'Using words.'的English词汇
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adj
- expressed in spoken words
- Of or relating to words.
- communicated in the form of words
- Word for word.
- of or relating to or formed from a verb
- tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
- relating to or having facility in the use of words
- of or relating to or formed from words in general
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Capable of speech.
- Consisting of words only.
noun
- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
- (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
- (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
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noun
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adj
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noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
- Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
- (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
- (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
verb
verb
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- To speak.
- express in speech
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
adj
- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
noun
noun
- the manner in which someone utters a word
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
verb
- express in words
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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noun
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- (historically often capitalized) A sovereign country or city state, with the central government acting as its visible instrument.
verb
- express in words
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
adv
noun
- something spoken
- the exchange of spoken words
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
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adj
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- (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- cause to become widely known
- spread or diffuse through
- move outward
verb
- put into words or an expression
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- unite by forming a joint or joints
- express or state clearly
- provide with a joint
- (music, transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- (anatomy, intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.
- (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- (transitive) To make clear or effective.
- (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
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noun
verb
noun
- a short musical passage
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
- (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
verb
noun
- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a verbal command for action
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- a brief statement
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
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verb
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verb
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
noun
- a manner of speaking
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
verb
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
adj
- of or relating to words
- of or relating to dictionaries
- (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
- (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
- (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
adj
- (relational) Spoken rather than written.
- (phonetics, of a speech sound) Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
- Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
- (pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
- Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
- (sociolinguistics, of a society) Not having reached the stage of literacy.
- (relational) Relating to the mouth.
- Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
- (psychoanalysis, in Freudian theory) Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting.
- of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
- using speech rather than writing
- of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
- a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
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noun
verb
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
- Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
- (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
- (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
verb
noun
- the manner in which someone utters a word
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering a vocable.
- (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
- (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
noun
- something spoken
- the exchange of spoken words
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
verb
noun
noun
- a manner of speaking
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
verb
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
verb
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- To speak.
- express in speech
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
adj
- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
noun
verb
- express in words
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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noun
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- (historically often capitalized) A sovereign country or city state, with the central government acting as its visible instrument.
verb
- express in words
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- put into words or an expression
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- unite by forming a joint or joints
- express or state clearly
- provide with a joint
- (music, transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- (anatomy, intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.
- (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- (transitive) To make clear or effective.
- (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
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- a short musical passage
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
- (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
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- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a verbal command for action
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- a brief statement
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
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- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
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- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
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- expressed in spoken words
- Of or relating to words.
- communicated in the form of words
- Word for word.
- of or relating to or formed from a verb
- tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
- relating to or having facility in the use of words
- of or relating to or formed from words in general
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Capable of speech.
- Consisting of words only.
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- (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
- (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
- (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
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- (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
- cause to become widely known
- spread or diffuse through
- move outward
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- of or relating to words
- of or relating to dictionaries
- (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
- (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
- (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
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- (relational) Spoken rather than written.
- (phonetics, of a speech sound) Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
- Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
- (pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
- Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
- (sociolinguistics, of a society) Not having reached the stage of literacy.
- (relational) Relating to the mouth.
- Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
- (psychoanalysis, in Freudian theory) Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting.
- of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
- using speech rather than writing
- of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
- a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression