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verb
- To increase sharply.
- To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
- To inject a drug with a syringe.
- To fix on a spike.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
noun
- A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- An adolescent male deer.
- A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
- A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- Spike lavender.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- A sort of very large nail.
- An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- Synonym of endpin.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- The casual ward of a workhouse.
- An ear of corn or grain.
verb
verb
- To increase in magnitude.
- To add; to subject to addition.
- To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
- To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
- To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
- To increase a correction.
- To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
- To improve.
adj
- Electrically positive.
- Being positive rather than negative or zero.
- (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
- Positive, or involving advantage.
prep
noun
conj
verb
- To increase in extent.
- To cause to increase in extent.
- 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 cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
verb
- To increase.
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- To lengthen when pulled.
- To lengthen by pulling.
- To pull tight.
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
noun
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- An act of stretching.
- A jail or prison term.
- Term of address for a tall person.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- A length of time.
- Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- A stretch limousine.
- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- A segment or length of material.
- A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
verb
- To increase.
- To reach.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- To put on weight.
- To run fast.
- To acquire possession of.
- To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
noun
- The thing or things gained.
- The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
adj
adv
verb
- To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
- To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- To bore with a jumper.
- To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- To attack suddenly and violently.
- To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To cause to jump.
- To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- To join by a buttweld.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
noun
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- An early start or an advantage.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”)
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
noun
- A big increase.
- A humming noise from something moving very fast.
- A quick ascent.
- An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
- A video teleconferencing call.
verb
- To go up sharply.
- To zoom climb.
- To move rapidly.
- To move fast with a humming noise.
- To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
- To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
- To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
intj
verb
verb
- To increase (in some aspect).
- To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets.
- To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.
- To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.
- To end up; to arrive or result.
- To upset; to anger or distress.
- To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.
- To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).
- To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.
- To excite.
- To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
- To conclude, complete, or finish (something).
verb
- To increase or expand rapidly.
- Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- To inflate like a balloon.
- To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
noun
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A bomb or shell.
- The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
- A woman's breast.
- A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- A speech bubble.
- Synonym of balloon payment
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
noun
- a sudden great increase
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- the act of exploding or bursting
- the noise caused by an explosion
- the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- a sudden outburst
- a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
verb
- To increase suddenly.
- To destroy with an explosion.
- To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
- To destroy violently or abruptly.
- Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
- To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- To make a violent or emotional outburst.
- To ejaculate.
- To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
- To create an exploded view of.
verb
noun
- A helix.
- A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.
- A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
- A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
adj
adj
- Significantly increased or expanded.
- Stimulated, excited.
- Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.
- Under the influence of stimulants; high.
- Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
- Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
- Reprehensible; objectionable.
noun
- The amount of increase.
- The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
- The action of increasing or becoming greater.
- The waxing of the moon.
- An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
- A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
verb
verb
verb
- To increase in quantity or intensity.
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- To sit on a combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- To have sexual intercourse with someone.
- To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
noun
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on (unlike a draught horse).
- A hill or mountain.
- A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
verb
- To increase (a number or amount).
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- To move forwards; to approach.
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
noun
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
- An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
adj
verb
verb
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To promote.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
adj
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
noun
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
verb
- To move sharply upward.
- To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.
- To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- To make more exciting.
- To raise, to increase (a price).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- To pass something up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- To show anger (about something).
- To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
verb
- To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- To feel generous or optimistic.
- To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
- To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
- To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- To speak or write at length or in detail.
noun
- A rapid expansion or increase.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- An instance of booming.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- A microphone supported on such a pole.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
- A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
intj
- The sound of a bass drum beating.
- Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
- Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
- The sound of a cannon firing.
verb
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- To flourish, grow, or progress.
- To make something boom.
- To subject to a sonic boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
- To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- To raise or lower with a crane boom.
verb
- To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
- To raise (something) to a higher position.
- To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.
- To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
- To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
- To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
noun
adj
- Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase.
- Relating to an exponent.
- Expressed in terms of a power of e.
- Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter.
noun
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