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Synonyms of the word 
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- n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- n. A load or burden; cargo.
- n. The amount of money levied for a service.
- n. An instruction.
- n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- n. An accusation.
- n. An electric charge.
- n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- n. A forceful forward movement.
- n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
- n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
- n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
- v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
- v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- v. To impute or ascribe.
- v. To call to account; to challenge.
- v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
- v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
- v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…
account- n. (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings…
- n. (banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.
- n. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action…
- n. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive.
- n. (business) A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
- n. A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description.
- n. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- n. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- n. An authorization to use a service.
- n. (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
- n. Profit; advantage.
- v. to provide explanation.
- v. to count.
accusation- n. The act of accusing.
- n. (law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
- n. An allegation.
accuse- v. (transitive) To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
- v. (transitive) To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
- v. (intransitive) To make an accusation against someone.
- n. (obsolete) An accusation.
agitate- v. (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action.
- v. (intransitive, rare) To move or actuate.
- v. (transitive) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
- v. (transitive) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate.
- v. (transitive) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot.
aim- n. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the…
- n. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- n. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
- n. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- n. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
- v. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or…
- v. (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try…
- v. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act,…
- v. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group.
- v. (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
- n. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
appoint- v. (transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting…
- v. (transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
- v. (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings…
- v. (transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
- v. (transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
ascribe- v. (transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
- v. (transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
asking- v. present participle of ask.
- n. The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
- n. (Rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
assertion- n. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement…
- n. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- n. Maintenance; vindication.
- n. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point,…
asseveration- n. An earnest affirmation or declaration of support.
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.
assignment- n. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- n. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- n. An assigned task.
- n. A position to which someone is assigned.
- n. (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- n. (law) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.
- n. (law) A document that effects this transfer.
- n. (computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
attack- n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
- n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
- n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
- n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
- n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
- v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
- v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
attribute- n. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
- n. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
- n. (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
- n. (computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
- n. (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
- n. (computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
- v. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
- v. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
averment- n. The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- n. verification; establishment by evidence.
- n. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
bang- n. A sudden percussive noise.
- n. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- n. An explosion.
- n. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
- n. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- n. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- n. (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
- n. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- n. (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- n. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- v. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
- v. (slang, figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- v. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- v. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- adv. Right, directly.
- adv. Precisely.
- adv. With a sudden impact.
- interj. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.
- n. (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
bearing- adj. That which bears (whatever this combining form combines with).
- adj. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
- n. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
- n. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or…
- n. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
- n. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
- n. (in the plural) Direction or relative position.
- n. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
- n. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
- n. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
- n. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
- v. present participle of bear.
bid- v. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- v. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
- v. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- v. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- v. (transitive) To offer as a price.
- v. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- v. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
- n. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
- n. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- n. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
bidding- v. present participle of bid.
- n. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
- n. The act of placing a bid.
bill- n. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later…
- n. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
- n. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
- n. A pickaxe, or mattock.
- n. (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
- v. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
- n. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle,…
- n. A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
- n. (of a hat or cap) The peak or brim, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
- v. (obsolete) To peck.
- v. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
- n. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill…
- n. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain…
- n. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
- n. (obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the…
- n. (US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- n. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
- n. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play,…
- n. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without…
- n. A set of items presented together.
- v. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
- v. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.
- n. The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
billing- v. present participle of bill.
- n. Amounts billed.
- n. Accounts receivable.
- n. The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with…
- n. The act or situation of including someone or something to those that make up a complete list.
blame- n. Censure.
- n. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- n. Responsibility for something meriting censure.
- n. (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion…
- v. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- v. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.
- v. (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative;…
boot- n. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- n. A blow with the foot; a kick.
- n. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and…
- n. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- n. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a…
- n. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice…
- n. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and…
- n. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
- n. (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- n. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- n. (informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone.
- n. (Britain, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman.
- n. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended…
- n. (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- n. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- v. To kick.
- v. To put boots on, especially for riding.
- v. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- v. (informal) To forcibly eject.
- v. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- v. (slang) To vomit.
- n. (dated) remedy, amends.
- n. (uncountable) profit, plunder.
- n. (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in…
- n. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To profit, avail, benefit.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
- n. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- v. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
- n. A bootleg recording.
buck- n. A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the…
- n. (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- n. A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- n. (Britain, obsolete) A fop or dandy.
- n. (US, dated, derogatory) A black or Native American man.
