Synonyms of the word

down

• n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
• n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
• n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
• n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
• adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
• adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
• adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
• adv. Into a state of non-operation.
• adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
• adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
• adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
• adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
• adv. From less to greater detail.
• adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
• adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
• prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
• prep. From one end to another of.
• adj. Depressed, feeling low.
• adj. At a lower level than before.
• adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
• adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
• adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
• adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
• adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
• adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
• adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
• adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
• adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
• adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
• v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
• v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
• v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
• v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
• v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
• n. A negative aspect; a downer.
• n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
• n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
• n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
• n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
• n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
• n. Down payment.
• n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
• n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
• n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
• n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
• v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

ameliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

• v. (transitive) To make better.
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
• v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

behind

• prep. At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.
• prep. To the back of.
• prep. After, time- or motion-wise.
• prep. responsible for.
• prep. In support of.
• prep. Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to.
• adv. At the back part; in the rear.
• adv. Toward the back part or rear; backward.
• adv. Overdue, in arrears.
• adv. Slow; of a watch or clock.
• adv. existing afterwards.
• adv. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
• adv. Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
• adv. (archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
• n. the rear, back-end.
• n. butt, the buttocks, bottom.
• n. (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
• n. In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick…

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

blue

• adj. Of the colour blue.
• adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
• adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented…
• adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant…
• adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
• adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
• adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
• adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
• adj. (comedy) Risque or obscene.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the…
• n. A blue dye or pigment.
• n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
• n. Blue clothing.
• n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
• n. (slang) A member of law enforcement.
• n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
• n. The ocean; deep waters.
• n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
• n. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
• n. A bluefish.
• n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
• n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
• n. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
• n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (ergative) To make or become blue.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes…
• v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
• v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
• adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

consume

• v. (transitive) To use up.
• v. (transitive) To use (without using up).
• v. (transitive) To eat.
• v. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
• v. (transitive) To destroy completely.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.

defeat

• v. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
• v. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• v. (transitive) To nullify.
• n. The act of defeating or being defeated.

dejected

• adj. Sad and dispirited.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of deject.

depressed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of depress.
• adj. unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent.
• adj. Suffering from clinical depression.
• adj. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

descending

• v. present participle of descend.
• n. A descent.

devour

• v. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• v. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
• v. To take in avidly with the intellect.
• v. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

dispirited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of dispirit.
• adj. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

doc

• n. (informal) A doctor.
• n. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical…
• n. (informal) A documentary.

doctor

• n. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The…
• n. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees…
• n. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats animals.
• n. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
• n. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
• n. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
• n. A fish, the friar skate.
• v. (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
• v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
• v. (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
• v. (transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or…
• v. (transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
• v. (transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

downbound

• adj. Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.

downcast

• adj. (of eyes) Looking downwards.
• adj. (of a person) Feeling despondent.
• n. (computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
• n. (obsolete) A melancholy look.
• n. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
• v. (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
• v. (transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.

downfield

• adj. (sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field.
• adj. (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal.
• adv. Towards the lower part of a field.

downhearted

• adj. sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.

downward

• adv. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
• adj. moving or sloping down.

downwardly

• adv. In a downward direction.

downwards

• adv. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
• adv. To a lower figure or amount.
• adv. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.

drink

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
• v. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• v. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
• n. A beverage.
• n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
• n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink.

eat

• v. To ingest; to be ingested.
• v. To use up.
• v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
• v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
• v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
• n. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

fallen

• v. past participle of fall.
• adj. having dropped by the force of gravity.
• adj. (literary) killed in battle.
• adj. having lost one's chastity.
• adj. having collapsed.
• n. (plural only) The dead.
• n. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
• n. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.

falling

• v. present participle of fall.
• adj. That falls or fall.
• n. The action of the verb to fall.

feather

• n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection…
• n. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed…
• n. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
• n. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object…
• n. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
• n. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers;…
• n. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves…
• v. To cover or furnish with feathers.
• v. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
• v. (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the…
• v. (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
• v. (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring…
• v. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
• v. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
• v. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
• v. To tread, as a cock.
• v. (snooker) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.

fine-tune

• v. To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved.

hair

• n. (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other…
• n. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and…
• n. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans,…
• n. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether…
• n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
• n. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

highland

• adj. Relating to highlands.
• n. An area of land that is at elevation; mountainous land.

imbibe

• v. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• v. (figuratively) To take in; absorb.

improve

• v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
• v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
• v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

inoperative

• adj. not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
• adj. (law) No longer legally binding.

kill

• v. (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• v. (transitive) To render inoperative.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
• v. (transitive) To use up or to waste.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
• v. (transitive) To force a company out of business.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
• v. (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
• v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot…
• v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
• v. (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
• v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
• n. The act of killing.
• n. Specifically, the death blow.
• n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
• n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
• n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
• n. A kiln.

land

• n. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
• n. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings…
• n. A country or region.
• n. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
• n. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
• n. A general country, state, or territory.
• n. (often in combination) realm, domain.
• n. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is…
• n. (Ireland, colloquial) A fright.
• n. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
• n. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
• n. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
• n. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
• n. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called…
• n. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is…
• v. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
• v. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) To come into rest.
• v. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
• v. (transitive) To bring to land.
• v. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
• v. (transitive) To deliver.
• adj. Of or relating to land.
• adj. Residing or growing on land.
• n. lant; urine.

