patching
mend
patch
darn
darning
sempstry
mitre
seam allowance
edgestitch
carbage
interfacing
passement
twill
pad stitch
vent
hookling
botch
pink
slash
dart
stitch in the ditch
suiting
material
textiles
seamline
clothwork
hem
fell
pressing cloth
garment
Kitchener stitch
flatlock
gusset
weaving
broadloom
understitch
on the bias
shearman
line
jacquard
clothmaker
tack
basting
web
godet
drape
binding
edger
pattern
tie-dyeing
baste
basting stitch
barras
tacking
garment cutter
raploch
welt
wrap up
catstitch
drilling
garment worker
cover
serger
quilter
garment-worker
valencia
garmentmaker
bias
tailorcraft
sewing needle
toilinette
herringbone
knotted pile
fringer
garmentmaking
waulking
marker
lining
linsey-woolsey
bunch
patchwork
needlework
overlock
seamer
figured-fabric loom
facing
stitchcraft
figure loom
dag
quilted
needlecraft
liner
lacework
broadloom
bias
quilted
patching
mend
patch
darn
darning
sempstry
mitre
seam allowance
edgestitch
carbage
interfacing
passement
twill
pad stitch
vent
hookling
botch
dart
stitch in the ditch
suiting
material
textiles
seamline
clothwork
hem
pressing cloth
Kitchener stitch
flatlock
gusset
weaving
shearman
jacquard
clothmaker
broadloom
basting
web
godet
binding
edger
pattern
tie-dyeing
baste
basting stitch
barras
tacking
garment cutter
raploch
welt
drilling
garment worker
serger
quilter
garment-worker
valencia
garmentmaker
tailorcraft
sewing needle
toilinette
herringbone
knotted pile
fringer
garmentmaking
waulking
marker
lining
linsey-woolsey
patchwork
needlework
overlock
seamer
figured-fabric loom
facing
stitchcraft
figure loom
needlecraft
liner
lacework
patch
pink
slash
fell
garment
understitch
line
tack
drape
wrap up
catstitch
cover
bunch
dag
noun
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
- a small contrasting part of something
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
- a connection intended to be used for a limited time
- a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
- a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
verb
noun
- A gusset in sewing, etc.
- The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
- A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
- A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
- A mitre shell
- A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
verb
noun
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- A small aperture.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Ventriloquism.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
verb
noun
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
verb
verb
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To become pink in color, to redden.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- To turn (something) pink.
- To prick with a sword.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
adj
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- Having conjunctivitis.
- Relating to women or girls.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
noun
- The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
- The vagina or vulva.
verb
- To create slashes in a garment.
- To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- To criticize cuttingly.
- To swing wildly at the ball.
- To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- To write slash fiction.
- To piss, to urinate.
- To work in wet conditions.
- To reduce sharply.
- To move quickly and violently.
- To strike violently and randomly
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
adv
noun
- A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- A swampy area; a swamp.
- A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- Slash fiction.
- A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
- A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A piss: an act of urination.
- Female genitalia.
- A wild swinging strike of the bat.
- A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
- A sharp reduction.
- A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment.
- The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- Any similar wide striking motion.
- A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
conj
noun
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- 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 sudden or fast movement.
- 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 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.
noun
- Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
- All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.
- Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
- The substance that something is made or composed of.
- Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
- Text written for a specific purpose.
- A sample or specimens for study.
- An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
adj
noun
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
verb
verb
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- cover the interior of
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- mark with lines
- fill plentifully
noun
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a telephone connection
- acting in conformity
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a short personal letter
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
verb
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To add something as an extra item.
- to tack (something) onto (something)
- To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".
noun
- The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- A stain; a tache.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
- A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
- A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- A thumbtack.
- The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
noun
- a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
- an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- an interconnected system of things or people
- computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
- membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
verb
noun
- A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
adj
noun
- The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- A representative example.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- A design pattern.
verb
- To apply a pattern.
- To serve as an example for.
- To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
adj
noun
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
- A feature resembling a welt.
verb
verb
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- form a cover over
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- provide for
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- travel across or pass over
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- hide from view or knowledge
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- put something on top of something else
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- sit on (eggs)
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
adj
adv
noun
- A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
- Inclination towards something.
- The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
- In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
- A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
verb
noun
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- A counter, especially one used in card games.
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
- Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- A device that fires a paintball.
- A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
verb
verb
- To gather fabric into folds.
- To be gathered together in folds
- To form a bunch.
- To protrude or swell
- To gather into a bunch.
noun
- A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
- A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
- An informal body of friends.
- A considerable amount.
- A group of logs tied together for skidding.
- An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
- The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
- The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
- An unmentioned amount; a number.
- An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
noun
- Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
- A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
- The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
- The most external portion of exterior siding.
- The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
adj
verb
- To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
- To be misty; to drizzle.
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
- To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
intj
noun
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- A skewer.
- A misty shower; dew.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
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