
noun
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- A corset.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A prop; a support.
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
adj
- Steep; ascending.
- Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
- Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
- (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
verb
- To live; reside
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To continue to have a particular quality.
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To hold the attention of.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To tack; put on the other tack.
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