Synonyms of the word center


CENTERAREA - BASKETEER - BUILDING - CAGER - CENTERFIELD - CENTRAL - CENTRE - CENTRIST - CEREBRATE - CLASS - COGITATE - CONCENTRATE - CONCERN - CONFECTION - CONTENT - CORE - COUNTRY - DISPLACE - EDIFICE - ESSENCE - EYE - FOCUS - FORMATION - GIST - HALFWAY - HEART - INWARDNESS - KERNEL - LINEMAN - MALL - MARROW - MEAT - MIDDLE - MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD - MIDPOINT - MIDWAY - MOVE - NITTY-GRITTY - NUB - OBJECT - OUTLET - PARCEL - PERTAIN - PITH - PLACE - PLAZA - POINT - PORE - POSITION - PROPERTY - REFER - RELATE - RIVET - SNAPPER - SUBSTANCE - SUM - SWEET - THINK - TOUCH - TRACT

center

  • n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
  • n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
  • n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
  • n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
  • n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
  • n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
  • n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
  • n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
  • n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
  • n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  • n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
  • n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
  • n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
  • n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
  • n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
  • n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
  • n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
  • adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
  • v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
  • v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
  • v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

area

  • n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  • n. A particular geographic region.
  • n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
  • n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
  • n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
  • n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
  • n. (slang) Genitals.

basketeer

  • n. Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
  • n. A basketball player.

building

  • n. (uncountable) The act or process of building.
  • n. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
  • v. present participle of build.

cager

  • n. A basketball player.
  • n. A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.

centerfield

  • n. (baseball) The central part of the outfield.

central

  • adj. Being in the centre.
  • adj. Being the most important.
  • adj. Having or containing the centre of something.
  • adj. Being very important, or key to something.
  • adj. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

centre

  • n. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…
  • v. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…

centrist

  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
  • n. A person who advocates centrism.

cerebrate

  • v. To think or cogitate; especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

class

  • n. (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
  • n. (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three…
  • n. (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
  • n. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
  • n. A series of classes covering a single subject.
  • n. (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A…
  • n. (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
  • n. (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon…
  • n. Best of its kind.
  • n. (mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
  • n. (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those…
  • n. (object-oriented programming) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state),…
  • n. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
  • v. (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.
  • v. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
  • v. (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
  • adj. (Ireland, Britain, slang) great; fabulous.

cogitate

  • v. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
  • v. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

concentrate

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather…
  • v. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting…
  • v. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
  • v. (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
  • n. A substance that is in a condensed form.

concern

  • n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
  • n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  • n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  • n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
  • v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
  • v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
  • v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

confection

  • n. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar,…
  • n. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
  • n. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
  • n. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition…
  • n. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious,…
  • n. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
  • v. To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

content

  • n. (uncountable) That which is contained.
  • n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
  • n. The amount of material contained; contents.
  • n. Capacity for holding.
  • n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case…
  • adj. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
  • interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
  • n. Satisfaction; contentment.
  • n. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
  • n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
  • n. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
  • n. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
  • v. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

core

  • n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
  • n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
  • n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
  • n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
  • n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
  • n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
  • n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
  • n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
  • n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
  • n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
  • n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
  • n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
  • n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
  • n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
  • n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
  • v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
  • v. To extract a sample with a drill.
  • n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
  • n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
  • n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
  • n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

country

  • n. (archaic) An area of land; a district, region.
  • n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members…
  • n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political…
  • n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
  • n. Country music.
  • n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
  • adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it.
  • adj. Of or connected to country music.

displace

  • v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  • v. (psycology) to repress.

edifice

  • n. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially an imposing one; a large or fine building,…
  • n. An abstract structure; a school of thought.

essence

  • n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  • n. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
  • n. Constituent substance.
  • n. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
  • n. A significant feature of something.
  • n. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
  • n. Fragrance, a perfume.

