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Synonyms of the word 
CAST → APPEARANCE - ARTICULATE - ASSEMBLAGE - ASSIGN - BANDAGE - BARF - CASTING - CAT - CHUCK - CONTAINER - CONTRIVE - COPY - COUCH - DELEGATE - DEPUTE - DESIGNATE - DIRECT - DISGORGE - DRAW - DRIFT - DROP - EGEST - ELIMINATE - EXCRETE - FISHING - FORGE - FORM - FORMED - FORMULATE - FRAME - GATHERING - GIVE - GO - HONK - HURL - HURTLE - LOCOMOTE - MOLD - MOULD - MOVE - PASS - PATCH - PHRASE - PROJECT - PUKE - PURGE - PUT - RAMBLE - RANGE - REDACT - REGORGE - REGURGITATE - REMOVE - RETCH - ROAM - ROLL - ROVE - SEND - SHAPE - SHED - SICK - SOLID - SPEW - SPORTFISHING - SPUE - STAMP - STRAY - SWAN - TAKE - THROW - TRAMP - TRAVEL - UPCHUCK - VAGABOND - VOMIT - WANDER - WITHDRAW - WORD - WORKcast- v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
- v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
- v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- n. An act of throwing.
- n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- n. The casting procedure.
- n. An object made in a mould.
- n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- n. The mould used to make cast objects.
- n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- n. A squint.
- n. Visual appearance.
- n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
- n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- n. A group of crabs.
appearance- n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- n. Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
- n. Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
- n. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed…
- n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before…
- n. (law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court…
- n. (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
articulate- adj. clear, effective.
- adj. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner.
- adj. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals.
- adj. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- adj. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
- n. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
- v. To make clear or effective.
- v. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- v. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- v. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- v. (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- v. (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints.
- v. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
assemblage- n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
- n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…
assign- v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
- v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
- v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
- v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
- v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
- v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
- n. An assignee.
- n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
bandage- n. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
- n. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
- v. To apply a bandage to something.
barf- n. (US, colloquial) vomit.
- v. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
- v. (computing, slang, intransitive) Of a system: to fail.
- interj. An expression of disgust.
casting- v. present participle of cast.
- n. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
- n. A manufacturing process using a mold.
- n. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their…
- n. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
- n. (computing) The act of converting between data types.
cat- n. An animal of the family Felidae.
- n. A person.
- n. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
- n. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- n. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.).
- n. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
- n. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
- n. (slang, vulgar, African American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
- n. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever…
- v. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
- v. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- v. (slang) To vomit something.
- n. A catamaran.
- n. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the…
- v. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
- v. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of…
- adj. (Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.
- n. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
- n. (military, naval) A catapult.
- n. Abbreviation of category.
- n. A catfish.
chuck- n. (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- n. (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding…
- n. (dialect, obsolete) A chicken, a hen.
- n. A clucking sound.
- n. (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- n. A gentle touch or tap.
- n. (informal) A casual throw.
- n. (slang) An act of vomiting.
- n. (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- v. To make a clucking sound.
- v. To call, as a hen her chickens.
- v. To touch or tap gently.
- v. (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- v. (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- v. (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- v. (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- v. (obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.
- v. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving…
- n. Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- n. (Scotland) A small pebble.
container- n. Someone who contains; something that contains.
- n. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- n. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
- n. (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- n. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- n. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- n. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
contrive- v. To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
- v. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- v. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
copy- n. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- n. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- n. (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
- n. (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
- n. (marketing) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to…
- n. (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
- n. A school work pad.
- n. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
- n. Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
- n. (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
- n. (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
- n. (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease.
- n. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- v. (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- v. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- v. (transitive) To imitate.
- v. (transitive, radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
couch- n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
- n. A bed, a resting-place.
- n. (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- n. (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied…
- v. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- v. (archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved…
- v. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- v. (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- v. (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- v. (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- v. (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- v. (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with…
- v. (paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould…
- v. (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- v. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- n. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
delegate- n. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- n. a representative at a conference, etc.
