shaking
bounce
rush
roll
jolt
wave
jar
hustle
bustle
bustle about
bob
moving
flash
retropulsion
jackrabbit
shake
shunt
undulation
kinesigenic
snap
burst
flip
jolting
agitate
kick
propel
skimming
heave
twirling
rise
spirt
jittery
schloop
spurt
dart
forge
activating
accelerate
actuating
trend
gushing
flit
tendency
toss
retrograde
velocity
retrogradely
scrabble
run
move
lurch
hip-hop
duck
agitation
dynamitic
obstacle
reverse
calculation
autokinesis
passing
tropo-
swooping
passage
transition
jerksome
tremble
swaying
motive
skitter
switchblade
twitch
lolloping
stick-slip
progression
draw
wrench
zig
pull
skidding
immobilization
grab
fibrillate
kite
stampede
jounce
telotaxis
turn
kinesigenic
jolting
jittery
activating
actuating
dynamitic
jerksome
motive
moving
retrogradely
shaking
wave
moving
retropulsion
undulation
shunt
flip
skimming
twirling
rise
dart
trend
gushing
flit
tendency
toss
retrograde
bounce
bob
velocity
lurch
agitation
obstacle
calculation
autokinesis
passing
swooping
passage
transition
swaying
lolloping
stick-slip
progression
wrench
zig
skidding
immobilization
heave
telotaxis
bounce
rush
roll
jolt
jar
hustle
bustle
bustle about
bob
flash
jackrabbit
shake
shunt
snap
burst
agitate
kick
propel
heave
spirt
schloop
spurt
forge
accelerate
scrabble
wave
run
move
hip-hop
duck
reverse
tremble
skitter
switchblade
twitch
dart
draw
pull
grab
fibrillate
lurch
kite
stampede
jounce
turn
verb
- To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
- To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- To leave.
- To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- To move rapidly (between).
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
- To return undelivered.
- To turn power off and back on; to reset.
noun
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Drugs.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, dismissal.
- Swagger.
- A bang, boom.
- A talent for leaping.
- A good beat in music.
verb
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- To swiftly attack without warning.
- To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- To transport or carry quickly.
- To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- General haste.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A surge.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A sudden forward motion.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A wick.
- The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
adj
verb
- to move and cause an effect on someone
- To travel by sailing.
- To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- To leave or begin a journey.
- To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- To throw dice.
- To generate a random number.
- To have a rolling aspect.
- To create a customized version of.
- To (cause to) film.
- To utter with an alveolar trill.
- To beat up; to assault.
- To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To compete, especially with vigor.
- To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- To turn over and over.
- To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- To betray secrets.
noun
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- That which is rolled up.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
verb
- move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement
- ride a bobsled
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
- cut hair in the style of a bob
noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
verb
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
- To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- To burst out into violence.
- To send by some startling or sudden means.
- To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
- To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- To perform a flash.
- To be visible briefly.
- To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To make visible briefly.
- To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To communicate quickly.
noun
- A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- A pool.
- Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A form of military insignia.
- A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A flashlight; an electric torch.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- A very short amount of time.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
adj
verb
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shock or disturbance.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
noun
- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
verb
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- To say abruptly or sharply.
- To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
- To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
- To misfire.
- To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
noun
- A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- Something of no value.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- Something that is easy or effortless.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A sudden break.
- A photograph; a snapshot.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- A newsflash.
- jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
adj
intj
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
verb
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- burst outward, usually with noise
- be in a state of movement or action
- emerge suddenly
- cause to burst
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
noun
noun
- a sudden, quick movement
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
verb
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to move with a flick
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move with a flick or light motion
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
adj
verb
- move or cause to move back and forth
- try to stir up public opinion
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- move very slightly
- change the arrangement or position of
verb
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- To be emphatically excellent.
- To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- To show opposition or resistance.
- To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- To reset (a watchdog timer).
- To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- To eject summarily.
- To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- To die.
- To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
noun
- Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
- Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- The recoil of a gun.
- Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”)
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- Piquancy.
- A pocket.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
verb
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- throw with great effort
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- lift or elevate
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
noun
noun
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To attain a higher status.
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To have its source (in a particular place).
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To develop.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- To be resurrected.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- To slope upward.
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
noun
- A sudden or fast movement.
- A fish, the dace.
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- A cigarette.
- Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
verb
- To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
verb
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- create by hammering
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- move ahead steadily
- make something, usually for a specific function
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
noun
verb
- To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- Grow; increase.
- To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- To cause a change of velocity.
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
adj
noun
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
- The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
verb
- To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
adj
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- Having a passage of music played backwards.
- Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
adv
verb
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To make run in a race.
- To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To speedrun.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make a machine operate.
- To become liquid; to melt.
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
- To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
- To be presented in the media.
- Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- To compete in a race.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To make run in an election.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To have growth or development.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
verb
- To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
- To request an action from the court.
- To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- To act; to take action; to begin to act
noun
- The event of changing one's residence.
- A change in strategy.
- A round, in which each player has a turn.
- The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
verb
- To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- To transpose the positions of two things.
- To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- To turn something inside out or upside down.
adj
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- Reversed.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
noun
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The opposite of something.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
noun
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- euphemistic expressions for death
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the end of something
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
adj
adv
adj
noun
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a journey usually by ship
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the act of passing something to another person
noun
- A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
- A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
- A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.
- Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
- A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
- Death; passing from life into death.
- The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
- A change of key.
- A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
- A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
- The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
- The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
verb
adj
noun
- A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
- A motif.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
verb
verb
- To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
- To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
- To cause to have diarrhea.
- To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
- To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
noun
noun
- The act of moving from one thing to another.
- A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- chord progression
- The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- Development, increase, evolution.
- The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
verb
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
noun
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
- An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
verb
verb
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
verb
- To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To quickly collect or retrieve.
noun
- An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A sound bite.
- A simple card game.
- A sudden snatch at something.
verb
- To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- To move rapidly; to rush.
- To deflect sideways in the water.
- To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- To steal.
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
noun
- A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- An aeroplane or aircraft.
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- The stomach; the belly.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- A rapacious person.
- A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
verb
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- alter the functioning or setting of
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
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