Synonyms of the word

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…

absolute

• adj. (obsolete) Absolved; free.
• adj. (obsolete) Disengaged from accidental circumstances.
• adj. (archaic) Complete in itself; perfect.
• adj. (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence.
• adj. (obsolete) Absorbed in (e.g. an occupation).
• adj. Pure; unmixed.
• adj. (figuratively) Complete; utter; outright; unmitigated; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any…
• adj. Unconditional; free from any conditions, limitations, and relations;.
• adj. Authoritative; peremptory.
• adj. Positive; unquestionable; peremptory.
• adj. Real; actual.
• adj. (archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person or prediction).
• adj. Free from conditional limitations; operating or existing in full under all circumstances without variation.
• adj. (law) Complete; unconditional; final; without encumbrances; not liable to change or cancellation.
• adj. (philosophy) Existing, able to be thought of, or able to be viewed without relation to other things.
• adj. (philosophy) Fundamental; ultimate; intrinsic; free from the variability and error natural to the human…
• adj. (physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement not comparative or relative.
• adj. (education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative…
• adj. (art) Concerned entirely with expressing beauty and feelings, lacking meaningful reference.
• adj. (dance) Utilizing the body to express ideas, independent of music and costumes.
• adj. (mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
• adj. (mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers; unconditional.
• n. That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
• n. Anything that is absolute.
• n. (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the…
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which…
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The unity of spirit and nature; God.
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
• n. Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.

address

• n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
• n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
• n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
• n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
• n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
• n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
• n. A description of the location of a property.
• n. (by extension) The property itself.
• n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
• n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
• n. An email address.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
• v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
• v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
• v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
• v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
• v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

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.

apprise

• v. (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

apprize

• v. To appraise.
• v. To apprise.

bluff

• n. An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
• n. (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than they actually do.
• n. (US, dated) The card game poker.
• n. One who bluffs; a bluffer.
• v. (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.
• v. (by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression…
• v. To take advantage by bluffing.
• n. A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad…
• n. (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
• adj. Having a broad, flattened front.
• adj. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
• adj. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
• adj. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque.

blunt

• adj. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
• adj. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
• adj. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
• adj. Hard to impress or penetrate.
• adj. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
• n. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
• n. A short needle with a strong point.
• n. (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
• n. (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money.
• n. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
• v. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
• v. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of.

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…

candid

• adj. Impartial and free from prejudice.
• adj. Straightforward, open and sincere.
• adj. Not posed or rehearsed.
• n. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

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.

channelise

• v. (British spelling) alternative form of channelize.

channelize

• v. To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
• v. (transitive) To transmit through a channel.
• v. (transitive) To multiplex (messages) through a single line.

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.

conduct

• n. The act or method of controlling or directing.
• n. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
• n. The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
• n. (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
• n. (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
• n. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
• v. (transitive) To lead; to direct; to manage.
• v. (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
• v. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.).
• v. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
• v. (transitive) To carry out (something organized).

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

create

• v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
• v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
• v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
• v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
• v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
• adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

deal

• n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
• n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
• v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
• v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
• v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
• v. (baseball) To pitch.
• v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
• v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
• v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
• v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
• v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
• n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
• n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
• n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
• n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
• n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
• n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
• n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
• n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
• n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
• n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
• adj. Made of deal.

designate

• adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.
• v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description;…
• v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
• v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the…

destine

• v. To preordain.
• v. To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use.
• v. To have a particular destination.

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…

directly

• adv. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
• adv. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.
• adv. Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
• adv. Exactly; just.
• adv. Straightforwardly; honestly.
• adv. (dated) Immediately.
• adv. (Midland South) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
• conj. As soon as.

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.

do

• v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
• v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
• v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
• v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
• v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
• v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
• v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
• v. To cook.
• v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
• v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
• v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
• v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
• v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
• v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
• v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
• v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
• v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
• v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
• v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
• v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
• v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
• v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
• v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
• v. (transitive) To take drugs.
• v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
• n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
• n. (informal) A hairdo.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
• n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
• n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
• n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
• n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
• adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

door-to-door

• adj. Going from house to house, when selling, delivering or asking for something.
• adj. Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.

engineer

• n. A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
• n. (Philippines) A title given to an engineer.
• n. (chiefly US) A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive).
• v. (transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
• v. (transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
• v. (transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
• v. (transitive) To control motion of substance; to change motion.

enjoin

• v. (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct…
• v. (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

exact

• adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor…
• adj. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
• adj. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
• adj. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism…
• v. (transitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
• v. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly obtain or produce.
• adv. exactly.

execute

• v. (transitive) To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
• v. (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
• v. (transitive) To perform.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become legally valid.
• v. (transitive, computing) To start, launch or run.

flat-footed

• adj. having feet which are flat.
• adj. (of humans) having the specific physical condition of flat feet.
• adj. (idiomatic) unprepared to act.
• adj. Holding firmly and maintaining a decision; to standing on one's ground.

