application
coating
covering
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bring to bear
lay on
usage
utilisation
applying
endeavorment
put in the work
bend
endeavor
endeavoring
exert
striving
see service
multiuse
marquetry
do
fucker
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dab
assistance
coapply
break a sweat
aid
institution
help
assist
take advantage
go
instrumentation
fulfilment
nait
use
explanation
devisement
beaver away
building
construction
devisal
contrivance
endeavour
put to use
utilise
utilization
employment
strive
workwise
exercise
implementationally
ply
implement
practicality
examination
trade
work
take up
serve
station
give it some welly
put a shift in
make the world go around
work-tool
procedure
organization
organisation
buckle down
offering
try
remediation
establishment
prime
constitution
formation
localization
put one's mind to it
tending
accomplishment
laboring
trying
achievement
medium
care
attention
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noun
- the work of applying something
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- a diligent effort
- the action of putting something into operation
verb
- To apply or implement (something).
- To provide
- To repeatedly say (particular types of thing)
- To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
- To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
- to provide (food or drinks) for free
- To do something excessively.
- To cover something with a layer of (something).
- To impart or explain (something) in words.
- To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
verb
- To apply to a task or purpose.
- To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- To stoop.
- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- To cause to change direction.
- To change direction.
- To force to submit.
- To submit.
- To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- To become curved.
- To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- To be inclined; to direct itself.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- To swing the body when rowing.
noun
- The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- A curve.
- The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
verb
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- To suffice.
- To finish.
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- To have (as an effect).
- A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- To take drugs.
- To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- To be reasonable or acceptable.
- To have sex with. (See also do it)
- To have as one's job.
- To cook.
- To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- To punish for a misdemeanor.
- To make or provide.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- To treat in a certain way.
- To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- Let’s do New York also.
- To kill.
- To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- To impersonate or depict.
- To injure (one's own body part).
- To perform; to execute.
- To cheat or swindle.
num
noun
verb
- To apply a substance in this way.
- To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
- To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
- To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.
adv
noun
- A small amount of hash oil.
- A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
- A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
- One skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
- A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
- A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
- A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
- A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
noun
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
verb
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- Any long established and respected place or business.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A mental institution.
- A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
noun
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
verb
noun
- An act; the working or operation.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
verb
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
adj
noun
- the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
- the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
noun
- The act of using.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- Usefulness, benefit.
- A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
verb
- To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- To expend; to consume by employing.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- To exploit.
- To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
noun
- the act of constructing something
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
noun
- the act of devising something
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
noun
- the act of using
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
verb
noun
- The act of examining.
- Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
- Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
- A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
noun
- The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
- A particular instance of buying or selling.
- Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
- Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
- An occupation in the secondary sector, as opposed to an agricultural, professional or military one.
- The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
- Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
- An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
- A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
- A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
- Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
- Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
adj
verb
- To recommend and get recommendations.
- To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
- To engage in trade.
- To mutually exchange (something) (with).
- To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return.
- To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
- To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
- To give (something) in exchange (for).
noun
- Something on which effort is expended.
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- One's employer.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
verb
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
verb
- To implement, to employ, to put into use.
- To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
- To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
- To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
- To occupy; to consume (space or time).
- Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”)
- To resume.
- To pick up.
- To address (an issue).
- To shorten by hemming.
verb
- To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- To attractively display something (especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- To perform (a public obligation).
- To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- To present an attractive personal appearance.
- To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- To evoke something (especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- To be in military service.
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- To work, to operate (a weapon).
- To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
noun
verb
noun
- 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 some object is provided.
- 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.
noun
- A particular method for performing a task.
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
- A surgical operation.
- The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- a group of people who work together
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- a group of people who work together
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
verb
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- To test someone's patience.
- To put on trial.
- To want
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To put to test.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To attempt to conceive a child.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
noun
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- any large organization
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
verb
- To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- To mark with a prime mark.
- To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
noun
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
- A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- The religious service appointed to this hour.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
adj
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- a particular spatial arrangement
- natural process that causes something to form
- creation by mental activity
noun
- The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
- A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
- The state of being localized.
- The act of localizing.
- A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.
- The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
noun
- an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- the surrounding environment
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
adj
noun
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
- a general interest that leads people to want to know more
- a courteous act indicating affection
- the faculty or power of mental concentration
- a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
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