Synonyms of the word

hand

• n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other…
• n. (heading) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
• n. (heading) In linear measurement.
• n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
• n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
• n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special…
• n. An instance of helping.
• n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
• n. A person's autograph or signature.
• n. Personal possession; ownership.
• n. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
• n. (heading) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
• n. Applause.
• n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar,…
• n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
• n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
• n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of…
• n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
• n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
• n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
• v. (transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
• v. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
• v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
• v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.

ability

• n. (obsolete) Suitableness.
• n. (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do; capacity of doing something; having…
• n. The legal wherewithal to act.
• n. (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
• n. (archaic) Financial ability.
• n. (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
• n. (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.

accumulation

• n. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
• n. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
• n. A mass of something piled up or collected.
• n. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
• n. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
• n. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is…

aggregation

• n. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
• n. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
• n. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
• n. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
• n. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

aid

• n. (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
• n. (countable) A helper; an assistant.
• n. (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
• n. (countable, Britain) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose,…
• n. (countable, Britain) An exchequer loan.
• n. (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
• n. (countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
• v. (transitive) To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

applause

• n. The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or…

assemblage

• n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
• n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
• n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…

assist

• v. (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
• v. (archaic) To attend (with at).
• v. To help.
• v. (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
• v. (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
• n. A helpful action or an act of giving.
• n. (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals.

assistance

• n. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

clapping

• v. present participle of clap.
• n. The action by which someone or something claps.

collection

• n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
• n. Multiple related objects associated as a group.
• n. The activity of collecting.
• n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets.
• n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
• n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
• n. (Britain) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
• n. (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University slang) A set of college exams generally taken at the start…

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).

crewman

• n. A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
• n. (Canada, military) The military trade of armoured crewman, abbreviated.

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.

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…

extremity

• n. The most extreme or furthest point of something.
• n. An extreme measure.
• n. A hand or foot.
• n. A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing).

forepaw

• n. Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

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.

handbreadth

• n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

handsbreadth

• n. a small distance.

handwriting

• n. The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
• n. The characteristic writing of a particular person.
• n. Text that was written by hand.
• v. present participle of handwrite.

help

• n. (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
• n. (usually uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
• n. Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
• n. (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation…
• n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social…
• v. (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
• v. (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
• v. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
• v. (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive…
• interj. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.

jack

• n. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack,…
• n. A man or men in general.
• n. A male animal.
• n. A male ass.
• n. (card games) A playing card with the letter "J" and the image of a knave or prince on it, the eleventh…
• n. (cricket) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings, derived from the playing card.
• n. (archaic) A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).
• n. Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
• n. A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.
• n. (sports) A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.
• n. (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
• n. (colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.
• n. (nautical) A small flag at the bow of a ship.
• n. (nautical) A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially)…
• n. (military) A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.
• n. A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating.
• n. (slang) Money.
• n. (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
• n. The freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel.
• n. A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
• n. Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
• n. (obsolete, nautical) A sailor, a jacktar.
• n. (obsolete) A pitcher or can of waxed leather, supposed to resemble a jackboot; a black-jack.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A drinking measure holding half a pint or, sometimes, a quarter of a pint.
• n. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine.
• n. Female ended electrical connector (see Electrical connector).
• n. Electrical connector in a fixed position (see Gender of connectors and fasteners).
• v. (transitive) To use a jack.
• v. (transitive) To raise or increase.
• v. To produce by freeze distillation; to distil (an alcoholic beverage) by freezing it and removing the ice…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile. Shortened form of carjacking.
• v. (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
• n. (slang, baseball) A home run.
• v. (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field,…
• n. A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
• n. A jackfruit tree.

laborer

• n. One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

labourer

• n. British spelling standard spelling of laborer.

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.

manus

• n. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in…
• n. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

mitt

• n. A mitten.
• n. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
• n. (informal, especially in plural) A hand.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

paw

• n. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable…
• n. (humorous) A hand.
• v. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
• v. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
• v. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
• v. (by extension, of a human) To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
• v. (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something.
• n. (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.

pointer

• n. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
• n. A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading…
• n. A breed of hunting dog.
• n. (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
• n. (computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
• n. A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.).
• n. (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.

power

• n. (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.
• n. (physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
• n. (mathematics).
• n. (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels,…
• v. (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
• v. (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
• v. To enable or provide the impetus for.
• adj. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.

reach

• v. (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
• v. (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand;…
• v. (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
• v. (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something…
• v. (intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
• v. (transitive) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
• v. (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
• v. (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
• v. (obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
• v. To strain after something; to make efforts.
• v. (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from…
• v. (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
• v. To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
• n. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
• n. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
• n. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;…
• n. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
• n. (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
• n. (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
• n. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one…
• n. (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
• n. (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
• n. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
• n. An effort to vomit; a retching.

sailor

• n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management…
• n. a person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation; see also yachtsman.

script

• n. (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
• n. Written characters; style of writing.
• n. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
• n. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
• n. (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play,…
• n. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in…
• n. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
• n. An abbreviation for a prescription.
• v. (transitive) To make or write a script.

side

• n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
• n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
• n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
• n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
• n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the…
• n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.).
• n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
• n. One set of competitors in a game.
• n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
• n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
• n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english.
• n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being…
• n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
• n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
• n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
• v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
• v. To lean on one side.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
• v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
• adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
• adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
• adj. (Britain archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing;…
• adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
• adv. (Britain dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

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.

transfer

• v. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
• v. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
• v. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
• n. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
• n. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
• n. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
• n. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
• n. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side…
• n. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.

writing

• n. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
• n. (uncountable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
• n. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
• n. (countable) A work of an author.
• n. (countable) The style of writing of a person.
• n. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
• v. present participle of write.