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Synonyms of the word 
SET → ABSTRACTION - ACCUMULATION - ACTION - ACTIVITY - ADJUST - AGGREGATION - ALTER - APPROXIMATE - ARRANGE - ARRANGED - ASSAIL - ASSAULT - ASSEMBLAGE - ATTACK - BAND - BENT - BURY - CHANGE - CHOOSE - CIRCLE - COIF - COIFFE - COIFFURE - COLLECTION - COMPOSE - CONGEAL - CORRECT - COUNTERSINK - CURING - DESCEND - DESCENT - DETERMINE - DETERMINED - DICTATED - DISPLACE - DISPOSITION - DO - DOWN - DRESS - EMPLACEMENT - EQUIP - ESTABLISH - ESTIMATE - EXERCISE - EXERCISING - FALL - FIT - FIX - FIXED - FRUCTIFY - GAUGE - GROOM - GUESS - HARD - HARDENED - HARDENING - HONE - IMPRESS - INCLINATION - INITIATE - JELL - JUDGE - LAID - LAY - LIMIT - LOCALISE - LOCALIZE - LOCATED - LOCATING - LOCATION - LOT - MAKE - MARK - MODIFY - MOVE - MULTIPLY - NEATEN - NONMOVING - ORDERED - ORIGINATE - OUTFIT - PLACE - PLACED - PLACEMENT - PLANT - PLAY - POSE - POSITION - POSITIONING - PREPARE - PRESENT - PRIMED - PRINT - PROCREATE - PUT - READINESS - READY - REPRESENT - REPRESENTATION - REPRODUCE - RIG - RIGID - SELECT - SET - SETTLED - SIC - SINK - SITUATED - SOLIDIFICATION - SOLIDIFY - SOLIDIFYING - SPECIFY - STAGE - START - TAKE - TENDENCY - TYPESET - UNMOVING - WORKOUT - WRITEset- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
abstraction- n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken…
- n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;…
- n. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the…
- n. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- n. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- n. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational…
- n. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- n. An idea of an unrealistic or visionary nature.
- n. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the results of said process.
- n. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so,…
- n. (computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality…
- n. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
accumulation- n. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- n. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- n. A mass of something piled up or collected.
- n. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- n. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- n. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is…
action- n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
- n. A way of motion or functioning.
- n. A fast-paced activity.
- n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
- n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
- n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
- n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
- n. (military) Combat.
- n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
- n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
- n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
- n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
- interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
- v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
- v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
activity- n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
- n. Something done as an action or a movement.
- n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).
adjust- v. (transitive) To modify.
- v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
aggregation- n. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
- n. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
- n. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
- n. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
- n. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
- n. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
approximate- adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
- adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
- v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
- v. To come near to; to approach.
- v. To estimate.
arrange- v. To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
- v. To put in order, to organize.
- v. To plan; to prepare in advance.
- v. (music) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original…
arranged- v. simple past tense and past participle of arrange.
assail- v. To attack violently using words or force.
assault- n. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
- n. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like.
- n. (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence,…
- n. (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
- n. (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
- n. (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
- n. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
- v. To attack, threaten or harass.
assemblage- n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
- n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…
attack- n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
- n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
- n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
- n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
- n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
- v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
- v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
band- n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
- n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
- n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
- n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
- n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- n. (obsolete) A bond.
- n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
- n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
- n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
- n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
- v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- n. A marching band.
- n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
- n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
- n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
- v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
bent- v. simple past tense and past participle of bend.
- adj. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented.
- adj. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain) Homosexual.
- adj. Determined or insistent.
- adj. Of a person, leading a life of crime.
- adj. (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting.
- adj. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
- adj. (slang) High from using both marijuana and alcohol.
- n. An inclination or talent.
- n. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- n. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- n. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- n. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- n. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
- n. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- n. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- n. A grassy area, grassland.
bury- v. (transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- v. (transitive) To place in the ground.
- v. (transitive, often figuratively) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To score a goal.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
- n. (obsolete) A burrow.
- n. A borough; a manor.
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.
choose- v. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
- v. To elect.
- v. To decide to act in a certain way.
- v. To wish; to desire; to prefer.
