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noun
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
noun
- Allurement; enticement.
- a tempting allurement
- (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
- A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
- (bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.
- The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
- (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
- a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
verb
- try to seduce
- try presumptuously
- induce into action by using one's charm
- dispose or incline or entice to
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
noun
- A constant teasing desire or want.
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- a strong restless desire
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
verb
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- have or perceive an itch
- cause to perceive an itch
verb
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
adj
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- susceptible to attack
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
noun
- The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
- That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
verb
adj
noun
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
verb
noun
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
noun
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
- Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
noun
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
verb
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
- To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat.
- To furnish with a cog or cogs.
- To plagiarize.
- To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
- To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently.
- (intransitive) Of an electric motor or generator, to snap preferentially to certain positions when not energized.
- roll steel ingots
- join pieces of wood with cogs
noun
- An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- Alternative form of cogue (“wooden vessel for milk”).
- (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
- (historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.
- (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
- A trick or deception; a falsehood.
- A gear; especially, a cogwheel.
- (historical) A partially clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged mediaeval ship of burden or war, with a round, bulky hull and a single mast, typically 15 to 25 meters in length, in use from ca. 1150 to 1500.
- (physics) Initialism of center of gravity
- (by extension) A small fishing boat.
- A tooth on a gear.
- a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
- One who teases or pokes fun.
adj
- designed to arouse lust
- (of animals) fully developed
- Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.
- Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
- Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
- Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.
- Fully grown.
- (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.
- Intended for, or restricted to, those who are not young children.
- (of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
adj
verb
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
verb
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
adj
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- (informal) Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.
- (theater, slang) A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
- (informal) A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
verb
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- A velvet smoothing brush.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (music) Alternative form of lur.
- (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
verb
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
- (informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
- Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
- (slang) A shill bidder at an auction.
adj
- (figurative) Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
- Causing an itching sensation.
- Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
- (figurative) Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
- Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
- (figurative) In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
- nervous and unable to relax
noun
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
noun
- Allurement; enticement.
- a tempting allurement
- (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
- A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
- (bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.
- The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
- (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
- a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
noun
- A constant teasing desire or want.
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- a strong restless desire
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
verb
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- have or perceive an itch
- cause to perceive an itch
noun
- The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
- That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
noun
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
- Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
noun
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
verb
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
- One who teases or pokes fun.
noun
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
adj
verb
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
verb
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
adj
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- (informal) Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.
- (theater, slang) A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
- (informal) A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
verb
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- A velvet smoothing brush.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (music) Alternative form of lur.
- (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
verb
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
- (informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
- Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
- (slang) A shill bidder at an auction.
verb
- try to seduce
- try presumptuously
- induce into action by using one's charm
- dispose or incline or entice to
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
verb
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
verb
adj
noun
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
verb
noun
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
verb
- To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
- To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat.
- To furnish with a cog or cogs.
- To plagiarize.
- To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
- To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently.
- (intransitive) Of an electric motor or generator, to snap preferentially to certain positions when not energized.
- roll steel ingots
- join pieces of wood with cogs
noun
- An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- Alternative form of cogue (“wooden vessel for milk”).
- (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
- (historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.
- (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
- A trick or deception; a falsehood.
- A gear; especially, a cogwheel.
- (historical) A partially clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged mediaeval ship of burden or war, with a round, bulky hull and a single mast, typically 15 to 25 meters in length, in use from ca. 1150 to 1500.
- (physics) Initialism of center of gravity
- (by extension) A small fishing boat.
- A tooth on a gear.
- a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
adj
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- susceptible to attack
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
adj
- designed to arouse lust
- (of animals) fully developed
- Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.
- Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
- Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
- Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.
- Fully grown.
- (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.
- Intended for, or restricted to, those who are not young children.
- (of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
noun
verb
adj
- (figurative) Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
- Causing an itching sensation.
- Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
- (figurative) Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
- Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
- (figurative) In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
- nervous and unable to relax