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noun
- Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
- a heavy motionless weight
- (figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
- (construction) A dead load.
- (rail transport) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
- (nautical) The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
- an oppressive encumbrance
adv
adj
- lacking solidity or strength
- not convincing
- lacking substance or significance
- Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
- Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- Of clothing: very light and thin.
- Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
noun
adj
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Uncompromising.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
noun
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
- (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
adj
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
adj
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
noun
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
verb
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
noun
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
- To beat hard, to pound. (of the heart or pulse)
- (transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
- (transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
- (intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
adj
- Stiff, rigid.
- Naked.
- Complete, absolute, full.
- Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- complete or extreme
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- severely simple
adv
adj
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
- lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- causing inconvenience
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
- Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
- Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
noun
adj
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
noun
adj
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
adj
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- abounding in rocks or stones
- full of hardship or trials
verb
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- cause to be alert and energetic
- support by bracing
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
noun
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
- (cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- elastic straps that hold trousers up
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- either of two punctuation marks (‘{’ or ‘}’) used to enclose textual material
- two items of the same kind
adj
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- (archaeology, of rocks, minerals, etc) Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
- (informal, proscribed, of diabetes) Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
noun
verb
adj
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- Performed from an erect position.
- Erect, not cut down.
- Remaining in force or status.
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- Not movable; fixed.
- executed in or initiated from a standing position
- permanent
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- having a supporting base
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- not created for a particular occasion
noun
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- Duration.
- (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
- social or financial or professional status or reputation
verb
noun
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
adj
noun
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
- convert (assets) into fixed capital
- cause to be unable to move
- make defenseless
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- (finance) To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
- To render incapable of action.
- To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
- To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin
- attach or fasten with pins
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
noun
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- catch in or as if in a trap
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- hold or catch as if in a trap
- (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
- (transitive) To provide with a trap.
- (aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (slang, informal, sometimes offensive) Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
noun
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- a hazard on a golf course
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- informal terms for the mouth
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- (by extension, cartography, law, technical) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- (slang) A person's mouth.
- (slang) Synonym of vagina.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- (slang, informal, usually offensive, usually derogatory) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
- (slang, informal, usually considered offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- (aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- (slang, bodybuilding, anatomy) The trapezius muscle.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- (slang, uncountable) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- (gun sports) Trapshooting.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- The game of trapball itself.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
adj
noun
verb
- become rigid or immoveable
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
noun
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
adj
verb
adj
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
noun
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
noun
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
adj
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- Having relatively high density.
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- having component parts closely crowded together
noun
adj
- Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
- Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
- (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
- (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.
- (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
- (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
- absolutely still
verb
adj
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
- unvarying in nature
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
noun
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
adj
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- logically valid
- exercising or showing good judgment
adv
intj
noun
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
verb
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
adj
adj
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
noun
- An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
- (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
- (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
- a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
- a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
adj
adj
- securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
- closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- pulled or drawn tight
- set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
- very drunk
- demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
- of such close construction as to be impermeable
- pressed tightly together
- affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
- exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
- packed closely together
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- (informal, figurative, of persons or relationships) Intimate, close, close-knit, intimately friendly.
- (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
- Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
- Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
- (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
- Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
- (slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
- (slang, figurative, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
- (US, slang, motor racing) With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- Unyielding or firm.
- (of time) Limited or restricted.
- (sports) Not conceding many goals.
- (New York, slang) Angry or irritated.
- (slang, Northern England, chiefly Liverpool) Mean; unfair; unkind.
- Under high tension; taut.
- (slang) Short of money.
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- (slang, vulgar) Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus.
- Close, very similar in a value such as score or time.
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
adv
noun
- trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- the quality of an embarrassing situation
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- The quality of an embarrassing situation.
adj
- Rigid, solidified.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
noun
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
verb
noun
noun
- Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.
- (figurative) A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.
- (sports) A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.
- (figurative) A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.
- A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
adj
noun
adj
- Unable to move; unmovable.
- Repaired.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
- (law, of sound) Recorded on a permanent medium.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.
- (chemistry) Chemically stable.
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Attached; affixed.
- Unlikely to change; stable.
- Unable to change or vary.
- securely placed or fastened or set
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
verb
adj
adj
- Strong; bulky.
- Heavy, weighing a lot.
- (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
- With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
- (of a number or amount) Large, healthy.
