English words for 'testing of watercraft'
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adj
noun
- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- An improvised bed.
- extortion of money (as by blackmail)
- initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
- a very thorough search of a person or a place
noun
noun
- boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
- an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
- the examination of alternative hypotheses
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an investigation seeking answers
- An attempt to find something.
- The act of searching in general.
verb
noun
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
prep
verb
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
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adj
verb
noun
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
noun
- a craft designed for water transportation
- a tube in which a body fluid circulates
- an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
- (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
- (figurative) A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
- (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
- A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
- A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
verb
noun
- a craft designed for water transportation
- skill in the management of boats
- (countable and uncountable) Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
- (uncountable, rare) Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
noun
noun
- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
adj
adv
verb
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
noun
- a warship designed to operate under water
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
adj
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
noun
- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
noun
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
verb
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
noun
- The waterline of a ship.
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- (also attributive) (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- The level of the water table below ground.
- (attributive) Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
- underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- the level of the surface of a body of water
- a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
verb
adj
- Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
- Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
- (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
- Used or adapted for use at sea.
- native to or inhabiting the sea
- relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
- of or relating to the sea
- of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)
- relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
noun
verb
- remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
- free on bail
- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with on) To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
- (intransitive, usually with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
- (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, surfing) To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.
- (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
- (transitive, idiomatic, skateboarding) To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, with of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
- (intransitive, with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
noun
- (chiefly US) A person who uses such a watercraft.
- (chiefly US) A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway.
- (chiefly US) A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner.
- (chiefly US) A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.
noun
verb
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noun
name
noun
noun
- air
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
adj
adv
name
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noun
- The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
- A weight in tons, especially of cargo or freight.
- A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
- The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
- The total shipping of a fleet or nation.
- The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
- a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
noun
- (nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- (on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
noun
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
verb
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
adj
noun
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
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- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- An improvised bed.
- extortion of money (as by blackmail)
- initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
- a very thorough search of a person or a place
noun
noun
- boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
- an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
- the examination of alternative hypotheses
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an investigation seeking answers
- An attempt to find something.
- The act of searching in general.
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noun
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
noun
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
noun
- a craft designed for water transportation
- a tube in which a body fluid circulates
- an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
- (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
- (figurative) A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
- (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
- A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
- A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
verb
noun
- a craft designed for water transportation
- skill in the management of boats
- (countable and uncountable) Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
- (uncountable, rare) Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
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- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
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- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
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- a warship designed to operate under water
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
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- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
verb
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
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- The waterline of a ship.
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- (also attributive) (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- The level of the water table below ground.
- (attributive) Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
- underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- the level of the surface of a body of water
- a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
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- (chiefly US) A person who uses such a watercraft.
- (chiefly US) A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway.
- (chiefly US) A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner.
- (chiefly US) A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.
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- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
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- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
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- air
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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- The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
- A weight in tons, especially of cargo or freight.
- A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
- The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
- The total shipping of a fleet or nation.
- The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
- a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
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- (nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
- A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
- (on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
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- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
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- Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
- Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
- (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
- Used or adapted for use at sea.
- native to or inhabiting the sea
- relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
- of or relating to the sea
- of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)
- relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
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- remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
- free on bail
- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with on) To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
- (intransitive, usually with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
- (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, surfing) To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.
- (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
- (transitive, idiomatic, skateboarding) To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, with of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
- (intransitive, with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
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- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
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- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
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- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
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- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
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- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- An improvised bed.
- extortion of money (as by blackmail)
- initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
- a very thorough search of a person or a place