- n. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- n. (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
- n. (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money.
- n. (US, slang) One hundred.
- n. (dated) An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object,…
- n. (US, in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
- n. (Britain, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- n. (finance, jargon) One million dollars.
- n. (informal) A euro.
- n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
- n. A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal…
- n. (African American Vernacular, dated, dance) Synonym of buck dance.
- v. (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
- v. (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
- v. (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down…
- v. (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- v. (transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together,…
- v. (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- v. (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- v. (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal;…
- v. (riveting) To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb…
- v. (forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- v. (electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter.
- n. (Scotland) The beech tree.
- n. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
- n. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
- v. To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
- v. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
- v. (mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
burden- n. A heavy load.
- n. A responsibility, onus.
- n. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- n. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- n. (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- n. (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- n. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- n. (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- n. (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism.
- v. (transitive) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).
- v. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
- n. (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- n. The drone of a bagpipe.
- n. (obsolete) Theme, core idea.
burster- n. One who, or that which, bursts (causes to burst).
calculate- v. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical…
- v. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- v. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- v. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other…
- v. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of…
care- n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
- n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
- n. Worry.
- n. Maintenance, upkeep.
- n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
- n. The state of being cared for by others.
- n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
- v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
- v. (intransitive) To look after.
- v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
- v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.
cathexis- n. (psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
claim- n. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
- n. A new statement of something you believed to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified…
- n. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush).
- n. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- v. To demand ownership of.
- v. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- v. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- v. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- v. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- v. (archaic) To proclaim.
- v. (archaic) To call or name.
command- n. An order to do something.
- n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
- n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
- n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
- v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
- v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.
commission- n. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- n. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- n. The thing to be done as agent for another.
- n. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- n. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- n. The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
- v. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- v. (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art).
- v. (transitive) To put into active service.
commit- v. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; — used with to, unto.
- v. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- v. (transitive) to have enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
- v. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- v. To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
- v. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally…
- v. (computing) To make a set of changes permanent.
- v. (obsolete, Latinism) To confound.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
- n. (computing) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository),…
commove- v. To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.
compel- v. (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up.
- v. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
- v. (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
- v. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
- v. (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
- v. (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
- v. (obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
complaint- n. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
- n. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim…
- n. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the…
- n. A consumer complaint.
- n. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
confide- v. (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
- v. (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
- v. (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. (+ in).
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
consign- v. (transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
- v. (transitive) To entrust to the care of another.
- v. (transitive) To send to a final destination.
- v. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
- v. To stamp or impress; to affect.
cost- n. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- n. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
- v. To incur a charge; to require payment of a price.
- v. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- v. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- v. To calculate or estimate a price.
- n. (obsolete) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
- n. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic…
- n. (obsolete) A rib; a side.
- n. (heraldry) A cottise.
criminate- v. (transitive, construed with of) To accuse, incriminate, impeach.
- v. (transitive, construed with of) To rebuke, censure, reprimand.
debit- n. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- n. A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal…
- v. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
- v. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
- adj. of or relating to process of taking money from an account.
- adj. of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card…
dependant- adj. Obsolete spelling of dependent.
- n. (Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
- n. (US) Misspelling of dependent.
dependent- adj. Relying upon; depending upon.
- adj. (of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms) Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain…
- adj. (medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while…
- adj. Hanging down.
- n. (US) One who relies on another for support.
- n. (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers…
- n. (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but…
determine- v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
- v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
- v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
dictation- n. (uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
- n. (countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- n. (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
- n. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
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…
direction- n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination.
- n. An general trend for future action.
- n. Guidance, instruction.
- n. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- n. (archaic) An address.
disturb- v. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions…
- v. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- v. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
- n. (obsolete) disturbance.
entrust- v. To trust to the care of.
excite- v. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
- v. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron…
- v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
excitement- n. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
- n. (countable) something that excites.
exhilaration- n. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
- n. The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.
explosive- n. Explosive substance.
- adj. With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
- adj. Having the character of an explosion.
- adj. (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
file- n. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- n. A roll or list.
- n. Course of thought; thread of narration.
- n. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- v. (transitive) To commit official papers to some office.
- v. (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- v. (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- v. (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To make a formal request for the benefit of an official status.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
- n. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side…
- n. (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- n. (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter)…
- v. (intransitive) To move in a file.
- n. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing…
- n. (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
- v. (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- v. (archaic) to defile.