low

• adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
• adj. Small in height.
• adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
• adj. Depressed, sad.
• adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
• adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
• adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
• adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
• adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
• adj. Being near the equator.
• adj. Humble in character or status.
• adj. Simple in complexity or development.
• adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
• adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
• adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
• adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
• n. Something that is low; a low point.
• n. A depressed mood or situation.
• n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
• n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
• n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
• n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
• adv. Close to the ground.
• adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
• adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
• adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
• adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
• adv. In a time approaching our own.
• adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
• v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
• v. (intransitive) To moo.
• n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
• v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
• n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
• n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

low-spirited

• adj. Disheartened.

lowered

• v. simple past tense and past participle of lower.

mastered

• v. simple past tense and past participle of master.
• v. (of a skill) To reach a high level of competency.

medico

• n. (informal, humorous) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.

meliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

out

• adv. Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
• adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) Visible in the sky; not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
• adv. Away from; at a distance.
• adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
• adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
• adv. To the end; completely.
• adv. Used to intensify or emphasize.
• adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing…
• adv. (procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission…
• prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
• prep. (colloquial) outside.
• n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
• n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of…
• n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to…
• n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
• n. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
• n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
• n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
• v. (transitive) To eject; to expel.
• v. (transitive) To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
• v. (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret…
• v. (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
• v. To become apparent.
• adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
• adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
• adj. (cricket, baseball) Of a batter or batsman: having caused an out called on himself while batting under…
• adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender.

overcome

• v. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To win (a battle).
• v. (intransitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• v. (transitive, usually in passive) To overwhelm with emotion.
• v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
• v. To overflow; to surcharge.

perfect

• adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
• adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
• adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
• adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
• adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
• adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
• adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
• adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
• adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that…
• adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
• adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
• n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
• v. (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
• v. (law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

physician

• n. A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon;…
• n. A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

pile

• n. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• n. (figuratively, informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind…
• n. A mass formed in layers.
• n. A funeral pile; a pyre.
• n. A large building, or mass of buildings.
• n. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering…
• n. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks…
• n. (obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
• n. (figuratively) A list or league.
• v. (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to…
• v. (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
• v. (transitive) To add something to a great number.
• v. (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
• v. (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright,…
• n. (obsolete) A dart; an arrow.
• n. The head of an arrow or spear.
• n. A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support…
• n. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise,…
• v. (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
• n. (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
• n. Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now…
• n. The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
• n. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

plumage

• n. Feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally.
• n. Finery or elaborate dress.

plume

• n. A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one.
• n. The furry tail of certain dog breeds (e.g. Samoyed, Malteagle) that stands erect or curls over their backs.
• n. A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet.
• n. A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
• n. An area over which (or aspace into which) a dispersed substance has spread or fanned out; a cloud.
• n. An upward spray of water or mist.
• n. (geology) An upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle.
• n. (astronomy) An arc of glowing material erupting from the surface of a star.
• n. A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental…
• v. (transitive) To preen and arrange the feathers of.
• v. (transitive) To congratulate (oneself) proudly.
• v. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
• v. To adorn with feathers or plumes.
• v. To form a plume.
• v. To write; to pen.

polish

• n. A substance used to polish.
• n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
• n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
• v. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
• v. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
• v. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
• v. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
• v. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

pop

• n. (countable) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
• n. (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, dated British) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently…
• n. (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink,…
• n. Shortened from pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm. Possibly confusion, by assonance,…
• n. (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A portion, a quantity dispensed.
• n. Something that stands out or is distinctive, especially to the senses.
• n. (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
• n. A bird, the European redwing.
• n. (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration,…
• v. (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
• v. (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
• v. (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move…
• v. (transitive, Britain) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
• v. (intransitive, Britain, Canada, often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
• v. (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
• v. (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
• v. (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
• v. (intransitive, vulgar) To ejaculate.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove a data item from the top of (a stack).
• v. (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
• v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a tablet of a drug).
• v. (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
• v. (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
• interj. Used to represent a loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
• n. (colloquial) Affectionate form of father.
• adj. (used attributively in set phrases) Popular.
• n. Pop music.
• n. (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.

refine

• v. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
• v. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
• v. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance etc.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
• v. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

retired

• adj. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
• adj. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
• adj. (of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of retire.

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.

strike

• v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
• v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
• v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
• v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
• v. To touch; to act by appulse.
• v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
• v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
• v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
• v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
• v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
• v. To make and ratify.
• v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
• v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
• v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
• v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
• v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
• v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
• v. To balance (a ledger or account).
• n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
• n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
• n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
• n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
• n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
• n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
• n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
• n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
• n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
• n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
• n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
• n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
• n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
• n. The discovery of a source of something.
• n. A strike plate.

thrown

• v. past participle of throw.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

upland

• adj. Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.
• n. The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally…

weak

• adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• adj. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
• adj. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible;…
• adj. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
• adj. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including.
• adj. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
• adj. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
• adj. (slang) Bad or uncool.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted…
• adj. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
• adj. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
• adj. Lacking in vigour or expression.
• adj. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
• adj. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
• adj. (photography) Lacking contrast.