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Synonyms of the word 
PASS → ACCOMPLISHMENT - ACHIEVEMENT - ADVANCE - ALLOW - ATTEMPT - AUTHORISE - AUTHORIZE - BE - BYE - CHANGE - CHOKE - CLEAR - COMMUNICATE - CONCEDING - CONCESSION - CONK - CONVEY - COUNTENANCE - CRACK - CROAK - CYCLE - DECEASE - DEVOLVE - DIE - DISAPPEAR - DISCHARGE - DRAW - EFFORT - EGEST - EJECT - ELAPSE - ELIMINATE - ENACT - ENDEAVOR - ENDEAVOUR - EVALUATE - EVANESCE - EXCEED - EXCEL - EXCRETE - EXIT - EXPEL - EXPIRE - EXTEND - FADE - FALL - FLEET - FLIGHT - FLING - FLIP - FLYING - GIVE - GO - GUIDE - HAND - HAP - HAPPEN - HEAD - JUDGE - JUNCTURE - LAPSE - LEAD - LEAVE - LEGISLATE - LET - LICENCE - LICENSE - LOCATION - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - NOTCH - OCCASION - OCCUR - OFFER - ORDAIN - OSCILLATION - OVERHAUL - OVERSTEP - OVERTAKE - PASSING - PASSPORT - PERISH - PERMISSION - PERMIT - PROGRESS - QUALIFYING - REACH - RELEASE - RETURN - RUN - SINK - SITUATION - SPEND - STRAIT - STRAITS - SUCCEED - SUCCESS - SURPASS - THROW - TICKET - TOP - TOSS - TRANSCEND - TRANSFER - TRANSMIT - TRAVEL - TRY - TURN - VANISH - WALK - WHIRL - WIN - YIELDINGpass- 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).
accomplishment- n. The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfillment.
- n. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes…
- n. Something accomplished; an achievement.
achievement- n. The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
- n. A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
- n. (heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called…
- n. (video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
advance- v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
- v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
- v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
- v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
- v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
- v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
- v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
- v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
- v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
- v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
- n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
- n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
- adj. Preceding.
- adj. Forward.
allow- v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
- v. To not bar or obstruct.
- v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
- v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
- v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
attempt- v. To try.
- v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- n. The action of trying at something.
- n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
authorise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
authorize- v. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
- v. (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
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…
bye- n. (sports) The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular…
- n. (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting…
- n. (obsolete) A dwelling.
- n. (obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by…
- interj. (colloquial) Goodbye.
- prep. Obsolete spelling of by.
- n. Obsolete spelling of bee.
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
choke- v. (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other…
- v. (transitive) To prevent someone from breathing by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- v. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
- v. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
- v. (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) to reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at…
- v. (intransitive) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially…
- v. To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- v. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
- v. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
- v. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- n. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- n. (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- n. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- n. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- n. The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- n. (electronics) choking coil.
- n. A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
clear- adj. Transparent in colour.
- adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
- adj. Free of obstacles.
- adj. Without clouds.
- adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
- adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
- adv. All the way; entirely.
- adv. Not near something or touching it.
- adv. free (or separate) from others.
- adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
- v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
- v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
- v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- v. (intransitive) To become clear.
- v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
- v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- v. To obtain a clearance.
- v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
- v. To fell all trees of a forest.
- v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
- n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
- n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).
communicate- v. To impart.
- v. To share.
conceding- v. present participle of concede.
concession- n. The act of conceding.
- n. An act of conceding, particularly.
- n. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
- n. (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above.).
- n. (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concession…
- n. (chiefly Britain) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
- v. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
conk- n. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom…
- n. (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- n. Alternative spelling of conch.
- v. (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
- n. (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
- v. (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
convey- v. To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
- v. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- v. (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- v. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
- v. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
countenance- n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- n. Favour; support; encouragement.
- n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
crack- v. (intransitive) To form cracks.
- v. (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
- v. (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- v. (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- v. (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- v. (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- v. (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of…
- v. (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- v. (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- v. (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- v. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- v. (transitive) To open slightly.
- v. (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative).
- v. (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.).
- v. (transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.
- v. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- v. (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- v. (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application…
- v. (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- v. (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- v. (obsolete) To brag, boast.
- v. (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
- n. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- n. A narrow opening.
- n. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- n. A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- n. (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- n. (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- n. (informal) An attempt at something.
- n. (vulgar, slang) vagina.
- n. (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous…
- n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news.
- n. (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- n. (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
- n. (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- n. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- n. (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
- n. (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
- n. (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
- n. (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
- n. (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
- n. (slang, dated, Britain) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
- adj. Highly trained and competent.
- adj. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
croak- n. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
- n. The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit).
- n. The cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
- v. (intransitive) To make a croak.
- v. (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- v. (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry.
- v. (slang) To die.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill someone or something.
