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- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
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- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
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- (computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
- (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
- (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
- A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
- (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
- (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- One whose employment has been terminated
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
- (art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymic) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
- Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
- Relations among people.
- a limited period of time
- one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
- the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
- any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
- a word or expression used for some particular thing
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
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- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
noun
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
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- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
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- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
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- A computer language designed to be used as part of a larger application.
- a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.
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- (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.
- A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
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- (computing) A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs.
- (computing) The amount of time during which a program is executing.
- (computing) The stage during which a program is executing.
- (media) The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included
noun
- (computing) A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
- (botany) The retinaculum of asclepiads.
- (historical) Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
- (historical, slang) A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
- (chiefly US) A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
- (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
- (computing, chiefly historical) A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
- (figuratively) A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- a program that translates one programming language into another
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- (programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
- (colloquial, nutrition, countable, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
- (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.
- (gaming) Short for macromanagement.
- (colloquial, photography, countable) Ellipsis of macro lens.
- (colloquial, countable) Clipping of macrophile.
- a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
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- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
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- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
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- (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
- (geology) A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- A restricted range.
- (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
- (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something
- An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
- (military, historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
- the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
- an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
- a pane of glass in a window
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
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- (computing) The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
- (film) The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
- (signal processing) The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.
- The windows of a building; fenestration.
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- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
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- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
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- (computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
- A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
- A sea explorer.
- the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
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- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
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- (computing) Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
- (banking) Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
- (US, Colorado) Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
- (US, Colorado) Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
- (UK) Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
- (aviation) Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
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- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a machine for performing calculations automatically
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- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
verb
- (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
- (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
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- (computing, slang) An instance of customization of a user interface.
- (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
- (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
- (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
- (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
- annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
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- a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
- (programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.
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- (computing) A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape.
- A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape.
- (computing, historical) A cassette drive.
- (computing, historical) A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers.
- a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
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- (graphical user interface) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer, a graphical interface paradigm.
- (graphical user interface, very rare) Acronym of window-icon-mouse program.
- (astronomy, physics) Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle.
- a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
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- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
- an outer surface (usually thin)
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- body covering of a living animal
- a person's skin regarded as their life
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
verb
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- (transitive, art) To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- remove the skin from
- remove the bark of a tree
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
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- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
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- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
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- (software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
- Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
- (radio, television) Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
- (computing) A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
- someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- person who makes a gift of property
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- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
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- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
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- (computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
- (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
- (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
- A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
- (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
- (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- One whose employment has been terminated
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
- (art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymic) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
- Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
- Relations among people.
- a limited period of time
- one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
- the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
- any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
- a word or expression used for some particular thing
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
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- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
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- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
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- A computer language designed to be used as part of a larger application.
- a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.
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- (by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.
- A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
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- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
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- (computing) A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs.
- (computing) The amount of time during which a program is executing.
- (computing) The stage during which a program is executing.
- (media) The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included
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- (computing) A program that converts commands from one computer language into another.
- (botany) The retinaculum of asclepiads.
- (historical) Synonym of repairer, particularly of leather or cloth goods.
- A person or thing that translates various forms of text.
- (historical, slang) A used and repaired shoe, boot, or other item of clothing.
- (chiefly US) A relay station that retransmits incoming television signals after automatically adjusting their frequency to avoid interference.
- (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of interpreter, a person or thing that immediately interprets direct speech.
- (computing, chiefly historical) A machine that converts inputs into a pattern of holes on a punch card.
- (figuratively) A person or thing that expresses an idea or style in a new form or medium.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- a program that translates one programming language into another
noun
- (programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
- (colloquial, nutrition, countable, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
- (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.
- (gaming) Short for macromanagement.
- (colloquial, photography, countable) Ellipsis of macro lens.
- (colloquial, countable) Clipping of macrophile.
- a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
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verb
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- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
verb
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
noun
- (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
- (geology) A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- A restricted range.
- (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
- (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something
- An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
- (military, historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
- the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
- an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
- a pane of glass in a window
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
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noun
- (computing) The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
- (film) The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
- (signal processing) The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.
- The windows of a building; fenestration.
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
- A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
- A sea explorer.
- the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
noun
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
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- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
noun
- a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
- (programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.
noun
- (computing) A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape.
- A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape.
- (computing, historical) A cassette drive.
- (computing, historical) A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers.
- a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
noun
- (graphical user interface) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer, a graphical interface paradigm.
- (graphical user interface, very rare) Acronym of window-icon-mouse program.
- (astronomy, physics) Acronym of weakly interacting massive particle.
- a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
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- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
- an outer surface (usually thin)
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- body covering of a living animal
- a person's skin regarded as their life
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
verb
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- (transitive, art) To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- remove the skin from
- remove the bark of a tree
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
noun
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
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- (software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
- Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
- (radio, television) Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
- (computing) A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
- someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- person who makes a gift of property
noun
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
verb
- (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
- (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
noun
- (computing, slang) An instance of customization of a user interface.
- (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
- (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
- (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
- (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
- annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
verb
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
verb
noun
- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
verb
noun
- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a machine for performing calculations automatically
verb
- (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
- (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
noun
- (computing, slang) An instance of customization of a user interface.
- (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
- (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
- (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
- (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
- annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
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adj
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
noun
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet