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verb
adj
- For the purpose of imposing punishment.
- Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
- We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
- Of or relating to an academic field of study.
noun
verb
- To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- To be excellent.
- To cause something to strike soundly.
- To strike soundly against something.
- To place, to put carelessly.
- To give a slap to.
noun
- The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
- Makeup; cosmetics.
- A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
adv
verb
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To cause to be.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
verb
- To punish by spanking or caning.
- To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
- To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
- To damage or treat with smoke.
- To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
- To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
- To utterly defeat or humiliate.
noun
- A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
- A child or young person.
- A torpedo.
- A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
- A male salmon after spawning.
- A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
- An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
- A fool.
- A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
adj
verb
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
- To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- To open a closed ion channel.
- To furnish with a gate.
noun
- Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
- A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- Movable barrier.
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A way, path.
verb
- To punish by spanking.
- Of apparel, to display in public.
- To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.
- To become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary, as by continued strain or exertion.
- To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
- Of a shirt, to not tuck into the pants; to wear in a casual manner.
- To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.
verb
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
noun
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
noun
verb
- To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
- To make the score of a game equal.
- To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- To speak honestly and openly with.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- To progress to the next level.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
noun
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- A school grade or year.
- Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- Degree or amount.
- A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
- An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
adj
- In the same position or rank.
- Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Calm.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
noun
- punishment for one's actions
- the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
verb
verb
- To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- To impose order on someone.
- To train someone by instruction and practice.
- To teach someone to obey authority.
noun
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
verb
- To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
- To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
- To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
noun
verb
- inflict as a punishment
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
verb
- To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
- To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- To change by fine gradations.
- To pay a fine.
adv
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
- Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
noun
- Something that is fine; fine particles.
- A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
- The end of a musical composition.
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
- The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
adj
- Of superior quality.
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
- Good-looking, attractive.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- Sunny and not raining.
- Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
verb
- To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
- To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.
noun
- A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
- A formula with no free variables.
noun
- punishment for one's actions
- an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
- any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
- musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
- (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
verb
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- 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 produce and deposit an egg.
- To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To apply; to put.
- 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).
adj
- Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
- Not trumps.
- Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
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.
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