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Synonyms of the word 
STAMP → AFFIX - ASSORT - BOSS - CAST - CATEGORY - CHARACTERISE - CHARACTERIZE - CLASS - CLASSIFY - CRUSH - DEVICE - DIE - EMBOSS - EXTINGUISH - FAMILY - FORGE - FORM - IMPRESS - IMPRESSION - IMPRINT - ITEM - MACHINE - MASH - MOLD - MOULD - PESTLE - PIGEONHOLE - POSTAGE - QUALIFY - SEAL - SEPARATE - SHAPE - SOLID - SORT - SQUASH - SQUEEZE - SQUELCH - STEREOTYPE - STOMP - STUMP - SYMBOL - TOKEN - WALK - WORKstamp- n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- n. An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
- n. A device for stamping designs.
- n. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters…
- n. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as…
- n. (slang, figuratively) A tattoo.
- n. (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- v. (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- v. (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- v. (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot…
- v. (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
- v. (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
- v. (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To mark; to impress.
affix- n. That which is affixed; an appendage.
- n. (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
- n. (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; the term comprises prefixes, suffixes,…
- n. (decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel…
- v. To attach.
- v. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
- v. To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
assort- v. (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
- v. (intransitive) To be of a kind with.
- v. (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
- v. (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
boss- n. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
- n. (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- n. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- n. (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- n. (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- n. (archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is…
- n. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds…
- n. A head or reservoir of water.
- v. (transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
- n. (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
- n. A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- n. A person in charge of a business or company.
- n. A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- n. The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- n. (informal, especially India) A term of address to a man.
- n. (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten…
- n. (humorous) Wife.
- v. (transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what…
- adj. (slang, US, Canada, Liverpudlian) Of excellent quality, first-rate.
cast- v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
- v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
- v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- n. An act of throwing.
- n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- n. The casting procedure.
- n. An object made in a mould.
- n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- n. The mould used to make cast objects.
- n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- n. A squint.
- n. Visual appearance.
- n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
- n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- n. A group of crabs.
category- n. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
- n. (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows…
characterise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize.
characterize- v. to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
- v. to determine the characteristics of.
class- n. (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- n. (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three…
- n. (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- n. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- n. (countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- n. A series of classes covering a single subject.
- n. (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A…
- n. (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- n. (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon…
- n. Best of its kind.
- n. (mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
- n. (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those…
- n. (object-oriented programming) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state),…
- n. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
- v. (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.
- v. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
- v. (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
- adj. (Ireland, Britain, slang) great; fabulous.
classify- v. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
- v. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret.
crush- n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- n. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- n. Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.
- n. A violent crowding.
- n. A crowd control barrier.
- n. An infatuation or affection for.
- n. The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- n. A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- n. A party, festive function.
- n. (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes…
- v. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity…
- v. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
- v. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
- v. To oppress or burden grievously.
- v. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight…
- v. To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
- v. (sports) to defeat emphatically.
device- n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
- n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
- n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
- n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
- n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.
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.
emboss- v. (transitive) To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.
- v. (transitive) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.
- v. (obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest.
- v. (obsolete) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth.
- v. (obsolete) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
- v. (obsolete) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
extinguish- v. (transitive) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
- v. (transitive) to destroy or abolish something.
- v. (transitive) to obscure or eclipse something.
- v. (transitive, psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
- v. (transitive, literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction.
family- n. (countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption);…
- n. (countable) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
- n. (countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially…
- n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon…
- n. (countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing…
- n. (countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- n. (countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- n. Used attributively.
- adj. Suitable for children and adults.
- adj. Conservative, traditional.
- adj. (slang) Homosexual.
forge- n. Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- n. Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
- n. The act of beating or working iron or steel.
- v. (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- v. To form or create with concerted effort.
- v. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- v. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- v. (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually…
- v. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
form- n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
- n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
- n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- n. Level of performance.
- n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
- n. The den or home of a hare.
- n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
- n. (geometry) A quantic.
- n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- v. (intransitive) To take shape.
- v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
- v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…
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…
impression- n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- n. An outward appearance.
- n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown…
- n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
imprint- n. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
- n. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
- n. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
- v. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
- v. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
- v. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
item- n. A distinct physical object.
- n. (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- n. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- n. (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- n. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- n. (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- n. A short article in a newspaper.
- n. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
machine- n. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a…
- n. (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- n. (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- n. (computing) A computer.
- n. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient,…
- n. Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting…
- n. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- n. (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially…
- n. (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- v. to make by machinery.
- v. to shape or finish by machinery.
mash- n. (obsolete) A mesh.
- n. (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass…
- n. In brewing, ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt…
- n. Mashed potatoes.
- n. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- n. (obsolete): A mess; trouble.
- v. (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure.
- v. (transitive) In brewing, to convert, (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
- v. (transitive) To press down hard (on).
- v. (transitive, Southern US, informal) to press.
