advantage
for one's own hand
favour
favor
exploit
make hay
self-denial
seize
mooch off
be out for
benefact
enjoy
get over on
play into someone's hands
on one's own account
self-sacrifice
prove oneself
benefit
look out for number one
fend
play
shield
beneficiary
prostitute
self-fund
throw one's luck in with
behove
redound
cash in
capitalize
risk it for the biscuit
make something of oneself
espouse
work
beneficence
give back
benefaction
to the good
well
risk
own
advantageously
pocket
ride on the back of
favourable
use
favorable
advantageous
difference-making
offtake
self-deprivation
take over
accept
on one's own hook
bear
take upon oneself
assume
self-sacrificer
wed
make capital out of
freeloader
self-defeating
sake
self-support
avail
patsy
reward
available
free ride
multiuse
good
possession
appropriative
self-licensing
pay the fiddler
take
help
sell out
benny
stooge
opportunism
do well
expedience
self-interest
self-seeking
share
opportunistic
charitable
soak
self-control
detain
hijack
hara-kiri
interject
favourable
favorable
advantageous
self-defeating
available
appropriative
opportunistic
charitable
well
advantageously
favour
favor
self-denial
self-sacrifice
beneficiary
beneficence
benefaction
difference-making
offtake
self-deprivation
advantage
self-sacrificer
freeloader
sake
self-support
patsy
reward
multiuse
possession
self-licensing
benny
stooge
opportunism
expedience
self-interest
self-seeking
hara-kiri
advantage
exploit
make hay
seize
mooch off
be out for
benefact
enjoy
get over on
play into someone's hands
prove oneself
benefit
look out for number one
fend
play
shield
prostitute
self-fund
throw one's luck in with
behove
redound
cash in
capitalize
risk it for the biscuit
make something of oneself
espouse
work
give back
risk
own
pocket
ride on the back of
use
take over
accept
bear
take upon oneself
assume
wed
make capital out of
avail
free ride
good
pay the fiddler
take
help
sell out
do well
share
soak
self-control
detain
hijack
interject
verb
- to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
- to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
noun
- Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
prep_phrase
verb
- To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- To have a seizure.
- Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
- To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
prep_phrase
verb
noun
verb
- use to one's advantage
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
noun
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A police badge.
verb
- To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
- To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
adj
noun
- Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
- A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
- A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
verb
- To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
- To reverberate, to echo.
- To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
- To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
- To arise from or out of something.
- To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
- To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
noun
verb
- To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.
- To profit or to obtain an advantage.
- In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
- To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
- To treat as capital, not as an expense.
verb
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- be employed
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- move in an agitated manner
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
noun
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- the occupation for which you are paid
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- a place where work is done
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
prep_phrase
adv
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- favorably; with approval
- to a great extent or degree
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- with prudence or propriety
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- in financial comfort
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
noun
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
verb
adj
adj
verb
- To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
- To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
- To incur risk of (something).
noun
- A possible adverse event or outcome.
- A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
- An entity insured by an insurer.
- The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- A financial product (typically an investment).
- A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
verb
- To claim as one's own.
- To confess.
- To take responsibility for.
- To be very good.
- To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
- To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
- To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
- To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- To admit; concede; acknowledge.
- To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
- To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
- To recognise; acknowledge.
adj
verb
- To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
- To put (something) into a pocket.
- To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
noun
- An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
- A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
- Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
- A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
- The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
- A bight on a lee shore.
- A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
- A small, isolated group or area.
- The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
- An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
- The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
- The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
- A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
- A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
- A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
- The pouch of an animal.
- A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
- An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
- The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
adj
verb
- To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- 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 employ; to apply; to utilize.
- 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
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- do over
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up, as of debts or payments
verb
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- consider or hold as true
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- admit into a group or community
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- be designed to hold or take
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
verb
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- have
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- cause to be born
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- move while holding up or supporting
- bring forth
- contain or hold; have within
- bring in
- have on one's person
- behave in a certain manner
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be pregnant with
noun
verb
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- occupy or take on
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- make a pretence of
- take up someone's soul into heaven
- put clothing on one's body
verb
- To turn to the advantage of.
- To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
- To promote; to assist.
- To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- To be of service to.
noun
verb
- To benefit; gain.
- To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- To make improvements or repairs.
- To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
- To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- To make good; turn to good; improve.
intj
adv
adj
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Accepting of, OK with
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Effective.
- Favourable.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- Very, extremely. See good and.
- Large in amount or size.
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
- Ready
- Healthful.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Competent or talented.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
noun
- The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- An item of merchandise.
- A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
noun
- Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- Something that is owned.
- Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
verb
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- 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 apply oneself to the study of.
- 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 require.
- 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 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 do something on the behalf of someone.
- To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- To provide assistance.
- To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- To contribute in some way to.
intj
noun
- Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
- A study aid.
- One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
verb
- To abandon or betray one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.
- To sell one's commission.
- To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).
- To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain.
- To sell all of a product that is in stock.
noun
- One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
- A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience.
- A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.
- A straight man.
- A secret informant for police.
verb
verb
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To tell to another.
- To divide and distribute.
- To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network
- To have or use in common.
noun
- The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
- A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- The sharebone or pubis.
verb
- To take money from.
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- to engage in sexual activity with penetration but without hip thrusting (usually said of Mormons).
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- To absorb; to drain.
noun
verb
- To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
- To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
- To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
- To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
- To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site.
noun
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