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verb
- To apply; to put.
- To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To have sex with.
- To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- To produce and deposit an egg.
- To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To point; to aim.
- To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
- To present or offer.
- simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
- To state; to allege.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
noun
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- A casual sexual partner.
- A lake.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
adj
verb
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- To reenlist for a further period.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- To straighten (a limb).
- Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- To increase in extent.
- To cause to increase in extent.
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
adj
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
- similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Hyponyms: monospecific, multispecific, oligospecific, paucispecific
- limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
- pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- special, distinctive or unique.
- being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
- explicit or definite.
noun
verb
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
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- Usefulness, benefit.
- The act of using.
- 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 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 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 have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- 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
- To accept employment.
- To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
- To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
- To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- To accomplish by paying for services.
- To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
noun
noun
verb
- To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
- To grant formal authorization for (something).
- To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- To allow for, to make something possible.
- To allow, to admit (of).
- To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
noun
adj
- Open to entry or examination.
- Going or directed inward, entering.
- Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
- Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
- Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
noun
verb
noun
- The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- Co-operation, working together.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- A tryst, romantic meeting.
- An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
verb
- To submit to; to undergo.
- 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.
noun
verb
- To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
- To begin transmitting.
- To enter.
- To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
- To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
- To become fashionable.
- To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
- To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
- To rise.
- To arrive.
- To fully develop.
- To become available.
- To give in; to yield.
- To surrender; to turn oneself in.
- To function in the indicated manner.
verb
- apply oneself to
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- ask (for something)
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
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 require.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
- to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
noun
- A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
- A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
- In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
verb
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
verb
- To give formal authorization to use.
- To give permission or freedom to; accept.
- To authorize officially.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
- To permit (as grammatically correct).
noun
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
verb
verb
- To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
- To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
- To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
- To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
- To act as a legal prosecutor.
verb
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To make a reply or response to.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
noun
verb
- To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
- To connect, set up or prepare something for use, often specifically (in Computing) to transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.
- To establish or settle in.
noun
adj
- accepted
- amphibious
- avancé (fast)
- Asian
- asked
- Australian
- arterial
- alto
- auxiliary
- adjusted
- asymmetric
- astragal
- anterior
- American
- arctic
- approved
- atomic
- Absolute
- absent
prep
noun
- apprentice
- absorbance; absorbancy
- accusative case
- amphibian
- attack
- August
- author
- automobile
- application
- Amos, the book of
- adjutant
- accumulator
- acre; acres
- Angstrom
- ana; anna
- April
- anode
- answer
- artificer
- air branch
- atomic weight
- associate; association
- academy; academician
- age; aged
- airman
- assault, as on a badge
- air
- administration
- admiral
- alfa
- amateur
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- Artillery
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- address
- adult
- acid
- aircraft; airplane
- article
- Atlantic
- arctic
- army
- accommodation
- America; Americanization
- ambassador
- alto
adv
verb
verb
- To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- To come from; to have as its source or origin.
- To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
- To take an academic degree.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
- To begin and carry on a legal process.
verb
- To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- To admit to a place or a group.
- To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- To endure patiently.
- To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- To agree to pay.
- To receive officially.
- To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- To receive something willingly.
verb
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
- To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
noun
- a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
- a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
verb
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