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adj
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- easy and not involved or complicated
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- unornamented
- (module theory, of a module) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
- Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
- Easy; not difficult.
- (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
- (algebra, of a Lie algebra) Being non-abelian and having no proper non-zero ideals. (Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra of dimension 1 over any given field is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
- (mineralogy) Homogenous.
- (ring theory, of a ring) Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- (mathematics, real analysis, measure theory, of a real-valued function) Equal to a finite linear combination of indicator functions on measurable sets.
- (group theory, of a group) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (category theory, of an object in a category with a terminal object) Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. (of a steam engine)
- (universal algebra, of an algebraic structure) Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation a≡b⟺a=b) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that a≡b for all a,b). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
noun
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- (weaving) A drawloom.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
- (pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
adj
noun
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
name
noun
- (colloquial) A small child.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
- The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
- the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
noun
- (informal) A small child.
- (psychology) A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
- (informal, derogatory) An insignificant person.
- (by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
- A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
- a larval frog or toad
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
adv
det
pron
noun
adj
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- dearly loved
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
intj
noun
- a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- young sheep
- the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
- a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
- A young sheep.
- Lambskin.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
- (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
- A simple, unsophisticated person.
- (slang) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
verb
noun
- (figurative) A child.
- A Brussels sprout.
- A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
- A bean sprout.
- A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
- a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
- any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.
- (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.
- (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
- (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
noun
adj
- Naive; artless.
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- Lawful; permitted.
- (with of) Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
- (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
- Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
- Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- free from sin
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- lacking intent or capacity to injure
- completely wanting or lacking
- not knowledgeable about something specified
- (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
- free from evil or guilt
noun
- (informal) A child.
- (informal) A person of very short stature.
- Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”).
- (roleplaying games) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.
- (informal) A pet name one used for someone considered adorable, such as a pet, child, or a romantic partner.
- (informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“ball-shaped pastry”).
noun
- A simple-minded person.
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
adj
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- Crude, obsolete.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
adj
noun
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
noun
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
- (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (Canada) Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
noun
verb
adj
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adv
noun
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
verb
noun
- (slang) A small child.
- (historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
- (slang) A hilarious joke.
- (slang) A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
- (psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
- (slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
- (historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
- (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
- (slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
- (slang) A bitterly cold day.
- That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a glaring blunder
- a joke that seems extremely funny
noun
noun
adj
noun
- the developing speech of a young child
- an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
- (linguistics) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
- (linguistics) The prelanguage, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities.
noun
- (colloquial, humorous) Infants; children.
- (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- A regiment of infantry.
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
noun
- a young child who is small for their age
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
adj
verb
noun
- A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a focus.
- An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson.
- Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.
- punishment intended as a warning to others
noun
verb
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
noun
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
name
noun
- (colloquial) A small child.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
- The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
- the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
noun
- (informal) A small child.
- (psychology) A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
- (informal, derogatory) An insignificant person.
- (by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
- A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
- a larval frog or toad
noun
adj
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- dearly loved
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
intj
noun
- a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- young sheep
- the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
- a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
- A young sheep.
- Lambskin.
- (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
- (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
- A simple, unsophisticated person.
- (slang) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
verb
noun
- (figurative) A child.
- A Brussels sprout.
- A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
- A bean sprout.
- A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
- a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
- any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.
- (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.
- (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.
- (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
- (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
noun
adj
- Naive; artless.
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- Lawful; permitted.
- (with of) Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
- (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
- Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
- Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- free from sin
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- lacking intent or capacity to injure
- completely wanting or lacking
- not knowledgeable about something specified
- (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
- free from evil or guilt
noun
- (informal) A child.
- (informal) A person of very short stature.
- Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”).
- (roleplaying games) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.
- (informal) A pet name one used for someone considered adorable, such as a pet, child, or a romantic partner.
- (informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“ball-shaped pastry”).
noun
- A simple-minded person.
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- Primitive or primeval nature; the innate, instinctive element within a person; the deep, instinctive, precultural layer of human nature.
- Natural or premodern environment or conditions; life lacking modern technology and society.
- A member of a primitive society.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
adj
- Relating to an art style characterized by asymmetrical shapes and faded colors.
- Crude, obsolete.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
adv
det
pron
noun
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
- (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (Canada) Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
noun
verb
noun
- (slang) A small child.
- (historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
- (slang) A hilarious joke.
- (slang) A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
- (psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
- (slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
- (historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
- (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
- (slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
- (slang) A bitterly cold day.
- That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a glaring blunder
- a joke that seems extremely funny
noun
noun
adj
noun
- the developing speech of a young child
- an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
- (linguistics) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
- (linguistics) The prelanguage, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities.
noun
- (colloquial, humorous) Infants; children.
- (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- A regiment of infantry.
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
noun
- a young child who is small for their age
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
adj
verb
noun
- A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a focus.
- An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson.
- Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.
- punishment intended as a warning to others
noun
verb
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
verb
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
adj
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- easy and not involved or complicated
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- unornamented
- (module theory, of a module) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
- Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
- Easy; not difficult.
- (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
- (algebra, of a Lie algebra) Being non-abelian and having no proper non-zero ideals. (Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra of dimension 1 over any given field is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
- (mineralogy) Homogenous.
- (ring theory, of a ring) Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- (mathematics, real analysis, measure theory, of a real-valued function) Equal to a finite linear combination of indicator functions on measurable sets.
- (group theory, of a group) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (category theory, of an object in a category with a terminal object) Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. (of a steam engine)
- (universal algebra, of an algebraic structure) Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation a≡b⟺a=b) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that a≡b for all a,b). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
noun
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- (weaving) A drawloom.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
- (pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
adj
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
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adv
adj
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adv
noun
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person