forthright

• adj. straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.

frank

• adj. honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
• adj. (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
• adj. (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
• adj. (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
• adj. (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
• n. (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
• n. (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
• v. To place a frank on an envelope.
• v. To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
• v. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
• n. A hot dog or sausage.
• n. (Britain) the grey heron.
• n. A pigsty.
• v. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

free-spoken

• adj. Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc.

guide

• n. Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer…
• n. A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
• n. A sign that guides people; guidepost.
• n. Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
• n. A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
• n. (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
• n. (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for…
• v. to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
• v. to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
• v. to exert control or influence over someone or something.
• v. to supervise the education or training of someone.
• v. (intransitive) to act as a guide.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

head

• n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
• n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
• n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
• n. A significant or important part.
• n. Headway; progress.
• n. Topic; subject.
• n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
• n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
• n. (slang) The glans penis.
• n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
• n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
• adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
• adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
• adj. Placed at the top or the front.
• adj. Coming from in front.
• v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
• v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
• v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
• v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
• v. (intransitive) To form a head.
• v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
• v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
• v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
• v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
• v. To set on the head.

honest

• adj. (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying,…
• adj. (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
• adj. In good faith; without malice.
• adj. (of a measurement device) Accurate.
• adj. Authentic; full.
• adj. Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
• adj. Open; frank.
• adj. (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
• adj. (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
• v. (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
• adv. (colloquial) Honestly; really.

honorable

• adj. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
• adj. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) Misspelling of honourable.

immediate

• adj. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
• adj. Very close; direct or adjacent.
• adj. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
• adj. (computer science, of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than…
• adj. (procedure word, military) To denote that a transmission is urgent.
• adj. (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an…

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.

intend

• v. (intransitive, usually followed by the particle "to") To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished);…
• v. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
• v. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
• v. To strain; make tense.
• v. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
• v. To apply with energy.
• v. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
• v. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
• v. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

lead

• n. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnishe…
• n. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at seaor (dated) to estimate…
• n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
• n. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
• n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
• n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
• n. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
• n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
• v. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
• v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
• v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
• v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing…
• v. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
• v. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice;…
• v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
• v. To produce (with to).
• v. Misspelling of led.
• n. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course.
• n. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead…
• n. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
• n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
• n. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit,…
• n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
• n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
• n. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
• n. (countable, mining) A lode.
• n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
• n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash.
• n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release…
• n. Charging lead.
• n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
• n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
• n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued.
• n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details…
• n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
• n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more…
• n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
• n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why…
• n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast.
• n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times…
• n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
• n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
• n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance…
• n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound…
• n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter…
• n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive…
• adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
• adj. (music) main, principal.
• v. Misspelling of led.

lineal

• adj. (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren,…
• adj. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
• adj. Composed of lines; delineated.
• adj. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line;…

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

man-to-man

• adj. direct, forthright, and honest.
• adj. (sports) one-on-one.
• adv. directly, forthrightly, and honestly.

manage

• v. (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
• v. (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
• v. (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt.
• v. (intransitive) To achieve without fuss, or without outside help.
• v. To train (a horse) in the manege; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
• v. (obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
• v. (obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
• n. (now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
• n. (horseriding) Manège.

maneuver

• n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
• n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
• n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manoeuver

• n. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of maneuver.
• v. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of maneuver.

manoeuvre

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

mastermind

• n. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
• n. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
• v. To act in the role of mastermind.

matrilineal

• adj. Tracing descent only through female lines.

matrilinear

• adj. Alternative form of matrilineal.

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…

no-nonsense

• adj. Practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant.

nonstop

• adj. Without stopping; without interruption or break;.
• adv. Without stopping; without interruption or break.
• n. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

orchestrate

• v. To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
• v. To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance.
• v. To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect.

order

• n. (uncountable) Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
• n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
• n. (countable) A command.
• n. (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
• n. (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
• n. (countable) An association of knights.
• n. any group of people with common interests.
• n. (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual,…
• n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon…
• n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row;…
• n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;…
• n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
• n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
• n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier,…
• n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function…
• n. (mathematics) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
• n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
• n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
• n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partially ordered…
• n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials…
• v. (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
• v. (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
• v. (transitive) To issue a command to.
• v. (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
• v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

organise

• v. British spelling standard spelling of organize.

organize

• v. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
• v. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
• v. (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure…
• v. (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively;…

outspoken

• adj. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal.
• v. past participle of outspeak.

patrilineal

• adj. Pertaining to descent through male lines.

patrilinear

• adj. Alternative form of patrilineal.

perform

• v. To do something; to execute.
• v. To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

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).

plain

• adj. (now rare, regional) Flat, level.
• adj. Simple.
• adj. Obvious.
• adj. Open.
• adj. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
• adv. (colloquial) Simply.
• n. (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
• n. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
• n. A battlefield.
• n. (obsolete) A plane.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

plainspoken

• adj. Speaking plainly or simply.

plan

• n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often…
• n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
• n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as…
• n. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
• n. A subscription to a service; e.g., a phone plan, an internet plan.
• v. (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To create a plan for.
• v. (intransitive) To intend.
• v. See plan on.
• v. (intransitive) To make a plan.

