Synonyms of the word number


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number

  • n. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
  • n. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
  • n. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,…
  • n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence…
  • n. Quantity.
  • n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
  • n. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
  • n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
  • n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
  • n. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
  • n. (countable, informal) A person.
  • n. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
  • n. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
  • n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
  • v. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
  • v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
  • adj. comparative form of numb: more numb.

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

amount

  • n. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard…
  • n. A quantity or volume.
  • n. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
  • v. (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
  • v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

ascertain

  • v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
  • v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

assort

  • v. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  • v. (intransitive) To be of a kind with.
  • v. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

be

  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
  • v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
  • v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
  • v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
  • v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
  • v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
  • v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
  • v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
  • v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
  • v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
  • v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
  • v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
  • v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
  • v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

bit

  • n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
  • n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
  • n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
  • n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
  • n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
  • n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
  • n. A small amount of something.
  • n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
  • n. A portion of something.
  • n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
  • n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
  • n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
  • n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
  • n. The cutting iron of a plane.
  • adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
  • v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
  • v. simple past tense of bite.
  • v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
  • adj. (colloquial) bitten.
  • adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
  • n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  • n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
  • n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
  • n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
  • n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

circumscribe

  • v. To draw a line around; to encircle.
  • v. To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  • v. (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc…

class

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

classify

  • v. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
  • v. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret.

come

  • v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
  • v. (intransitive) To arrive.
  • v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
  • v. (intransitive) To take a position to something else in a sequence.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
  • v. (copulative, figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
  • v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
  • v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
  • v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
  • v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
  • v. (intransitive) Happen.
  • v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have a social background.
  • v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
  • n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
  • n. (slang) Semen.
  • n. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
  • prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
  • interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
  • interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
  • n. (typography, obsolete) Alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form…

company

  • n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
  • n. (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its…
  • n. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known…
  • n. (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
  • n. (uncountable) Companionship.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
  • v. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

confine

  • v. (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • v. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
  • n. Limit.

count

  • v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
  • v. (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
  • v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
  • v. (intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
  • v. (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
  • v. (obsolete) To take account or note (of).
  • v. (Britain, law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
  • n. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
  • n. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
  • n. A countdown.
  • n. (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
  • n. (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
  • n. (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
  • n. The male ruler of a county.
  • n. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

denominate

  • v. To name; to designate.
  • v. To express in a monetary unit.

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…

determine

  • v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
  • v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
  • v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  • v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
  • v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
  • v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
  • v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  • v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

enumerate

  • v. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
  • v. To determine the amount of.

figure

  • n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
  • n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
  • n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
  • n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
  • n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
  • n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
  • n. A numeral.
  • n. A number.
  • n. A shape.
  • n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
  • n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
  • n. A figure of speech.
  • n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
  • n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
  • n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
  • n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
  • v. To solve a mathematical problem.
  • v. To come to understand.
  • v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
  • v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
  • v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
  • v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
  • v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
  • v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
  • v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
  • v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
  • v. (music) To embellish.

find

  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
  • v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
  • v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
  • v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
  • v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To point out.
  • v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
  • v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
  • v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
  • n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
  • n. The act of finding.

identify

  • v. (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
  • v. (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
  • v. (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
  • v. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
  • v. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
  • v. (intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of…

issue

  • n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
  • n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
  • n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
  • n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
  • n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
  • n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
  • n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
  • n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
  • n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
  • n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
  • n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
  • v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
  • v. To rush out, to sally forth.
  • v. To extend into, to open onto.
  • v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
  • v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
  • v. To send out; to put into circulation.
  • v. To deliver for use.
  • v. To deliver by authority.

