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-ent
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verb
- To support or encourage.
- To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
- To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
- To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
- To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
adj
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- Advancing in severity.
- Of or relating to progressive education.
- Liberal.
- Continuous.
- 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
verb
- To promote; to assist.
- To turn to the advantage of.
- To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
- To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- To be of service to.
noun
verb
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- be used by; as of a utility
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- work for, or be a servant to
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- do military service
- mate with
- put the ball into play
noun
verb
- To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
- To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
- To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
- To follow something in sequence or time.
- To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
- To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
- To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
- To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
- To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
prep
- Supporting, in favour of.
- Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- So (that), in order to
- On behalf of.
- Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- Because of.
- Over (a period of time).
- To be, or as being.
- Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In honor of; after.
- Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- Despite, in spite of.
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
particle
conj
verb
- be sustained or supported or borne
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- move like a floating object
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- have certain properties when driven
- be contingent on
- lie moored or anchored
- sit on and control a vehicle
- climb up on the body
- ride over, along, or through
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- copulate with
noun
verb
- To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- To be firmly fixed; to be established.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- To sexually penetrate.
- To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To turn up or dig with the snout.
- Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- To root out; to abolish.
noun
- The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- A sexual partner.
- The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- A zero (of an equation).
- The primary source; origin.
- The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- A root vegetable.
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- A penis, especially the base of a penis.
noun
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- two items of the same kind
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- elastic straps that hold trousers up
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
verb
verb
- To promote.
- To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- To create, increase or develop.
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- To open, initiate.
- To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To collect or amass.
- To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To bring up; to grow.
- To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To exponentiate, to involute.
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
noun
verb
- To promote.
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
noun
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
adj
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
noun
- That which supports or sustains; support.
- The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
verb
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
verb
- To support.
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
postp
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
verb
- To support.
- To secure or bind with ropes.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- To tie up a bird before cooking it.
noun
- The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- A triangular bracket.
- Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
verb
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
noun
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
adj
verb
noun
- A catcher; the position of catcher.
- The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
- Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
- A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- A wall or fence behind home plate.
- A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
noun
- A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
- An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
adv
particle
- Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
- Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
- Used to show agreement or acceptance.
intj
- An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
- Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
- Used to ask for more information with a request.
verb
noun
- Popular support.
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- Grip.
- Scholarly interest and research.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
verb
verb
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- ask (for something)
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- apply oneself to
verb
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- cause to be born
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- move while holding up or supporting
- bring forth
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- contain or hold; have within
- bring in
- have on one's person
- behave in a certain manner
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be pregnant with
noun
noun
verb
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- organize or be responsible for
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- contain or hold; have within
- have room for; hold without crowding
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- be valid, applicable, or true
- assert or affirm
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- protect against a challenge or attack
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- hold the attention of
- remain committed to
- resist or confront with resistance
- stop dealing with
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- keep from departing
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- aim, point, or direct
- declare to be
- be in accord; be in agreement
- keep from exhaling or expelling
noun
- the act of grasping
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- time during which some action is awaited
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
verb
- support or hold in a certain manner
- propel or give impetus to
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- serve as a means for expressing something
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- contain or hold; have within
- extend to a certain degree
- continue or extend
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- win in an election
- include, as on a list
- behave in a certain manner
- have on hand
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- propel
- pass on a communication
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- keep up with financial support
- have or possess something abstract
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- win approval or support for
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- take further or advance
- have on the surface or on the skin
- capture after a fight
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- bear (a crop)
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be able to feed
- have a certain range
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be successful in
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- be pregnant with
noun
verb
- To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
- To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
- To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- To cherish; to comfort.
noun
- A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.
- An aircraft carrier serving as a flagship
- A transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is registered in a given state
- A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
- A national airline (typically having the flag, or other national insignia, on the tail)
noun
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- documentary validation
- the financial means whereby one lives
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
verb
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- support materially or financially
- be behind; approve of
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- adopt as a belief
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- argue or speak in defense of
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
noun
- a support or foundation
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
- a support for displaying ot holding various articles
- an interruption of normal activity
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a defensive effort
verb
- be standing; be upright
- be in some specified state or condition
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- remain inactive or immobile
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- put into an upright position
- withstand the force of something
- be available for stud services
noun
- a support or foundation
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- lowest support of a structure
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- the bottom or lowest part
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- a lower limit
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
adj
- serving as or forming a base
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- illegitimate
- debased; not genuine
verb
noun
- A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- A military or administrative subdivision.
- A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- The principal standard of a knight.
- One who bans something.
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
verb
adj
verb
- To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
- To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
noun
- Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- A helper; an assistant.
- An exchequer loan.
- Something which helps; a material source of help.
- A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
noun
- That which supports or upholds.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- A stupid person, idiot.
- A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
verb
- To cover something with planking.
- To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
- To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
verb
- To promote, to tout.
- To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
- To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle (also pimp out).
- To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
- To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
- To prostitute someone.
noun
- A man who can easily attract women.
- Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
num
adj
verb
adv
verb
adj
adj
noun
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- an indefinitely short time
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- a particular point in time
- following the first in an ordering or series
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a speech seconding a motion
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- customers collectively
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
verb
- To provide support or the promise of support to.
- For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- To undo one's actions.
- For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- To fill up because of a backlog.
- To halt the flow or movement of something.
- To reconsider one's thoughts.
- To move a vehicle backwards.
- Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back
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