English words for 'tow bar'
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noun
noun
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
noun
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
verb
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- short for railway
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
verb
- tow (a vessel) with a tug
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move by pulling hard
- struggle in opposition
- pull or strain hard at
- carry with difficulty
- pull hard
- (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
- (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
- (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
- (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
noun
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- a sudden abrupt pull
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- A type of tractor used for moving trailers.
- A sudden powerful pull.
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
noun
- A rigid bar or configurable attachment mounted on machinery (such as cranes, loaders, or lift tables) used to push, align, or position loads—especially during material handling or implement installation.
- (architecture, commercial building) A horizontal bar installed across the inside face of a swing door—often spring-loaded—that unlatches the door when pushed, enabling quick exit in emergencies.
- (automotive, rail transport) A tubular or bar-shaped accessory mounted on the front bumper or chassis of a vehicle—especially trucks, SUVs, emergency service vehicles or locomotives—designed to push light loads (such as stalled vehicles) or guard against minor impacts without damaging the main bumper assembly.
noun
- One who tows.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
verb
verb
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
noun
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
verb
- propel with a pole
- place a bet on
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
noun
- a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- (weightlifting) A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
- (jewelry) A piece of jewellery composed of a straight bar with a bead on each end, used as a piercing.
noun
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
verb
- equip or bar with slats
- close the slats of (windows)
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- To set on; to incite.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
noun
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
verb
- (transitive) To tow.
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
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- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- a supply of something available for future use
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
adj
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
verb
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To have on hand for sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
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- A tow truck.
- (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- One who breaks up situations or events.
- (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
noun
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- Any canine animal.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
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- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
noun
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
verb
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- a short crowbar
- (US, slang) A penis.
- (informal) A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
- (slang, Royal Navy) First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
- (slang) Men's underwear.
- (US, slang) A condom.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (US, dialectal) Synonym of coal car.
- (plural only, dialectal, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Mid-Atlantic US) Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
- (US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
- (rare) A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
verb
noun
- a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
- (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
- An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
- (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
verb
noun
- a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
- A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
- Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe)
noun
- Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
- (sports) The top of the goal structure.
- The top tube of a bicycle frame.
- long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts
- game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
- a horizontal bar that goes across something
verb
noun
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
- The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).
- an instance of boastful talk
- black birds having a raucous call
- the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
- express pleasure verbally
- dwell on with satisfaction
- utter shrill sounds
noun
noun
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
noun
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
verb
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- short for railway
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- A rigid bar or configurable attachment mounted on machinery (such as cranes, loaders, or lift tables) used to push, align, or position loads—especially during material handling or implement installation.
- (architecture, commercial building) A horizontal bar installed across the inside face of a swing door—often spring-loaded—that unlatches the door when pushed, enabling quick exit in emergencies.
- (automotive, rail transport) A tubular or bar-shaped accessory mounted on the front bumper or chassis of a vehicle—especially trucks, SUVs, emergency service vehicles or locomotives—designed to push light loads (such as stalled vehicles) or guard against minor impacts without damaging the main bumper assembly.
noun
- One who tows.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
verb
noun
- a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- (weightlifting) A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
- (jewelry) A piece of jewellery composed of a straight bar with a bead on each end, used as a piercing.
noun
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- a supply of something available for future use
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
adj
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
verb
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To have on hand for sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A tow truck.
- (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- One who breaks up situations or events.
- (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
noun
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- Any canine animal.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
verb
noun
noun
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
verb
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- a short crowbar
- (US, slang) A penis.
- (informal) A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
- (slang, Royal Navy) First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
- (slang) Men's underwear.
- (US, slang) A condom.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (US, dialectal) Synonym of coal car.
- (plural only, dialectal, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Mid-Atlantic US) Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
- (US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
- (rare) A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
verb
noun
- a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
- (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
- An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
- (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
verb
noun
- a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
- A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
- Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe)
noun
- Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
- (sports) The top of the goal structure.
- The top tube of a bicycle frame.
- long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts
- game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
- a horizontal bar that goes across something
verb
noun
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
- The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).
- an instance of boastful talk
- black birds having a raucous call
- the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
- express pleasure verbally
- dwell on with satisfaction
- utter shrill sounds
verb
- tow (a vessel) with a tug
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move by pulling hard
- struggle in opposition
- pull or strain hard at
- carry with difficulty
- pull hard
- (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
- (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
- (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
- (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
noun
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- a sudden abrupt pull
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- A type of tractor used for moving trailers.
- A sudden powerful pull.
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
verb
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
noun
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
verb
- propel with a pole
- place a bet on
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
verb
- equip or bar with slats
- close the slats of (windows)
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- To set on; to incite.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
noun
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
verb
- (transitive) To tow.
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
noun
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.