cutting off
cutting
cut
chopping
truncate
scrapeage
detruncate
shattering
smashing
chip
ribbon
nip
cut short
secting
severation
chunking
chop
knap
prune
break off
mince
razee
trimming
cut off
unscrew
laxation
loosening
ramollescence
whittle down
whittle away
wear away
severing
lip
severance
abscission
shear
cut down
pare
shearing
hack
untie
undercut
chop-shop
shredding
take in
tightening
hewn
amollishment
crosscut
break up
break
solve
double-biting
cuttingly
shredded
adzework
breakage
drib
tersion
breaking
wrenching
scrape off
chip at
carve
slit
cropping
slicing
copse
wiping
cut to pieces
fragment
splintery
section
trimmed
burr
shard
wipe
cutting block
morcellate
gap
bezel
light up
hewn
undercut
double-biting
shredded
cut
splintery
trimmed
cuttingly
cutting off
cutting
cut
chopping
scrapeage
shattering
smashing
ribbon
nip
secting
severation
chunking
trimming
laxation
loosening
ramollescence
severing
lip
severance
abscission
shear
shearing
undercut
hack
shredding
tightening
amollishment
break
adzework
breakage
tersion
breaking
wrenching
cropping
slicing
wiping
fragment
section
burr
wipe
cutting block
gap
bezel
truncate
cut
detruncate
chip
cut short
chop
knap
prune
break off
mince
razee
cut off
unscrew
whittle down
whittle away
wear away
cut down
pare
hack
untie
undercut
chop-shop
take in
crosscut
break up
solve
drib
scrape off
chip at
carve
slit
copse
cut to pieces
shard
morcellate
light up
noun
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of diluting something
adj
noun
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
verb
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
adj
noun
verb
- To break small pieces from.
- To chop or cut into small pieces.
- To make fun of.
- To become chipped.
- to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- to contribute.
- To ante (up).
noun
- A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- A token used in place of cash.
- A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
- A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
noun
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- A hamburger.
- A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A playful bite.
- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- A short turn in a rope.
- The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
verb
- To squeeze or pinch.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To taunt.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
noun
noun
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
- The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
- A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
- The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
verb
- To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To vary or shift suddenly.
- To remove the final character from (a text string).
- To interrupt; with in or out.
- to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- To stab.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- To seal a license or passport.
- To chap or crack.
noun
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A complete shipment.
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
- The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A woodchopping competition.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A jaw of an animal.
- An IRC channel operator.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
verb
- To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
- To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
noun
verb
- To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
- To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- To effect mincingly.
- To make less; to make small.
- To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
noun
noun
noun
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
- One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
- Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
verb
- To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
- To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
- To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- To utter verbally.
- To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- To wash against a surface, lap.
noun
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- Wind shear, or an instance thereof.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
verb
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To make a vertical cut in coal.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
- To reap, as grain.
- To change in direction or speed.
verb
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- A tool for chopping.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
- In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.
- To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
- To become untied or loosed.
- To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
verb
- cut away the underpart of
- sell cheaper than one's competition
- cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
- strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
- cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
noun
verb
- To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)
- To absorb or comprehend.
- To attend a showing of.
- To reef.
verb
- To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- To dissolve; to part.
- To break or separate into pieces.
- Become disorganised
- Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- be or cause to be overcome with laughter
- To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
- To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness.
noun
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
verb
- To loosen or separate the parts of.
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
verb
- To cut off; chop off.
- To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
- To beat; thrash; drub.
- To scold.
- To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
- To shoot at a mark at short range.
- To entice step by step.
- To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
- To shoot directly at short range.
- To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
noun
noun
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
- An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
- A piece of residential land; a plot.
- Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadan surveys and (historical) American land grants.
- A sequence of rock layers.
- A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
- A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
- A right inverse.
- A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- An act or instance of cutting.
- A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
- An incision or the act of making an incision.
- A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
- A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
- A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
verb
- To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
noun
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- And when his body was against the burr of the spear, he took his sword in both his hands and he swung the sword above his head, and he smote King Arthur with the edge of the sword upon the helmet.
- Many saddles, especially those for use on warhorses, had high burr plates and cantles. this was especially important when knights began using stirrups and the couched lance.
- A rough humming sound.
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
- A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- 2015, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Artifacts from Medieval Europe, page 280
- A burr knot or burl.
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry
- A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- We are made to witness a cathartic shuffling-off of mortalities and of hatreds: Mordred's pulling himself up to the 'burr' of Arthur's spear is Malory's own detail and one of the most memorable in the book.
- A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
- A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- The ear lobe.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.
- burr or ring of iron behind the hand
- 2003, Thomas Howard Crofts, Fifteenth-century Malory, page 290
- 2012, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
verb
verb
- To break (something) into shards.
- To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
- To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.
noun
- An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- A component of a sharded distributed database.
- The plant chard.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
noun
- The act of wiping something.
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
verb
- To erase.
- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
- To deperm (a ship).
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face.
noun
noun
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- The regions between the outfielders.
- A vacant space or time.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
verb
verb
- To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
- To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
- He saw Mary and his face lit up.
- To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower etc.
- To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
- Smoking in this building is not allowed, so I always step outside to light up.
- To make happy.
- To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
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