- v. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
cycle- n. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- n. A complete rotation of anything.
- n. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- n. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- n. (music) In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly…
- n. A series of poems, songs or other works of art.
- n. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- n. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle; or, motorized vehicle that has either…
- n. (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- n. (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- n. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- n. An age; a long period of time.
- n. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- n. (botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- v. To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- v. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- v. (electronics) To turn power off and back on.
- v. (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing…
decease- n. (formal) Death, departure from life.
- v. (now rare) To die.
devolve- v. (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll.
- v. (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially…
- v. (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
- v. (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
- v. (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
die- v. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- v. (transitive) To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- v. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- v. (figuratively, intransitive) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- v. (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
- v. (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- v. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- v. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- v. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- v. (transitive, video games) To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
- v. (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved…
- v. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- v. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- n. The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
- n. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- n. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.).
- n. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- n. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- n. (electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform…
- n. Any small cubical or square body.
- n. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- n. (obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
- n. (electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform…
- n. Obsolete spelling of dye.
- v. Obsolete spelling of dye.
disappear- v. (intransitive) To vanish.
- v. (transitive) To make vanish.
- v. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
discharge- v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
- v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- v. To expel or let go.
- v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
- v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
- v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
- v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
- v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
- v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
- v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
- n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
- n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
- n. the act of expelling or letting go.
- n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…
draw- v. (heading) To move or develop something.
- v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
- v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
- v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
- v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
- v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
- v. To disembowel.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- v. A random selection process.
- v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
- v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
- v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
- n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
- n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
- n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
- n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
- n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
- n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
- n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
effort- n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- n. An endeavour.
- n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.
egest- v. To excrete from the body.
eject- v. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- v. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
- v. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
- v. (intransitive) To project oneself from an aircraft.
- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
- v. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.
- n. (uncountable) A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
- n. (psychology, countable) (by analogy with subject and object) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness.
elapse- v. (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
eliminate- v. (transitive) To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- v. (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- v. (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- v. To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- v. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
enact- v. (transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law.
- v. (transitive) to act the part of; to play.
- v. (transitive) to do; to effect.
- n. (obsolete) purpose; determination.
endeavor- n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
- n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
- v. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
- v. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
- v. To work with purpose.
endeavour- n. British standard spelling of endeavor.
- v. British standard spelling of endeavor.
evaluate- v. (transitive) to draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression).
- v. (transitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.
evanesce- v. (intransitive) To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor.
- v. (intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a…
exceed- v. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
- v. (transitive) To be better than (something).
- v. (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
- v. (intransitive) To predominate.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
excel- v. (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
- v. (intransitive) To be much better than others.
- v. (rare) To exceed, to go beyond.
excrete- v. (of an organism) to discharge from the system.
exit- n. A way out.
- n. A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
- n. The action of leaving.
- n. Death.
- v. To go out.
- v. To leave.
- v. To die.
expel- v. To eject or erupt.
- v. (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
- v. (transitive) To remove from membership.
- v. (transitive) To deport.
expire- v. (intransitive) to die.
- v. (intransitive) to become invalid.
- v. (intransitive) to exhale; to breathe (out).
- v. (transitive) to exhale (something).
- v. (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
- v. (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.
extend- v. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
- v. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
- v. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- v. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- v. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- v. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- v. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- v. (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ…
- v. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype…
fade- adj. (archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.
- adj. (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
- n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook,…
- n. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top…
- n. (slang) A fight.
- n. (cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot (as a means of cutting to a new scene).
- v. (intransitive) To become faded; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither,…
- v. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting…
- v. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- v. (transitive) To cause to fade.
- v. (transitive, gambling) To bet against.
fall- n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
- n. A loss of greatness or status.
- n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
- n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
- n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- n. See falls.
- n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
- v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
- v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
- v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
- v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
- v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
- v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
fleet- n. A group of vessels or vehicles.
- n. Any group of associated items.
- n. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of…
- n. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's…
- n. (obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German…
- n. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- v. (obsolete) To float.
- v. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- v. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- v. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of…
- v. (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
- v. (nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
- v. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- v. To take the cream from; to skim.
- adj. (literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble;…
- adj. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
flight- n. The act of flying.
- n. An instance of flying.
- n. A collective term for doves or swallows.
- n. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or…
- n. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
- n. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- n. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- n. A paper plane.
- n. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
- n. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- n. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- n. An air force unit.
- n. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full…
- n. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- adj. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
- v. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than…
- v. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or…
- n. The act of fleeing.
fling- n. An act of throwing, often violently.
- n. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- n. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
- n. A short, often sexual, relationship.
- n. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
- n. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
- n. A kind of dance.
- n. (obsolete) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
- v. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence…
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
flip- n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
- v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
- v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
- v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
- v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
- adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
- adj. Sarcastic.
- adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
- n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).
flying- adj. That can fly.
- adj. Brief or hurried.
- adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
- n. An act of flight.
- v. present participle of fly.
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.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
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.
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.
hap- n. (archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or…
- v. (intransitive, literary) to happen; to befall; to chance.
- v. (transitive, literary) To happen to.
- n. (Britain, Scotland, Western Pennsylvania, dialect) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small…
- v. (dialect) To wrap, clothe.
- n. Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.
happen- v. To occur or take place.
- v. To occur unexpectedly, by chance or with a low probability.
- v. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
- adv. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.
head- n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
- n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
- n. A significant or important part.
- n. Headway; progress.
- n. Topic; subject.
- n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
- n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
- n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- n. (slang) The glans penis.
- n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
- adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
- adj. Placed at the top or the front.
- adj. Coming from in front.
- v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
- v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
- v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
- v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- v. (intransitive) To form a head.
- v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
- v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
- v. To set on the head.
judge- n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
- n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
- n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
- v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
- v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
- v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
juncture- n. A place where things join, a junction.
- n. A critical moment in time.
- n. (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds;…
lapse- n. A temporary failure; a slip.
- n. A decline or fall in standards.
- n. A pause in continuity.
- n. An interval of time between events.
- n. A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
- n. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer…
- n. (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator,…
- n. (theology) A fall or apostasy.
- v. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
- v. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
- v. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- v. (intransitive) To become void.
- v. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence,…
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.
leave- v. (heading, transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
- v. (heading) To depart; to separate from.
- v. (heading) To transfer something.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
- n. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
- n. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether…
- n. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- n. (dated or law) Permission.
- n. (dated) Farewell, departure.
- v. (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
- v. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
- v. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.
legislate- v. To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
let- v. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- v. (transitive) To leave.
- v. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
- v. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- v. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- v. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
- v. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- n. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
- v. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
- v. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
- v. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
- n. An obstacle or hindrance.
- n. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
licence- n. (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa) standard spelling of license.
- v. (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license.
license- n. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- n. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- n. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or…
- n. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- v. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
- v. Authorize officially.
location- n. A particular point or place in physical space.
- n. An act of locating.
- n. (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- n. (law) A leasing on rent.
- n. (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- n. (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according…
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
notch- n. A V-shaped cut.
- n. Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
- n. An indentation.
- n. A mountain pass; a defile.
- n. (informal) A level or degree.
- v. (transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
- v. (transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
- v. (transitive) To join by means of notches.
- v. (transitive) To achieve (something).
occasion- n. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- n. The time when something happens.
- n. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- n. Something which causes something else; a cause.
- n. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
- n. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- n. Need; requirement, necessity.
- n. A special event or function.
- n. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- v. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce.
occur- v. To happen or take place.
- v. To present or offer (itself).
- v. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest (itself).
- v. (sciences) To be present or found.
offer- n. A proposal that has been made.
- n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- n. (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms…
- v. (transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- v. (transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- v. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- v. (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- v. (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- v. (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- v. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- v. (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.
- v. (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
- n. (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off.
ordain- v. To prearrange unalterably.
- v. To decree.
- v. To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk,…
- v. To predestine.
oscillation- n. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated.
- n. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean.
- n. a single such cycle.
overhaul- n. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
- n. (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure…
- v. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
- v. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
- v. (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
overstep- v. (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
overtake- v. To pass a more slowly moving object.
- v. (economics) To become greater than something else.
- v. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
passing- v. present participle of pass.
- adj. That passes away; ephemeral.
- adj. (now rare, literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
- adj. vague, cursory.
- adj. going past - passing cars.
- adv. (now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly.
- n. Death, dying; the end of something.
- n. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- n. (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
- n. (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- n. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
passport- n. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality…
- n. (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
- n. (figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
perish- v. (intransitive) To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
- v. (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish.
permission- n. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).
- n. The act of permitting.
- n. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
permit- v. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
- v. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- v. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
- v. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
- v. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for…
- n. (obsolete) Formal permission.
- n. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
- n. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
progress- n. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- n. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- n. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- n. (now rare) A journey forward; travel.
- n. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
- v. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
- v. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
- v. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.
qualifying- v. present participle of qualify.
- n. A qualification or added condition.
- n. An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
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.
release- n. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked…
- n. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product;…
- n. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- n. That which is released, untied or let go.
- n. (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- n. (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- n. (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be…
- n. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
- v. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
- v. To make available to the public.
- v. To free or liberate; to set free.
- v. To discharge.
- v. (telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- v. (law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying…
- v. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- v. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity.
- v. (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- v. (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
return- v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
- v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
- v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
- v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
- v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
- v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
- v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
- v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
- v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
- v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
- n. The act of returning.
- n. A return ticket.