- v. to corrupt.
fill- v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- v. To enter (something), making it full.
- v. (intransitive) To become full.
- v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
- v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- n. An amount that fills a container.
- n. The filling of a container or area.
- n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
- n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
- n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
- n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
flush- n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
- v. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- adj. Wealthy or well off.
- adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind;…
- n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- v. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- v. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or…
- v. (transitive) To cause to blush.
- v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- v. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
- v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- v. (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient,…
- v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which,…
- n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
furnish- n. Material used to create an engineered product.
- v. (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give.
guardianship- n. The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
hasten- v. To move in a quick fashion.
- v. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- v. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
heraldry- n. (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies…
- n. (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- n. (uncountable) Pageantry.
hie- v. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
- v. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
- n. Haste; diligence.
hotfoot- n. (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting…
- adv. (Britain) hastily; without delay.
impeach- v. To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- v. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- v. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- v. (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same…
impregnate- v. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
- v. (transitive) To fertilize.
- v. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
- v. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
impute- v. (transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
- v. (transitive, theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
- v. (transitive) To take into account; to consider; to regard.
- v. (transitive) To attribute or credit to.
incriminate- v. (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
- v. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.
institutionalise- v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
institutionalize- v. to establish as a normal practice.
- v. to commit a person to confinement in an institution.
instruct- v. (transitive) to teach by giving instructions.
- v. (transitive) to direct; to order (usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier…
- n. (obsolete) instruction.
- adj. (obsolete) arranged; furnished; provided.
- adj. (obsolete) instructed; taught; enlightened.
intrust- v. Alternative form of entrust.
kick- v. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- v. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- v. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- v. (Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- v. (slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- v. To move or push suddenly and violently.
- v. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- v. (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- v. (cycling, intransitive) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from…
- n. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- n. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- n. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
- n. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- n. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it…
- n. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- n. (uncountable and countable) piquancy.
- n. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- n. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- n. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- n. a recoil of a gun.
- n. (informal) pocket.
- n. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- v. To die.
level- adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- adj. Unvaried in frequency.
- adj. Unvaried in volume.
- adj. Calm.
- adj. In the same position or rank.
- adj. Straightforward; direct; clear.
- adj. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- adj. (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection ; monotonic.
- n. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- n. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- n. Degree or amount.
- n. (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- n. (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered…
- n. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
- n. A floor of a multi-storey building.
- n. (Britain) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- n. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- v. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- v. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- v. (role-playing games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- v. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- v. (sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- v. (nonstandard, rare) To levy.
- v. (figuratively) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege,…
- v. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- v. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
liabilities- n. plural of liability.
- n. (finance) An amount of money in a company that is owed to someone and has to be paid in the future, such…
lie- v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
- v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
- n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
load- n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
- n. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- n. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- n. (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity…
- n. (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- n. The volume of work required to be performed.
- n. (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- n. (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- n. (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- n. (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- n. A unit of measure for various quantities.
- n. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- n. The charge of powder for a firearm.
- n. (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
- n. (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- n. (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- n. (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- v. (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- v. (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- v. (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- v. (intransitive) To receive a load.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- v. (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- v. (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a…
- v. (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- v. (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- v. (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- v. (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases.
- v. (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- v. (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- v. (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- v. (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- v. (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To magnetize.
lodge- n. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- n. Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.
- n. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- n. (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- n. A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- n. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- n. A den or cave.
- n. The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- n. (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore…
- n. A collection of objects lodged together.
- n. A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration,…
- v. (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- v. (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- v. (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- v. (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- v. (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- v. (transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- v. (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
mission- n. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
- n. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- n. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide…
- n. (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part…
- n. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- n. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service.
- n. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- v. (transitive) To send to a mission.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
onrush- n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
- n. An aggressive assault.
- v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
- v. To assault aggressively.
onset- n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
- n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
- n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
- n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- n. the start (of something).
- v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
- v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.
onslaught- n. A fierce attack.
- n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
paint- n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds…
- n. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting…
- n. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- n. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- n. (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
- n. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- n. Makeup.
- v. (transitive) To apply paint to.
- v. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- v. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- v. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- v. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- v. (transitive, computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- v. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- v. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
pay- v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
- v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
- v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
- adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
- v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…
pleading- n. The act of making a plea.
- n. (law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the…
- v. present participle of plead.
- adj. That pleads.
