'Reading glasses'的English词汇
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- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A person who reads.
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- The frame of a pair of glasses.
- Any apparatus for defence.
- A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
- The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
- A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
- The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
- The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
- (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
- A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
- Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
- (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- read with difficulty
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
- reading or glancing through quickly
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- the act of brushing against while passing
- Something skimmed from a surface etc.
- (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.
- (uncountable, economics) Ellipsis of cream skimming.
- (crime) The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer
- (uncountable, finance) Ellipsis of price skimming.
- A motion or action that skims.
- Misspelling of Reading.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa.
- A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A township in Clare County, Michigan.
- A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9278).
- A city, the county seat of Shasta County, California.
- A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
- The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- (networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- (usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- (cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- (gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
- (poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- (physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- (biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
- (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- (card games) Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- (programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- (roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- (music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- (wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
- (card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
- something resembling a bridge in form or function
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a wooden support that holds the strings up
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
- any of various card games based on whist for four players
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
- the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
- (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- (roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
- (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
- To span as if with a bridge.
- (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- connect or reduce the distance between
- make a bridge across
- cross over on a bridge
- the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
- abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
- (informal) A short look; a peep.
- (architecture) An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
- A hagioscope.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
- partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
- cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
- be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
- (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- Attributive form of spectacles.
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- The brille of a snake.
- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
- a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase ‘make a spectacle of’ yourself
- an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
- something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
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- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A person who reads.
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- The frame of a pair of glasses.
- Any apparatus for defence.
- A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
- The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
- A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
- The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
- The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
- (computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
- A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
- Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
- (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
- coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
- reading or glancing through quickly
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- the act of brushing against while passing
- Something skimmed from a surface etc.
- (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.
- (uncountable, economics) Ellipsis of cream skimming.
- (crime) The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer
- (uncountable, finance) Ellipsis of price skimming.
- A motion or action that skims.
- The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- (networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- (usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- (cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- (gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
- (poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- (physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- (biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
- (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- (card games) Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- (programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- (roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- (music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- (wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
- (card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
- something resembling a bridge in form or function
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a wooden support that holds the strings up
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
- any of various card games based on whist for four players
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
- the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
- (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- (roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
- (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
- To span as if with a bridge.
- (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- connect or reduce the distance between
- make a bridge across
- cross over on a bridge
- the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
- abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
- (informal) A short look; a peep.
- (architecture) An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
- A hagioscope.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
- partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
- cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
- be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
- (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- Attributive form of spectacles.
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- The brille of a snake.
- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
- a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase ‘make a spectacle of’ yourself
- an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
- something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
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- read with difficulty
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.