eye

  • n. An organ through which animals see.
  • n. The visual sense.
  • n. Attention, notice.
  • n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
  • n. A meaningful stare or look.
  • n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
  • n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
  • n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage…
  • n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
  • n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
  • n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
  • n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
  • n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
  • n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc…
  • n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
  • n. Tinge; shade of colour.
  • n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
  • n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
  • n. (game of Go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
  • v. To observe carefully.
  • v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
  • v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
  • v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
  • n. A brood.

focus

  • n. (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
  • n. (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
  • n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
  • n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic…
  • n. (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
  • n. (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath…
  • n. (computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
  • n. (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
  • v. (transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the…
  • v. (transitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.
  • v. (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
  • v. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so…

formation

  • n. Something possessing structure or form.
  • n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
  • n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
  • n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
  • n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
  • n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
  • n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
  • n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

gist

  • n. The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux…
  • n. (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
  • n. (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
  • v. To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

halfway

  • adv. Half of the way between two points; midway.
  • adv. Moderately; somewhat.

heart

  • n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
  • n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
  • n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
  • n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  • n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  • n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
  • n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
  • n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
  • n. The centre, essence, or core.
  • v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
  • v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
  • v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

inwardness

  • n. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
  • n. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
  • n. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity.
  • n. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness.

kernel

  • n. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
  • n. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
  • n. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
  • n. (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  • n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
  • n. (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and…
  • n. (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
  • n. (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
  • n. (mathematics, algebra) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
  • n. (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose…
  • n. (slang) The human clitoris.

lineman

  • n. a person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.
  • n. (American football) a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

mall

  • n. Place used to play game of pall-mall, and related senses.
  • n. Hammer used to play game of pall-mall, and related senses.
  • v. To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.
  • v. To build up with the development of shopping malls.
  • v. (informal) To shop at the mall.

marrow

  • n. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
  • n. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
  • n. The essence; the best part.
  • n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
  • n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

meat

  • n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
  • n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
  • n. (now archaic) A meal.
  • n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
  • n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
  • n. (slang) A penis.
  • n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
  • n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
  • n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
  • n. A meathead.
  • n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

middle

  • n. A centre, midpoint.
  • n. The part between the beginning and the end.
  • n. (cricket) The middle stump.
  • n. The central part of a human body.
  • n. (grammar) The middle voice.
  • adj. Located in the middle; in between.
  • adj. Central.
  • adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.

middle-of-the-road

  • adj. Alternative spelling of middle of the road.

midpoint

  • n. A point equidistant between two extremes.
  • n. (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.

midway

  • n. The middle; the midst.
  • n. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
  • n. (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
  • n. (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard)…
  • adj. Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
  • adv. Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.

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…

nitty-gritty

  • n. (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.

nub

  • n. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
  • n. A small lump or knob.
  • n. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
  • n. (slang) The clitoris.
  • v. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
  • v. To push; to nudge.
  • v. To beckon.
  • n. (Internet, slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

object

  • n. A thing that has physical existence.
  • n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
  • n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
  • n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
  • n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
  • n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
  • n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
  • v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

outlet

  • n. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
  • n. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
  • n. A river that runs out of a lake.
  • n. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
  • n. A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current…

parcel

  • n. A package wrapped for shipment.
  • n. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
  • n. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
  • n. (obsolete) A group of birds.
  • n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
  • n. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
  • n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
  • v. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
  • v. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
  • v. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
  • v. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
  • adv. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.

pertain

  • v. (intransitive) to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory of.
  • v. (intransitive) to relate, to refer, be relevant to.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.