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.
protection- n. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
- n. The state of being safe.
- n. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
- n. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
- n. (insurance) Coverage.
- n. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
- n. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers…
- n. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
provide- v. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- v. To act to prepare for something.
- v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- v. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- v. To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- v. To make possible or attainable.
- v. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
- v. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
race- n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective…
- n. (computing) A race condition.
- n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
- n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- n. Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
- n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- n. Travels, runs, or journeys.
- n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
- v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- v. (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
- v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
- v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.
- n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly…
- n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with…
- n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities,…
- n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
- n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
render- v. (transitive) To cause to become.
- v. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- v. (transitive) To translate into another language.
- v. (transitive) To pass down.
- v. (transitive) To make over as a return.
- v. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
- v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- v. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- v. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
- v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. To render with stucco.
- v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
- v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
- v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
- n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
- n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
- n. (obsolete) A surrender.
- n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
- n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
- n. One who rends.
request- n. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- n. A formal message requesting something.
- n. Condition of being sought after.
- n. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
- v. to express the need or desire for.
- v. to ask somebody to do something.
require- v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.
- v. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
- v. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
- v. To demand of (someone) to do something.
rouse- n. An arousal.
- n. (military, Britain and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers…
- v. To wake or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
- v. To provoke (someone) to anger or action.
- v. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
- v. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.
- v. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
- v. (slang, when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
- n. An official ceremony over drinks.
- n. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
- n. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
rush- n. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems…
- n. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- n. The merest trifle; a straw.
- n. A sudden forward motion.
- n. A surge.
- n. General haste.
- n. A rapid, noisy flow.
- n. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- n. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- n. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- n. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- n. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- n. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
- n. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- v. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- v. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt…
- v. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- v. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- v. (military) To swiftly attach to without warning.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing…
- v. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- v. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- v. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
- adj. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
saddle- n. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
- n. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
- n. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
- n. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- n. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- n. (mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially…
- n. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- n. (construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
- n. (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- n. (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as…
- n. The clitellus of an earthworm.
- n. Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
- v. To put a saddle on an animal.
- v. To get into a saddle.
- v. (idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
- v. (idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
saturate- v. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- v. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that…
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.
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
shoot- v. To launch a projectile.
- v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- v. (sports) To act or achieve.
- v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- v. To develop, move forward.
- v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W.
- n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- n. A photography session.
- n. A hunt or shooting competition.
- n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- n. A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. A shoat; a young pig.
- n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
- interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.
speed- n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
- n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
- n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
- n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
- n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
- n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
- n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
- n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
- n. (slang) Personal preference.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
- v. (intransitive) To go fast.
- v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
- v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
- v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
- v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
- v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
supply- v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
- n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- n. (in the plural) provisions.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
- n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
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.
tear- v. (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether…
- v. (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- v. (transitive) To cause to lose some kind of unity or coherence.
- v. (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- v. (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
- v. (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- v. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- v. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- v. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- n. A hole or break caused by tearing.
- n. (slang) A rampage.
- n. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop,…
- n. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- v. (intransitive) To produce tears.
thrill- v. (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify;…
- v. (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- v. (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- v. (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- n. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- n. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- n. (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- n. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
train- n. Elongated portion.
- n. Connected sequence of people or things.
- v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- v. (transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
- v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- v. To proceed in sequence.
- v. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape,…
- v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
- v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
- n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
- n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
- n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
- n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.
transfer- v. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- v. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- v. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- n. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- n. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- n. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- n. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- n. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side…
- n. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
trouble- n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
- n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- n. A violent occurrence or event.
- n. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- n. A malfunction.
- n. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- n. (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- v. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- v. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
- v. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.
trust- n. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
- n. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- n. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- n. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- n. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- n. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- n. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- n. (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit…
- n. (law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose…
- n. A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities…
- n. (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- v. (transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
- v. (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- v. (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object).
- v. (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- v. (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- v. (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- v. (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
- v. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- v. (intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
- v. (archaic, intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
- adj. (obsolete) Secure, safe.
- adj. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
- adj. (law) of or relating to a trust.
tutelage- n. The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; guardianship; protection.
- n. The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed.
- n. Instruction; teaching; guidance.
upset- adj. (of a person) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- adj. (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to…
- n. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- n. (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored…
- n. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- n. An upset stomach.
- n. (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is…
- v. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- v. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
- v. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- v. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- v. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
- v. (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
- v. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
- v. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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