limit

  • n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
  • n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit…
  • n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
  • n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
  • n. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
  • n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
  • n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
  • n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
  • n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
  • n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
  • n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
  • adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
  • v. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
  • v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

list

  • n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  • n. Material used for cloth selvage.
  • n. (in the plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
  • n. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items; the…
  • n. (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing; especially,…
  • n. (obsolete) A limit or boundary; a border.
  • n. (obsolete) A stripe.
  • n. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  • n. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
  • n. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  • n. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin.
  • n. (tin-plate manufacture) A wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  • v. To create or recite a list.
  • v. To place in listings.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
  • v. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or form a border.
  • v. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  • v. (carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
  • v. To plough and plant with a lister.
  • v. (US, Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
  • n. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
  • v. (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
  • v. (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
  • n. (nautical) A tilting or careening to one side, usually not intentionally / not under a ship's own power.
  • n. (architecture) A tilt to a building.
  • v. (nautical) To tilt to one side.
  • v. (nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To be pleasing to.
  • v. (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
  • n. (obsolete) Inclination; desire.

merchandise

  • n. (uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
  • n. (countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
  • n. (uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
  • v. (intransitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To engage in the trade of.
  • v. (transitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
  • v. (transitive) To promote as if for sale.

name

  • n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  • n. Reputation.
  • n. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  • n. A person (or legal person).
  • n. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  • n. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  • n. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
  • v. (transitive) To give a name to.
  • v. (transitive) To mention, specify.
  • v. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important.
  • v. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
  • v. (transitive) To designate for a role.
  • n. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

numeral

  • n. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman…
  • n. (linguistics) A word representing a number.
  • n. (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
  • adj. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.

numerate

  • v. (transitive) to count.
  • adj. Having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic.

performance

  • n. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation…
  • n. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act;…
  • n. (art) A live show or concert.
  • n. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

periodical

  • n. A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily.
  • n. A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often…
  • adj. Periodic.
  • adj. Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
  • adj. Of, or relating to such a publication.

product

  • n. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
  • n. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
  • n. Anything that is produced; a result.
  • n. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

routine

  • n. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  • n. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
  • n. A set piece of an entertainer's act.
  • n. (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
  • adj. According to established procedure.
  • adj. Regular; habitual.
  • adj. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

separate

  • adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
  • adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
  • v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  • v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  • v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  • v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
  • n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

sign

  • n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
  • n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
  • n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
  • n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
  • n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
  • n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
  • n. An omen.
  • n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
  • n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
  • v. To make a mark.
  • v. To make the sign of the cross.
  • v. To indicate.

signal

  • n. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted…
  • n. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
  • n. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage…
  • n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
  • n. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
  • n. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate.
  • adj. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

signaling

  • v. present participle of signal.
  • n. (usually biochemistry) The sending of a biochemical or other type of signal.

size

  • n. (obsolete outside dialects) An assize.
  • n. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
  • n. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
  • n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
  • n. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance.
  • n. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
  • n. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.
  • n. (figuratively, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
  • n. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used…
  • v. (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
  • v. (transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
  • v. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
  • v. (Britain, Cambridge University slang, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
  • n. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
  • n. Wallpaper paste.
  • n. The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
  • n. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
  • v. (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

sort

  • n. A general type.
  • n. Manner; form of being or acting.
  • n. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
  • n. (dated) Group, company.
  • n. (informal) A person.
  • n. An act of sorting.
  • n. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
  • n. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size…
  • n. (mathematics) A type.
  • n. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
  • n. (obsolete) A pair; a set; a suit.
  • v. (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  • v. (Britain) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  • v. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
  • v. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to…
  • v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

symbol

  • n. A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
  • n. Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is…
  • n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context;…
  • n. A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
  • n. Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or…
  • n. (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
  • n. That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
  • n. Share; allotment.
  • v. To symbolize.

total

  • n. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
  • n. (informal, mathematics) Sum.
  • adj. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  • adj. (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
  • v. (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
  • v. To equal a total of; to amount to.
  • v. (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss).
  • v. (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

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.

ware

  • adj. (poetic) aware.
  • n. (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
  • n. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
  • n. (in the plural) See wares.
  • n. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
  • n. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
  • n. (Ireland) Crockery.
  • v. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
  • v. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
  • adj. (obsolete) wary; cautious.
  • n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) seaweed.
  • v. (nautical) To wear, or veer.

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