- conj. (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
- n. (dialectal or obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
- n. (dialectal or obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
- n. (dialectal or obsolete) Scope for choice.
circle- n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
- n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
- n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- n. Orbit.
- n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
- n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
- n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
- n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
- n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
- n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- n. A territorial division or district.
- n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- v. (transitive) To surround.
- v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.
coif- n. A hairdo.
- n. A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn…
- n. An item of chain mail headgear.
- n. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
- v. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
coiffe- v. Alternative spelling of coif.
coiffure- n. hairstyle.
- v. (transitive) to style or arrange hair.
collection- n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
- n. Multiple related objects associated as a group.
- n. The activity of collecting.
- n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets.
- n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
- n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
- n. (Britain) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
- n. (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University slang) A set of college exams generally taken at the start…
compose- v. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
- v. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- v. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create…
- v. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- v. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- v. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- v. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- v. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
congeal- v. (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold.
- v. (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly.
- v. (transitive) To make rigid or immobile.
- v. (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify.
correct- adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
- adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
- v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
- v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
- v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
countersink- n. a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
- v. (transitive) To create such a conical recess.
- v. (transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
curing- v. present participle of cure.
- n. The act by which something is cured.
descend- v. (intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,…
- v. (intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
- v. (intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come…
- v. (intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station;…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters…
- v. (intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation…
- v. (intransitive, anatomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
- v. (intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
- v. (transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of.
descent- n. An instance of descending.
- n. A way down.
- n. A sloping passage or incline.
- n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- n. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- n. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
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.
determined- adj. Decided; resolute, possessing much determination.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of determine.
dictated- v. simple past tense and past participle of dictate.
displace- v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- v. (psycology) to repress.
disposition- n. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- n. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- n. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- n. Control over something.
- n. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- n. (law) Final decision or settlement.
- n. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
- n. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- v. To remove or place in a different position.
do- v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
- v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
- v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
- v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- v. To cook.
- v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
- v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
- v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
- v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
- v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
- v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
- v. (transitive) To take drugs.
- v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
- n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
- n. (informal) A hairdo.
- n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
- n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
- n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
- n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
- n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.
down- n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
- n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
- n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
- adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
- adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
- adv. Into a state of non-operation.
- adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
- adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
- adv. From less to greater detail.
- adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
- adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
- prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
- prep. From one end to another of.
- adj. Depressed, feeling low.
- adj. At a lower level than before.
- adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
- adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
- adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
- adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
- adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
- adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
- adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
- adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
- v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
- v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
- v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
- v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
- v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
- n. A negative aspect; a downer.
- n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
- n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
- n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- n. Down payment.
- n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
- n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
- n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
dress- n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
- n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
- n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
- n. A dress rehearsal.
- v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
- v. To adorn, ornament.
- v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
- v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
- v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
- v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
- v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
- v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
- v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
- v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
- v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
emplacement- n. An installation that houses a military weapon.
- n. A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- n. (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body…
equip- v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
- v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
- v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
establish- v. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- v. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- v. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- v. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
estimate- n. A rough calculation or guess.
- n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
- n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
- v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
- v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
exercise- n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
- n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
- n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
- v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
- v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
- v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
exercising- v. present participle of exercise.
- n. The act by which something is exercised.
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.
fit- adj. Suitable, proper.
- adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- adj. In good shape; physically well.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
- adj. Prepared; ready.
- v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
- v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
- v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
- v. (transitive) To make ready.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
- v. To be proper or becoming.
- v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- n. The degree to which something fits.
- n. Conformity of elements one to another.
- n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
- n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- n. A seizure or convulsion.
- n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
- n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
fix- n. A repair or corrective action.
- n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
- n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
- n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
- n. A determination of location.
- n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
- v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
- v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
- v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…
fixed- v. simple past tense and past participle of fix.
- adj. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
- adj. Stationary.
- adj. Attached; affixed.
- adj. Chemically stable.
- adj. Supplied with what one needs.
- adj. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
- adj. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
- adj. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- adj. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
fructify- v. (intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
- v. (transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
gauge- n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
- n. An act of measuring.
- n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
- n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
- n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
- n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
- n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
- n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
- n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
- n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- v. (transitive) To estimate.