- n. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- n. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous…
- v. to authorize someone to be a delegate.
- v. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate.
- v. (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else…
depute- v. (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
- v. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
- v. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
- v. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
- n. (Scotland) Deputy.
designate- adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.
- v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description;…
- v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the…
direct- adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- adj. Straightforward; sincere.
- adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
- adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
- adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
- adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
- adv. Directly.
- v. To manage, control, steer.
- v. To aim (something) at (something else).
- v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
- v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…
disgorge- v. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
- v. To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
- v. (oenology) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
draw- v. (heading) To move or develop something.
- v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
- v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
- v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
- v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
- v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
- v. To disembowel.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- v. A random selection process.
- v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
- v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
- v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
- n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
- n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
- n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
- n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
- n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
- n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
- n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
drift- n. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
- n. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- n. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- n. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention;…
- n. (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- n. (handiwork) A tool.
- n. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
- n. (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an…
- n. (nautical) Movement.
- n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- v. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- v. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- v. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- v. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- v. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- v. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- v. (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence…
- v. (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- v. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner…
drop- n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
- n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
- n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
- n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
- n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
- n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
- n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- n. (American football) A dropped pass.
- n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
- n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
- n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
- n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
- n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
- n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
- n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
- n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
- n. (architecture) A gutta.
- n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
- n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
- n. A drop press or drop hammer.
- n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
- v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
- v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
- v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
- v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
- v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
- v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
- v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
- v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
- v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
- v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
- v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
- v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
- v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
- v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
- v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
- v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
- v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
- v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
- v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
- v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
- v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
- v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
- v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
- v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
- v. To give birth to.
- v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
- v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
egest- v. To excrete from the body.
eliminate- v. (transitive) To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- v. (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- v. (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- v. To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- v. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
excrete- v. (of an organism) to discharge from the system.
fishing- n. (uncountable) The act of catching fish.
- n. (uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
- n. (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
- n. (countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
- v. present participle of fish.
forge- n. Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- n. Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
- n. The act of beating or working iron or steel.
- v. (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- v. To form or create with concerted effort.
- v. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- v. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- v. (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually…
- v. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
form- n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
- n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
- n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- n. Level of performance.
- n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
- n. The den or home of a hare.
- n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
- n. (geometry) A quantic.
- n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- v. (intransitive) To take shape.
- v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
- v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…
formed- v. simple past tense and past participle of form.
formulate- v. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement…
frame- v. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- v. (transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent…
- v. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan;…
- v. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- v. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- v. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- v. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
- v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
- n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- n. The structure of a person's body.
- n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
- n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win)…
- n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but…
- n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although…
- n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of…
- n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
- n. (engineering, dated, chiefly Britain) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
- n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition.
- n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
- n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
- n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
gathering- n. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- n. A group of people or things.
- n. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- n. A charitable contribution; a collection.
- n. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
- v. present participle of gather.
give- v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
- v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
- v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
- v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
- v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
- v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
- v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
- v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
- v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
- v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
- v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
- v. To be going on, to be occurring.
- n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
honk- v. (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sound like a car horn.
- v. (intransitive) To make the sound of a goose.
- v. (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
- v. (informal) To have a bad smell.
- n. The sound produced by a typical car horn.
- n. The cry of a goose.
- n. (informal) A bad smell.
- n. Money (slang).
- interj. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
- n. Clipping of honky.
hurl- v. (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
- v. (transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
- v. (intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- v. (obsolete) To twist or turn.
- n. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
- n. The act of vomiting.
- n. (hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
- n. (Ulster) (car) ride.
- n. (obsolete) tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
- n. (obsolete) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
hurtle- v. (intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused…
- v. (transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
- n. A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
- n. A clattering sound.
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
mold- n. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- n. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- n. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- n. The shape or pattern of a mold.
- n. General shape or form.
- n. Distinctive character or type.