pith

  • n. The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
  • n. The spongy interior substance of a feather.
  • n. The spinal cord; the marrow.
  • n. The albedo of a citrus fruit.
  • n. (figuratively) The essential or vital part.
  • v. (transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
  • v. (transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

place

  • n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
  • n. A location or position in space.
  • n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
  • n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
  • n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
  • n. A frame of mind.
  • n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  • n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
  • n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  • n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  • n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
  • n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
  • v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
  • v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
  • v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
  • v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
  • v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
  • v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

plaza

  • n. a town’s public square.
  • n. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

point

  • n. A discrete division of something.
  • n. A sharp extremity.
  • n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
  • n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
  • n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
  • n. Lace worked by the needle.
  • n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
  • n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
  • n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
  • n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
  • n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
  • n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
  • n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
  • v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
  • v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
  • v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
  • v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
  • v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
  • v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
  • v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
  • v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
  • v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
  • v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
  • v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
  • v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  • v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
  • v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
  • v. (obsolete) To appoint.
  • v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

pore

  • n. A tiny opening in the skin.
  • n. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a…
  • v. to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
  • v. to meditate or reflect in a steady way.

position

  • n. A place or location.
  • n. A post of employment; a job.
  • n. A status or rank.
  • n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  • n. A posture.
  • n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
  • n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
  • n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  • v. To put into place.

property

  • n. Something that is owned.
  • n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
  • n. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
  • n. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
  • n. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
  • n. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
  • n. (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or…
  • n. (usually in the plural, theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
  • n. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
  • v. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
  • v. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

refer

  • v. (transitive) To direct the attention of.
  • v. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
  • v. (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause,…
  • v. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
  • v. (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence.
  • v. (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.

relate

  • v. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
  • v. (transitive) To give an association.
  • v. (transitive) To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
  • v. (intransitive) To interact.
  • v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
  • v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with, understand.
  • v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

rivet

  • n. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and…
  • n. (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
  • n. (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).
  • v. (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
  • v. (transitive) To install rivets.
  • v. (transitive) To command the attention of.

snapper

  • n. One who, or that which, snaps.
  • n. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
  • n. (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
  • n. (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  • n. (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits…
  • n. (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
  • n. (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
  • n. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • n. A snap beetle.
  • n. (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the…
  • n. (US, colloquial) A string bean.
  • n. (slang) The vulva.

substance

  • n. Physical matter; material.
  • n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  • n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
  • n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
  • n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
  • n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
  • n. (theology) Hypostasis.

sum

  • n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
  • n. (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily…
  • n. A quantity of money.
  • n. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
  • n. A central idea or point.
  • n. The utmost degree.
  • n. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
  • v. (transitive) To add together.
  • v. (transitive) To give a summary of.
  • n. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
  • n. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
  • pron. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.

sweet

  • adj. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
  • adj. Having a taste of sugar.
  • adj. Containing a sweetening ingredient.
  • adj. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
  • adj. Not having a salty taste.
  • adj. Having a pleasant smell.
  • adj. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
  • adj. Having a pleasant sound.
  • adj. Having a pleasing disposition.
  • adj. Having a helpful disposition.
  • adj. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
  • adj. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
  • adj. (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).
  • adj. (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
  • adj. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
  • adv. In a sweet manner.
  • n. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
  • n. (countable, Britain) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
  • n. (countable, Britain) A food eaten for dessert.
  • n. sweetheart; darling.
  • n. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
  • n. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

think

  • v. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
  • v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
  • v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
  • v. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
  • v. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
  • v. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
  • v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
  • v. To presume; to venture.
  • n. (chiefly Britain) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
  • v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.

touch

  • v. Primarily physical senses.
  • v. Primarily non-physical senses.
  • v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
  • v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
  • v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
  • v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
  • v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
  • v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
  • n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
  • n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
  • n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
  • n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
  • n. A little bit; a small amount.
  • n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
  • n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
  • n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
  • n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
  • n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
  • n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
  • n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
  • n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
  • n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
  • n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
  • n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
  • n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
  • n. The children's game of tag.
  • n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
  • n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
  • n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

tract

  • n. An area or expanse.
  • n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  • n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  • n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  • n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  • n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent.
  • n. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used…
  • n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
  • n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
  • n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
  • n. (obsolete) Track; trace.
  • n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
  • v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
  • v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

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