- of considerable weight and size
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- large in amount or extent or degree
noun
- Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
- a heavy motionless weight
- (figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
- (construction) A dead load.
- (rail transport) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
- (nautical) The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
- an oppressive encumbrance
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
- To beat hard, to pound. (of the heart or pulse)
- (transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
- (transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
- (intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
noun
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
noun
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
noun
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
noun
- An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
- (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
- (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
- a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
- a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
adj
noun
- trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- the quality of an embarrassing situation
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- The quality of an embarrassing situation.
noun
- Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.
- (figurative) A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.
- (sports) A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.
- (figurative) A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.
- A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
verb
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- cause to be alert and energetic
- support by bracing
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
noun
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
- (cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- elastic straps that hold trousers up
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- either of two punctuation marks (‘{’ or ‘}’) used to enclose textual material
- two items of the same kind
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
- convert (assets) into fixed capital
- cause to be unable to move
- make defenseless
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- (finance) To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
- To render incapable of action.
- To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
- To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin
- attach or fasten with pins
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
noun
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- catch in or as if in a trap
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- hold or catch as if in a trap
- (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- (computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
- (transitive) To provide with a trap.
- (aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (slang, informal, sometimes offensive) Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
noun
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- a hazard on a golf course
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- informal terms for the mouth
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- (by extension, cartography, law, technical) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- (slang) A person's mouth.
- (slang) Synonym of vagina.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- (slang, informal, usually offensive, usually derogatory) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
- (slang, informal, usually considered offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- (aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- (geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- (slang, bodybuilding, anatomy) The trapezius muscle.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- (slang, uncountable) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- (gun sports) Trapshooting.
- (US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- The game of trapball itself.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
verb
- become rigid or immoveable
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
noun
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
verb
noun
adj
- lacking solidity or strength
- not convincing
- lacking substance or significance
- Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
- Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- Of clothing: very light and thin.
- Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
noun
adj
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Uncompromising.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
noun
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
- (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
adj
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
adj
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
noun
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
verb
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
adj
- Stiff, rigid.
- Naked.
- Complete, absolute, full.
- Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- complete or extreme
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- severely simple
adv
adj
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
- lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- causing inconvenience
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
- Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
- Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
noun
adj
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
noun
adj
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
adj
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- abounding in rocks or stones
- full of hardship or trials
adj
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- (archaeology, of rocks, minerals, etc) Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
- (informal, proscribed, of diabetes) Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
noun
verb
adj
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- Performed from an erect position.
- Erect, not cut down.
- Remaining in force or status.
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- Not movable; fixed.
- executed in or initiated from a standing position
- permanent
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- having a supporting base
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- not created for a particular occasion
noun
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- Duration.
- (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
- social or financial or professional status or reputation
verb
adj
noun
adj
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
adj
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- Having relatively high density.
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- having component parts closely crowded together
noun
adj
- Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
- Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
- (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
- (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.
- (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
- (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
- absolutely still
verb
adj
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
- unvarying in nature
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
noun
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
adj
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- logically valid
- exercising or showing good judgment
adv
intj
noun
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
verb
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
adj
adj
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
adj
- securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
- closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- pulled or drawn tight
- set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
- very drunk
- demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
- of such close construction as to be impermeable
- pressed tightly together
- affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
- exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
- packed closely together
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- (informal, figurative, of persons or relationships) Intimate, close, close-knit, intimately friendly.
- (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
- Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
- Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
- (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
- Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
- (slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
- (slang, figurative, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
- (US, slang, motor racing) With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- Unyielding or firm.
- (of time) Limited or restricted.
- (sports) Not conceding many goals.
- (New York, slang) Angry or irritated.
- (slang, Northern England, chiefly Liverpool) Mean; unfair; unkind.
- Under high tension; taut.
- (slang) Short of money.
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- (slang, vulgar) Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus.
- Close, very similar in a value such as score or time.
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
adv
adj
- Rigid, solidified.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
noun
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
adj
noun
adj
- Unable to move; unmovable.
- Repaired.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
- (law, of sound) Recorded on a permanent medium.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.
- (chemistry) Chemically stable.
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Attached; affixed.
- Unlikely to change; stable.
- Unable to change or vary.
- securely placed or fastened or set
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
verb
adj
adj
- Strong; bulky.
- Heavy, weighing a lot.
- (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
- With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
- (of a number or amount) Large, healthy.
- of considerable weight and size
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- large in amount or extent or degree