- v. (transitive, Britain) To prepare a cup of tea (in a teapot), alternative to brew (used mainly in Northern…
- v. to flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- n. (obsolete) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
- n. (obsolete) a dandy, a masher.
- n. (obsolete) the object of one’s affections (either sex).
mold- n. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- n. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- n. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- n. The shape or pattern of a mold.
- n. General shape or form.
- n. Distinctive character or type.
- n. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- n. (architecture) A group of moldings.
- n. (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- v. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
- v. (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- v. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence.
- v. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- v. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- v. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- v. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- n. A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material…
- v. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- v. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- n. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- v. To cover with mold or soil.
mould- n. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.
- v. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.
pestle- n. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- n. (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
- n. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
- v. To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.
pigeonhole- n. A nook in a desk for holding papers.
- n. One of an array of compartments for sorting post, messages, etc. at an office, or college (for example).
- n. A hole, or roosting place for pigeons.
- n. Ancient Roman system of storage, used in libraries for keeping scrolls.
- v. To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
- v. To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
postage- n. The charge for posting an item.
- n. The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.
qualify- v. To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
- v. To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- v. To certify or license someone for something.
- v. To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an…
- v. (now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
- v. To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- v. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
- v. (juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- n. (juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
seal- n. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- v. (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- n. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- n. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- n. A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- n. Anything that secures or authenticates.
- n. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not…
- n. Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
- n. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- n. A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- n. A chakra.
- v. (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- v. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- v. (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- v. (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- v. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- v. (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- v. (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an…
- v. (transitive) To guarantee.
- v. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- v. To close by means of a seal.
- v. (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
- v. (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
separate- adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
- v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
- n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
shape- n. The status or condition of something.
- n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
- n. Form; formation.
- n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
- n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
- n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
- n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
- v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
solid- adj. An item that can be grabbed, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
- adj. Large, massive.
- adj. Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
- adj. Strong or unyielding.
- adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- adj. Hearty; filling.
- adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- adj. Sound; not weakly.
- adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
- adj. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- adj. Of a single color throughout.
- adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
- n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need…
- n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- n. (informal) A favor.
- n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- adv. Solidly.
- adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
sort- n. A general type.
- n. Manner; form of being or acting.
- n. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
- n. (dated) Group, company.
- n. (informal) A person.
- n. An act of sorting.
- n. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- n. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size…
- n. (mathematics) A type.
- n. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
- n. (obsolete) A pair; a set; a suit.
- v. (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
- v. (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- v. (Britain) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
- v. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- v. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to…
- v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
squash- n. (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- n. (Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
- n. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- n. (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- n. (obsolete, countable, pejorative) Something unripe or soft.
- n. (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- n. (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- v. (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
- v. (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
- v. to be hit by the vegetable described below.
- n. (countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- n. Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- n. The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- n. (obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.
squeeze- v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
- v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- n. A close or tight fit.
- n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
- n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- n. (slang) A romantic partner.
- n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
- n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
- n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
- n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…
squelch- v. (transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
- v. (transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions…
- v. (intransitive, Britain) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
- v. (intransitive, Britain) to walk or step through a substance such as mud.
- n. A squelching sound.
- n. (radio technology) suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting…
stereotype- n. A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a…
- n. (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- n. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
- n. (computing, UML) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to…
- v. (transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- v. (transitive) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
- v. (transitive) To print from a stereotype.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
stomp- v. (transitive, intransitive) To trample heavily.
- v. (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
- n. A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step.
- n. The jazz music for this dance.
stump- n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- n. (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- n. (figuratively) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner…
- n. (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding…
- n. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal,…
- n. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
- n. (slang, humorous) A leg.
- n. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers…
- n. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
- v. (transitive) to stop, confuse, or puzzle.
- v. (intransitive) to baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
- v. (intransitive) to campaign.
- v. (transitive, US, colloquial) to travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering…
- v. (transitive, cricket, of a wicket keeper) to get a batsman out stumped.
- v. (transitive, cricket) to bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
- v. (intransitive) to walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
symbol- n. A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- n. Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is…
- n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context;…
- n. A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- n. Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or…
- n. (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- n. That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- n. Share; allotment.
- v. To symbolize.
token- n. Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol.
- n. A keepsake, memento, souvenir.
- n. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or…
- n. (obsolete, sometimes figuratively) Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint.
- n. Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning.
- n. An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle.
- n. An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password.
- n. A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- n. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power,…
- n. A tally.
- n. (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- n. (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing…
- n. (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate…
- n. (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator…
- n. (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition,…
- n. (medicine, obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of…
- n. (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some…
- n. (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one…
- n. (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- n. (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- n. (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- n. (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted…
- adj. Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.
- adj. a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- v. To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote.
- v. To betroth.
- v. (philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate.
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.
work- n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
- n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
- n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
- n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
- n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
- v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- v. (transitive) To set into action.
- v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- v. (intransitive) To ferment.
- v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
- v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
- v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
- v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
- v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- v. (transitive) To cause to work.
- v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
- v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
- v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
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