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.

point-blank

• adj. (forensics) very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).
• adj. (ballistics) the distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike…
• adj. Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt.
• adv. In a direct manner, without hesitation.

pointed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of point.
• adj. (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
• adj. (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
• adj. (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.

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.

primary

• adj. The first in a group or series.
• adj. Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
• adj. (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
• adj. (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree;…
• adj. (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
• adj. (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners,…
• n. A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
• n. The first year of grade school.
• n. A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
• n. The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
• n. A primary school.
• n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
• n. A primary colour.
• n. (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically…
• v. (US, intransitive) To take part in a primary election.
• v. (US, politics) To challenge an incumbent sitting politician for their political party's endorsement to…

related

• adj. Standing in relation or connection.
• adj. Being a relative of.
• adj. Narrated; told.
• adj. (music) Same as the adjective relative.
• adj. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
• adj. (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of relate.

say

• v. (transitive) To pronounce.
• v. (transitive) To recite.
• v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
• v. To indicate in a written form.
• v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate…
• v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
• v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
• v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension,…
• n. One's stated opinion or input into a discussion or decision.
• adv. For example; let us assume.
• interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
• n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
• v. To try; to assay.
• n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
• n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
• n. Essay; trial; attempt.

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.

specify

• v. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
• v. (transitive) To include in a specification.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.

square

• n. (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle;…
• n. (metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
• n. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
• n. An open space normally in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees,…
• n. (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number,…
• n. (military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
• n. (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in…
• n. (Britain) The symbol on a telephone; hash.
• n. (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one ore more pitches of which only one is used at…
• n. (real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square…
• n. (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
• n. (academia) A mortarboard.
• n. (colloquial, US) A square meal.
• n. (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
• n. The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
• n. (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
• n. (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
• n. (slang) Cigarette.
• n. (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
• adj. Shaped like a square (the polygon).
• adj. Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to…
• adj. Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.
• adj. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
• adj. Honest; straightforward.
• adj. Fair.
• adj. Even; tied.
• adj. (slang) Socially conventional; boring.
• adj. (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
• adj. Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
• adj. hearty; vigorous.
• adj. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
• v. (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular.
• v. To resolve or reconcile.
• v. To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second…
• v. (transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
• v. (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch.
• v. (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
• v. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
• v. (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
• v. To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
• v. To form with four sides and four right angles.
• v. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
• v. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
• v. (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.

steer

• n. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
• v. (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
• n. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
• v. (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a…
• v. (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder,…
• v. (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
• v. (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
• v. (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
• v. (transitive) To direct a conversation.
• v. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
• n. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.

straight

• adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
• adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
• adj. Figurative uses.
• adj. Colloquial uses.
• adj. (sciences, mathematics) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course…
• adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
• adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
• adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
• n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
• n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
• n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
• n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
• n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
• v. (transitive) To straighten.

straight-from-the-shoulder

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder.

straightforward

• adj. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
• adj. easy, simple, without difficulty.
• adv. In a straightforward manner.

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.

target

• n. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
• n. A goal or objective.
• n. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
• n. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually…
• n. (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
• n. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
• n. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
• n. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to…
• n. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
• n. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
• n. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer,…
• n. (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast…
• n. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
• n. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
• v. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
• v. (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.

tell

• v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• v. (transitive) To narrate.
• v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
• v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
• v. (transitive) To reveal.
• v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
• v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
• v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
• v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
• n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
• n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
• n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
• n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

through

• prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
• prep. Entering, then later leaving.
• prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
• prep. By means of.
• prep. (Canada, US) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
• adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
• adj. Finished; complete.
• adj. Valueless; without a future.
• adj. No longer interested.
• adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
• adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the…
• adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
• adv. From one end to the other.
• adv. To the end.
• adv. Completely.
• adv. Out into the open.
• n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
• n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.

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.

undeviating

• adj. that does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.
• adj. that does not change; steady.

unilateral

• adj. Done by one side only.
• adj. Affecting only one side of the body.
• adj. Binding or affecting one party only.

unilateralist

• adj. Supporting or advocating unilateralism.
• n. A supporter of unilateralism.

unmediated

• adj. Not mediated.

unswerving

• adj. Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.

unvarnished

• adj. Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment).
• adj. (figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated, as in unvarnished truth.

upfront

• adj. honest, frank and straightforward.
• adj. In a forward, leading or frontward position.
• adj. (of money) paid in advance.
• adv. beforehand.
• adv. (soccer) As an attacker.
• n. (television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start…
• v. To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration.

verbatim

• adv. Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
• adj. (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
• adj. (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
• n. A word-for-word report of a speech.