- v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
groom- n. A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
- n. A person who cares for horses.
- n. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
- n. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
- v. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
- v. To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
- v. To prepare someone for election or appointment.
- v. To prepare a ski slope for skiers.
- v. (transitive) To attempt to gain the trust of somebody, especially a minor, with the intention of subjecting…
guess- v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
hard- adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- adj. Unquestionable.
- adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
- adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
- adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
- adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
- adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
- adv. (manner) With difficulty.
- adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
- adv. (manner) Compactly.
- adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
- n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.
hardened- v. simple past tense and past participle of harden.
- adj. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
hardening- v. present participle of harden.
- n. The process by which something hardens.
- n. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
hone- n. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a…
- n. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- v. To sharpen with a hone.
- v. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- v. To refine or master (a skill).
- v. To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- v. To pine; to lament; to long.
- n. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- v. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To grumble.
- v. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
impress- v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
- v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
- v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
- v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
- v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
- v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
- v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
- v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
- n. The act of impressing.
- n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
- n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
- n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
- n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
- n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
- n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…
inclination- n. A physical tilt or bend.
- n. A slant or slope.
- n. A mental tendency.
- n. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
- n. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
initiate- adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
- adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
- n. A new member of an organization.
- n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
- v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
- v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
- v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
jell- n. a jelly or gel.
- v. To gel.
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.
laid- v. simple past tense and past participle of lay.
- adj. (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
lay- v. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- v. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- v. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
- v. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- v. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- v. (law) To state; to allege.
- v. (military) To point; to aim.
- v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- v. To apply; to put.
- v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
- v. To present or offer.
- n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- n. A share of the profits in a business.
- n. The direction a rope is twisted.
- n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- n. (slang, archaic) A plan; a scheme.
- n. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
- n. A lake.
- adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
- adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
- adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
- v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
- v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
- n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
- n. (obsolete) A law.
- n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
- v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
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.
localise- v. (British spelling, transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
localize- v. (transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
- v. (software engineering) To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating…
- v. To determine where something takes place or is to be found.
located- v. simple past tense and past participle of locate.
locating- v. present participle of locate.
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…
lot- n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
- n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
- n. A prize in a lottery.
- n. Allotment; lottery.
- n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
- v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
mark- n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
- n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
- n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
- n. (heading) Attention.
- v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
- v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
- v. To take note of.
- v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
- v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
- v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
- v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
- v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
- v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
- n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
- n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
- n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
- n. A mark coin.
- v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
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…
multiply- v. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- v. (transitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
- v. (intransitive) To grow in number.
- v. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
- v. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
- v. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
- n. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
- adv. In many or multiple ways.
neaten- v. To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
nonmoving- adj. Not moving; stationary; inert.
ordered- adj. In order, not messy, tidy.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of order.
originate- v. (transitive) To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
- v. (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
outfit- n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
- n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
- n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
- n. (informal) A business or firm.
- n. (sports) A sports team.
- n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
- v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
place- n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- n. A location or position in space.
- n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
- n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
- n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
- n. A frame of mind.
- n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
- n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
- n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
- n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
placed- v. simple past tense and past participle of place.
placement- n. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- n. A location or position.
- n. The act of matching a person with a job.
plant- n. (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically…
- n. (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land…
- n. (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have…
- n. (proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including…
- n. A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
- n. An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
- n. Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
- n. A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
- n. (snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the…
- n. (uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
- n. (obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
- n. (obsolete) The sole of the foot.
- n. (dated, slang) A plan; a swindle; a trick.
- n. An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
- n. (US, dialect) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
- v. (transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- v. (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
- v. (transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
- v. To place in the ground.
- v. To furnish or supply with plants.
- v. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
- v. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
- v. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
- v. To set up; to install; to instate.
play- v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
- v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
- v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
- v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
- v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
- v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
- v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
- v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
- v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
- n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
- n. The conduct, or course of a game.
- n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
- n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- n. (countable) A major move by a business.
- n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
- n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
- n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
- n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
pose- n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
- v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
- n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
- n. Affectation.
- v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
- v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
- v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
position- n. A place or location.
- n. A post of employment; a job.
- n. A status or rank.