- n. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- n. (architecture) A group of moldings.
- n. (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- v. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
- v. (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- v. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence.
- v. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- v. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- v. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- v. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- n. A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material…
- v. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- v. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- n. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- v. To cover with mold or soil.
mould- n. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.
- v. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
pass- v. (heading) Physical movement.
- v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
- v. (heading) To move through time.
- v. (heading) To be accepted.
- v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- v. (heading) To do or be better.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
- n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
- n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- n. An attempt.
- n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- n. A sexual advance.
- n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
- n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
- n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
- n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
- n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
- n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
- n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
patch- n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen…
- n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to…
- n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location,…
- n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- n. An area of professional responsibility.
- n. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
- n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug…
- n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a…
- n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- n. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical…
- n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner.
- v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.
- v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
- n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
phrase- n. A short written or spoken expression.
- n. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually…
- n. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- n. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- v. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
- v. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
- v. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
project- n. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- n. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
- n. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
- n. (obsolete) A projectile.
- n. (obsolete) A projection.
- n. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
- v. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
- v. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- v. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- v. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
- v. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- v. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own…
- v. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
puke- n. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
- n. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
- n. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
- v. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
- v. (intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure,…
- adj. A fine grade of woolen cloth.
- adj. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.
purge- n. An act of purging.
- n. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
- n. A cleansing of pipes.
- n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- v. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
- v. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
- v. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
- v. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
- v. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
- v. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
- v. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
- v. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
- v. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
put- v. To place something somewhere.
- v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
- v. To express something in a certain manner.
- v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
- v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
- v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
- n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- n. An old card game.
- n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
- n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
ramble- n. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
- n. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
- n. (mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
- n. A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
- v. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.
- v. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
- v. To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
range- n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
- n. Selection, array.
- n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
- n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
- n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference…
- n. (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- n. (programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
- n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian…
- n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
- n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- v. (transitive) To rove over or through.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to,…
- v. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition)…
- v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the…
- v. (transitive) To classify.
- v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- v. (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose…
- v. (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively…
- v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- v. To separate into parts; to sift.
- v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
redact- v. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
- v. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically…
- v. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- v. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
- v. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
- v. (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a…
- v. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
- v. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
- v. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
- v. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.
regorge- v. To disgorge or vomit.
- v. To swallow again; to swallow back.
regurgitate- v. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
- v. (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as a bird or animal does.
- v. (transitive, by extension) To repeat verbatim.
- v. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
remove- v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
- v. (transitive) To murder.
- v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
- v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
- v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
- n. The act of removing something.
- n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
- n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
- n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
- n. Distance in time or space; interval.
- n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
- n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
retch- v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck.
- v. To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
- n. An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
roam- v. (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- v. (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or…
- v. (transitive) To range or wander over.
roll- v. (ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward…
- v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
- v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- v. (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing…
- v. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- v. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- v. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with…
- v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- v. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
- v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
- v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one…
- v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- v. (dice games, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
- v. (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- v. (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine…
- v. (computing) To generate a random number.
- v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
- v. (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
- v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
- v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
- v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- v. To have a rolling aspect.
- v. (figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- v. (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone.
- v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- n. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- n. That which rolls; a roller.
- n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on…
- n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
- n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
- n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- n. A training match for a fighting dog.
rove- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
- v. (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- v. (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- v. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- v. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- v. To draw through an eye or aperture.
- v. To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- v. To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- n. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
- n. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a…
- n. The act of wandering; a ramble.
- v. simple past tense of rive.
send- v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
- v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
- v. To bring to a certain condition.
- v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
- v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
- v. (nautical) To pitch.
- n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
shape- n. The status or condition of something.
- n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
- n. Form; formation.
- n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
- n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
- n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
- n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
- v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
shed- v. (transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
- v. (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- v. (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall in drops; to pour.
- v. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- v. (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- n. (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- n. (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
- n. (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
- n. (obsolete) The top of the head.
