footprint
thick
midst
asperity
surrounding
subarea
exterior
betweenity
station
erasure
panopticon
ground
background
stain
yard
curtilage
grounds
exofocal
surroundings
worm's-eye view
dead ground
geozone
embrace
extracrevicular
environs
enclosure
cave in
purlieu
blotch
space
landfill
outside
locality
face
side
surrounds
earth
break
circumjacency
enclosed space
mainfall
Piccadilly
intake
mise en scène
mudstain
breadthwise
cavity
extrapenumbral
airiness
Aladdin's cave
pooka
interior
inside
surface
dotted
situation
expanse
landmark
terrain
pavement
in front
disguise
uncentrally
presence
ceiling
midstorey
polyorama
archipelago
waste
boglet
enceinte
centerground
middle distance
extrazonal
midsurface
process
corner
surface area
supra-pubically
supra-pubicly
scenery
junkscape
hollowness
pily
suprapubicly
property
alcove
place
sideline
block
maculation
scene
penumbra
forestall
delineation
exofocal
extracrevicular
extrapenumbral
dotted
midstorey
extrazonal
pily
breadthwise
uncentrally
supra-pubically
supra-pubicly
suprapubicly
footprint
thick
midst
asperity
surrounding
subarea
exterior
betweenity
station
erasure
panopticon
ground
background
stain
yard
curtilage
grounds
surroundings
worm's-eye view
dead ground
geozone
embrace
environs
enclosure
cave in
purlieu
blotch
space
landfill
outside
locality
face
side
surrounds
earth
break
circumjacency
enclosed space
mainfall
intake
mise en scène
mudstain
cavity
airiness
Aladdin's cave
pooka
interior
inside
surface
situation
expanse
landmark
terrain
pavement
disguise
presence
ceiling
polyorama
archipelago
waste
boglet
enceinte
centerground
middle distance
midsurface
process
corner
surface area
scenery
junkscape
hollowness
property
alcove
place
sideline
block
maculation
scene
penumbra
forestall
delineation
noun
- An area that protrudes from a surface.
- The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
- A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
- The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
- The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
- Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
noun
- A place where some object is provided.
- A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- Standing; rank; position.
- A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
- Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A gas station, service station.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- A military base.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A ground transportation depot.
- A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A broadcasting entity.
- Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
verb
noun
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
verb
- fix firmly and stably
- confine or restrict to the ground
- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground
- hit or reach the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- use as a basis for; found on
noun
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- scenery hung at back of stage
verb
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- a justification for something existing or happening
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
noun
- An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- Full acceptance (of something).
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- An act of enfolding or including.
verb
- To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- An irregularly shaped area.
- An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- Blotting paper.
- Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
verb
noun
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- the interval between two times
- a blank area
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
verb
noun
adv
adj
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- from or between other countries
- unlikely to occur
- on or toward an outer edge
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adj
noun
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- The condition of being local.
- The situation or position of an object.
noun
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the general outward appearance of something
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- status in the eyes of others
- impudent aggressiveness
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
verb
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- be opposite
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- turn so as to expose the face
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- cover the front or surface of
noun
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- one of two or more contesting groups
- either the left or right half of a body
- an extended outer surface of an object
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- a family line of descent
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an elevated geological formation
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
adj
verb
noun
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
verb
noun
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- 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.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- 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.
noun
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- The quantity taken in.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
verb
noun
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- A position of employment; a post.
- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- An outfit, garment, or look.
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
- An individual movie theater.
noun
- the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
- a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
- an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken
noun
- A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
- A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
- The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.
- The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
- A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
noun
- The part of space within one's immediate vicinity.
- Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.
- A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing.
- A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience.
- The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.
- Synonym of room tone
- The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts.
- A company's business activity in a particular market.
verb
noun
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- A disused mine or part of one.
- Excrement or urine.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
adj
- Barren; desert.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Useless and contemptible.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing.
verb
- To devastate; to destroy.
- To kill; to murder.
- To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
noun
- A structure that arises above a surface.
- Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
- A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- A series of events which produce a result (the product).
- An executable task or program.
- Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
verb
- To perform a particular process on a thing.
- To develop photographic film.
- To take legal proceedings against.
- To walk in a procession
- To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
noun
- a place off to the side of an area
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- the intersection of two streets
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- a remote area
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
verb
noun
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
- a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class
- a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
noun
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- an abstract mental location
- a general vicinity
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the passage that is being read
- proper or appropriate position or location
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a blank area
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
- assign a rank or rating to
- assign a location to
- to arrange for
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to (a job or a home)
- locate
- estimate
- identify the location or place of
- make an investment
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- sing a note with the correct pitch
noun
- The outside or perimeter of any activity.
- A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
- Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
- A line at the side of something.
- A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
- A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
verb
noun
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
noun
- the place where some action occurs
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- the visual percept of a region
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- a display of bad temper
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
noun
- An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
- An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
noun
verb
- To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- To deprive (with of).
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