- n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
- n. An answer.
- n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
- n. Gain or loss from an investment.
- n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
- n. (computing) A carriage return character.
- n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…
run- v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
- v. (fluids) To flow.
- v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- v. (social) To carry out an activity.
- v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
- v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
- v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
- v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
- v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- v. To have growth or development.
- v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
- v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
- v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
- n. A pleasure trip.
- n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- n. Migration (of fish).
- n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- n. A (regular) trip or route.
- n. The route taken while running or skiing.
- n. The distance sailed by a ship.
- n. A voyage.
- n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
- n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- n. A trial.
- n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
- n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
- n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
- n. Any sudden large demand for something.
- n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
- n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
- n. (cricket) A point scored.
- n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
- n. Unrestricted use of.
- n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
- n. A pair or set of millstones.
- n. (video games) A playthrough.
- n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
- adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
- adj. Cast in a mould.
- adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
- adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
sink- v. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- v. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
- v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
- v. (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- v. (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent…
- n. A basin used for holding water for washing.
- n. A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- n. (geology) A sinkhole.
- n. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- n. A heat sink.
- n. A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- n. (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- n. (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink.
- n. (graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network.
situation- n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
- n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
- n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
spend- v. To pay out (money).
- v. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- v. (dated) To squander.
- v. To exhaust, to wear out.
- v. To consume, to use up (time).
- v. (dated, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- v. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- v. To be diffused; to spread.
- v. (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
- n. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure.
- n. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.
- n. Discharged semen.
- n. Vaginal discharge.
strait- adj. (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- adj. (archaic) Righteous, strict.
- adj. (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- adj. (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- adj. (obsolete) Difficult; distressful; straited.
- adj. (obsolete) Parsimonious; niggardly; mean.
- n. (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- n. A narrow pass or passage.
- n. A neck of land; an isthmus.
- n. A difficult position (often used in plural).
- v. (obsolete) To put to difficulties.
- adv. (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
straitssucceed- v. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
- v. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue…
- v. (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
- v. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- v. To support; to prosper; to promote.
- v. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed…
- v. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- v. To go under cover.
success- n. (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
- n. The achievement of one's aim or goal.
- n. (business) financial profitability.
- n. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- n. The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
surpass- v. (transitive) To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
throw- v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
- v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
- v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
- v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
- v. (transitive) To imprison.
- v. To organize an event, especially a party.
- v. To roll (a die or dice).
- v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
- v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
- v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
- v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
- v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
- v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
- n. The flight of a thrown object.
- n. The act of throwing something.
- n. One's ability to throw.
- n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
- n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
- v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
- n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- n. Misspelling of throe.
ticket- n. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
- n. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
- n. A citation for a traffic violation.
- n. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- n. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical…
- n. (informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- n. A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
- n. (dated) A little note or notice.
- n. (dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
- n. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- n. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- v. To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
top- n. The highest part or component of an object.
- n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
- n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- n. (physics) A top quark.
- n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
- n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
- n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
- n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
- n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
- n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
- v. To cover on the top or with a top.
- v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
- v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
- v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
- v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
- v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- v. (archaic) To predominate.
- v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
- v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
- v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
- adj. Situated on the top of something.
- adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
- adv. Rated first.
toss- n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- n. (cricket, soccer) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before…
- n. (Britain, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
- v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
- v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- v. To agitate; to make restless.
- v. To subject to trials; to harass.
- v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- v. (informal) To discard: to toss out.
- v. To stir or mix (a salad).
- v. (Britain, slang) To masturbate.
- v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables…
- v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
- v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle…
transcend- v. (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
- v. (transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
- v. (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
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.
transmit- v. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
- v. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
- v. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
- v. (transitive) To communicate news or information.
- v. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium.
- v. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
try- v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
- v. To test, to work out.
- v. To experiment, to strive.
- v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
- n. An attempt.
- n. An act of tasting or sampling.
- n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
- adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
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.
vanish- v. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
- v. (mathematics) To become equal to zero.
- n. (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from…
- n. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
walk- v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
- v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
- v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
- v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
- v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
- v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
- n. A trip made by walking.
- n. A distance walked.
- n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
- n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
- n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
- n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
- n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
- n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
- n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
- n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
- n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
whirl- v. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- v. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- v. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- v. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- n. An act of whirling.
- n. Something that whirls.
- n. A confused tumult.
- n. A rapid series of events.
- n. Dizziness or giddiness.
- n. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
win- n. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
- v. (intransitive) To reach some destination despite difficulties (generally with a preposition or locative…
- v. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- v. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
- v. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- v. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- v. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
- v. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- n. gain; profit; income.
- n. wealth; owndom; goods.
- n. an individual victory (opposite of a loss).
- n. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail).
yielding- v. present participle of yield.
- adj. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
- n. A concession.
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