- n. (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- n. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front;…
- n. (Britain, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- n. (Britain, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
sick- adj. Having an urge to vomit.
- adj. (chiefly US) In poor health.
- adj. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- adj. (colloquial) In bad taste.
- adj. Tired of or annoyed by something.
- adj. (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- adj. In poor condition.
- adj. (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
- n. Sick people in general as a group.
- n. (Britain, colloquial) vomit.
- v. To vomit.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.
- v. (rare) Alternative spelling of sic.
solid- adj. An item that can be grabbed, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
- adj. Large, massive.
- adj. Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
- adj. Strong or unyielding.
- adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- adj. Hearty; filling.
- adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- adj. Sound; not weakly.
- adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
- adj. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- adj. Of a single color throughout.
- adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
- n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need…
- n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- n. (informal) A favor.
- n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- adv. Solidly.
- adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
spew- v. to eject forcibly and in a stream.
- v. (informal) to vomit.
- v. (slang) to ejaculate.
- v. (slang) to laugh unexpectedly while drinking, causing drink to exit the nose.
- v. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
- n. (slang) vomit or sick.
- n. (slang) ejaculate.
sportfishing- n. fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing.
- v. present participle of sportfish.
spue- v. Obsolete form of spew.
stamp- n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- n. An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
- n. A device for stamping designs.
- n. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters…
- n. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as…
- n. (slang, figuratively) A tattoo.
- n. (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- v. (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- v. (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- v. (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot…
- v. (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
- v. (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
- v. (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To mark; to impress.
stray- n. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is…
- n. (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- n. The act of wandering or going astray.
- n. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e…
- v. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- v. (intransitive) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- v. (transitive) To cause to stray.
- adj. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering.
- adj. In the wrong place; misplaced.
swan- n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
- n. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
- n. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
- v. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
- v. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
take- v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove.
- v. (transitive) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- v. (transitive) To consume.
- v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
- v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- v. (transitive) To require.
- v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
- v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
- v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
- v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
- v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- v. (transitive) To move into.
- v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
- v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- v. (transitive) To deal with.
- v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
- v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
- v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
- n. The or an act of taking.
- n. Something that is taken; a haul.
- n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
- n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
- n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
throw- v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
- v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
- v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
- v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
- v. (transitive) To imprison.
- v. To organize an event, especially a party.
- v. To roll (a die or dice).
- v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
- v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
- v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
- v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
- v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
- v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
- n. The flight of a thrown object.
- n. The act of throwing something.
- n. One's ability to throw.
- n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
- n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
- v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
- n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- n. Misspelling of throe.
tramp- n. (pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond.
- n. (pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
- n. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
- n. Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
- n. (in apposition): Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted.
- v. To walk with heavy footsteps.
- v. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
- v. To hitchhike.
- v. (transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- v. (transitive) To travel or wander through.
- v. (transitive, Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
upchuck- n. (informal) Vomit.
- v. (informal) To vomit.
vagabond- n. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- n. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without…
- v. To roam, as a vagabond.
- adj. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
vomit- v. To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- v. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
- n. The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
- n. The act of regurgitating.
- n. (obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
wander- v. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- v. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- v. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- v. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- v. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- n. The act or instance of wandering.
withdraw- v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
- v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
- v. (intransitive) To retreat.
- v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
word- n. The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest…
- n. Something which is like such a unit of language.
- n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
- n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting…
- n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
- n. News; tidings (used without an article).
- n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- n. A brief discussion or conversation.
- n. (in the plural) See words.
- n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- v. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
- v. (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
- v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
- interj. (slang, African American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement…
- interj. (slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement…
- v. Alternative form of worth (to become).
work- n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
- n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
- n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
- n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
- n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
- v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- v. (transitive) To set into action.
- v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- v. (intransitive) To ferment.
- v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
- v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
- v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
- v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
- v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- v. (transitive) To cause to work.
- v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
- v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
- v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
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