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verb
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- To instruct or inform.
- To narrate.
- To reveal.
- To convey by speech; to say.
- To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
- To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- To be revealed.
- To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
noun
- A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
verb
- To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
- To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
- To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee.
- To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
- To embrace and kiss passionately.
- To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.
verb
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
adj
noun
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A difficult situation.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A decimal point; point.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
verb
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
verb
- To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
- To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
- To know; to understand.
- To set apart; separate.
- To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
- To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
noun
adj
verb
- To discover; to show.
- To give birth to.
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- To produce what is expected or required.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
- To administer a drug.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
adj
noun
- The act of discerning detail.
- The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A strong will, determination.
- The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
- The state of being resolute.
- The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- A statement of intent, a vow
- Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- The act or process of solving; solution.
verb
noun
noun
verb
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To determine or judge.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- Locate on behalf of another
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- To point out.
noun
verb
- To spot; to catch sight of.
- To act as a spy.
- To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
- To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
noun
- A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
- A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
verb
- See distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
- transferred sense
- Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.
- Decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
- intransitive
- with simple object
verb
- To unearth.
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
noun
- A mixture of oats and barley.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
- A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- The act of dredging.
- A dredging machine.
noun
- Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
- Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.
- The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.
verb
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To attack.
- To affect negatively.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
noun
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
adj
pron
verb
- detect with the senses
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
- be fully aware or cognizant of
- perceive to be the same
- grant credentials to
- express greetings upon meeting someone
- express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
- show approval or appreciation of
verb
- observe or determine by looking
- look attentively
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- see or watch
- observe with attention
- be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
noun
- a small portable timepiece
- a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
verb
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
- To understand.
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
verb
adj
- A lot or lots of.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Having no decoration.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Having no supplies.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Mere; without embellishment.
- Not insured.
adv
noun
adj
- Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
- The ability to know something without being taught.
- Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
- Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
- Deliberate, wilful.
- Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.
prep
noun
verb
- To encounter, discover; to come upon.
- Elaboration of come (in the sense of move towards the speaker or other focus), emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement.
- To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing.
- To appear on a stage or in a performance.
- To activate; to turn on.
- To enter the playing field.
- To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions.
- To progress, to develop.
- To get one's period, start menstruating.
intj
noun
- The ability to distinguish; judgement.
- The condition of understanding.
- The act of distinguishing between things.
- The ability to distinguish between things.
- Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
- The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
- Perceptiveness.
- Discretion in judging objectively.
- The ability to perceive differences that exist.
noun
- A superior ability to detect something.
- A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
- A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
- An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
verb
verb
noun
- The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
- The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
- Place or source of origin.
- Background; history; place of origin
- The history of ownership of a work of art
- The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
noun
verb
- find by testing or cautious exploration
- undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
- be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
- have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude
- undergo passive experience of
- be felt or perceived in a certain way
- grope or feel in search of something
- examine by touch
- examine (a body part) by palpation
- produce a certain impression
- pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
noun
noun
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