- n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
- n. A posture.
- n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
- n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
- n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- v. To put into place.
positioning- v. present participle of position.
- n. The act of positioning; placement.
prepare- v. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
- v. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
- v. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
- v. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
- n. (obsolete) preparation.
present- adj. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- adj. Located in the immediate vicinity.
- adj. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
- adj. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
- adj. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
- adj. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
- adj. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the…
- adj. Attentive; alert; focused.
- n. The current moment or period of time.
- n. The present tense.
- n. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other…
- n. (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- v. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- v. (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop…
- v. (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
- v. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- v. (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- v. (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- v. (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- v. (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- v. (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the…
- v. (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- v. (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- v. (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- v. (transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- v. (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- v. (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
primed- v. simple past tense and past participle of prime.
- adj. Prepared for use or action.
print- adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
- v. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often…
- v. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- v. (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
- v. (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- v. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- v. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
- n. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
- n. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- n. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
- n. A visible impression on a surface.
- n. A fingerprint.
- n. A footprint.
- n. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
- n. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
- n. (motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.
- n. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
procreate- v. (transitive) To beget or conceive (offspring).
- v. (transitive) To originate, create or produce something.
- v. (intransitive) To reproduce.
put- v. To place something somewhere.
- v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
- v. To express something in a certain manner.
- v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
- v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
- v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
- n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- n. An old card game.
- n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
- n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
readiness- n. The state or degree of being ready.
ready- adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
- adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
- adj. Liable at any moment.
- adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
- adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
- v. To make prepared for action.
- n. (slang) ready money; cash.
represent- v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
- v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
- v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
- v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
- v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
- v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
- v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
- v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
- v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
- v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…
representation- n. That which represents another.
- n. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- n. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this…
- n. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector…
- n. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- n. A theatrical performance.
reproduce- v. To produce an image or copy of something.
- v. (biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
- v. To produce again; to recreate.
- v. To bring something to mind; to recall.
rig- n. (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- n. (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
- n. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- n. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- n. (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
- n. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- n. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- v. (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- v. (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- v. (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- v. (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
- n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- n. (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
- n. (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
- n. (obsolete) A blast of wind.
rigid- adj. Stiff, rather than flexible.
- adj. Fixed, rather than moving.
- adj. Rigorous and unbending.
- adj. Uncompromising.
- n. A bicycle with no suspension system.
select- adj. Privileged, specially selected.
- adj. Of high quality; top-notch.
- v. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
- v. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
settled- adj. Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of settle.
sic- adv. Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
- v. To mark with a bracketed sic.
- v. (transitive) To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
- v. (transitive) To set upon; to chase; to attack.
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.
situated- adj. Located in a specific place.
- adj. Supplied with money or means.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of situate.
solidification- n. The action of solidifying.
- n. Concentration or consolidation.
solidify- v. (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
- v. (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate.
- v. (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
solidifying- v. present participle of solidify.
specify- v. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- v. (transitive) To include in a specification.
- v. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
stage- n. A phase.
- n. A platform, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- n. A floor or storey of a house.
- n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked…
- n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
- v. To place in position to prepare for use.
start- n. The beginning of an activity.
- n. A sudden involuntary movement.
- n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
- n. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- v. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
- v. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
- v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
- v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
- v. (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- v. (nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- v. (euphemistic) To start your periods (menstruation).
- n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
- n. A handle, especially that of a plough.
- n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
take- v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove.
- v. (transitive) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- v. (transitive) To consume.
- v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
- v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- v. (transitive) To require.
- v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
- v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
- v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
- v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
- v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- v. (transitive) To move into.
- v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
- v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- v. (transitive) To deal with.
- v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
- v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
- v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
- n. The or an act of taking.
- n. Something that is taken; a haul.
- n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
- n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
- n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
tendency- n. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
- n. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
typeset- v. (transitive) to set or compose written material into type.
- v. (intransitive) to be set or composed into type.
- adj. (of text) Set in type.
unmoving- adj. Not moving; still.
- adj. Not moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.
workout- n. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
- n. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
- n. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
write- v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
- v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To send written information to.
- v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
- v. (intransitive) To be an author.
- v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
- v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
- v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
- v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
- n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
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