Synonyms of the word

sweep

• v. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
• v. (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
• v. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
• v. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
• v. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
• v. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
• v. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that…
• v. (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
• v. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
• v. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
• v. To strike with a long stroke.
• v. (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
• v. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
• n. A single action of sweeping.
• n. The person who steers a dragon boat.
• n. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
• n. A chimney sweep.
• n. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
• n. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
• n. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team…
• n. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
• n. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
• n. Violent and general destruction.
• n. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
• n. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
• n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
• n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
• n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
• n. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
• n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise…
• n. Any of the blades of a windmill.
• n. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
• n. Any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

ambit

• n. The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
• n. A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
• n. A span of actions, thoughts, or words.

broom

• n. (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
• n. (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and…
• n. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep.
• v. (nautical) Alternative form of bream (to clean a ship's bottom).

brush

• n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle,…
• n. A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary…
• n. The act of brushing something.
• n. (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
• n. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
• n. The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
• n. (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
• n. (archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
• n. (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
• n. (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
• n. (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play…
• n. (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
• n. (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export,…
• v. (transitive) To clean with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To apply with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
• v. (transitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
• v. (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

chimneysweep

• n. Alternative form of chimney sweep.

chimneysweeper

• n. Synonym of chimney sweep.

clean

• adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
• adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
• adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
• adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
• adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
• adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
• adj. That does not damage the environment.
• adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
• adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
• adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
• adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
• n. Removal of dirt.
• n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
• v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
• v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
• v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
• v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
• v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
• v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
• adv. Fully and completely.

cleaner

• n. A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
• n. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
• n. A cleaning detergent.
• n. (in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
• adj. comparative form of clean: more clean.

compass

• n. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
• n. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
• n. (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
• n. (obsolete) A space within limits; area.
• n. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; boundary; circumference.
• n. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
• n. Scope.
• n. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
• v. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
• v. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
• v. (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
• v. (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
• adv. (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.

continue

• v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
• v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
• v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
• v. (intransitive) To resume.
• v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
• v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
• n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
• n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

drag

• n. (uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
• n. (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
• n. (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body,…
• n. (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
• n. (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle…
• n. (countable, slang) Horse-drawn wagon or buggy.
• n. (countable, slang) Street, as in 'main drag'.
• n. (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
• n. (countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
• n. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
• n. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
• n. (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
• n. (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
• n. (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the…
• n. Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially,…
• n. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
• n. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
• v. (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly.
• v. To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
• v. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
• v. To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
• v. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
• v. (computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
• v. To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
• v. (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
• v. To fish with a dragnet.
• v. To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of…
• v. To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
• v. (figuratively) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
• v. (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
• n. (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
• v. To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

embroil

• v. To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
• v. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

expanse

• n. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
• n. An amount of spread or stretch.

extend

• v. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
• v. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
• v. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
• v. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
• v. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
• v. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
• v. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
• v. (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ…
• v. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype…

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

involve

• v. (archaic) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
• v. (archaic) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
• v. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
• v. (archaic) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily;…
• v. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
• v. To envelop, enfold, entangle.
• v. To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
• v. (mathematics) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of…

motility

• n. (uncountable) The state of being motile.
• n. (countable) The degree to which something is motile.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

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…

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

oar

• n. An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed…
• n. An oarsman; a rower.
• n. (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
• v. To row; to propel with oars.

orbit

• n. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
• n. A sphere of influence; an area of control.
• n. The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
• n. (anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
• n. (physics) A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area…
• n. (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
• n. (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members…
• v. To circle or revolve around another object.
• v. To move around the general vicinity of something.
• v. To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

range

• n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
• n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
• n. Selection, array.
• n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
• n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
• n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
• n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
• n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
• n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
• n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
• n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference…
• n. (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
• n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
• n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
• n. (programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
• n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
• n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
• n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
• n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian…
• n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
• n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
• v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
• v. (transitive) To rove over or through.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to,…
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition)…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the…
• v. (transitive) To classify.
• v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
• v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
• v. (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose…
• v. (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively…
• v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
• v. To separate into parts; to sift.
• v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
• v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.

reach

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

run

• v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
• v. (fluids) To flow.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
• v. (social) To carry out an activity.
• v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
• v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
• v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
• v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
• v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
• v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
• v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
• v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
• v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
• v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
• v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
• v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
• v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
• v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
• v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
• v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
• v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
• v. To have growth or development.
• v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
• v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
• v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
• n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
• n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
• n. A pleasure trip.
• n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
• n. Migration (of fish).
• n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
• n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
• n. A (regular) trip or route.
• n. The route taken while running or skiing.
• n. The distance sailed by a ship.
• n. A voyage.
• n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
• n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
• n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
• n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
• n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
• n. A trial.
• n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
• n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
• n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
• n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
• n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
• n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
• n. Any sudden large demand for something.
• n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
• n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
• n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
• n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
• n. (cricket) A point scored.
• n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
• n. Unrestricted use of.
• n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
• n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
• n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
• n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
• n. A pair or set of millstones.
• n. (video games) A playthrough.
• n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
• n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
• n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
• adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
• adj. Cast in a mould.
• adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
• adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

running

• adj. Moving or advancing by running.
• adj. successive; one following the other without break or intervention.
• adj. Flowing; easy; cursive.
• adj. Continuous; keeping along step by step.
• adj. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
• adj. (medicine) Discharging pus.
• adj. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
• adv. (informal) consecutively; in a row.
• n. The action of the verb to run.
• n. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
• n. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
• n. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
• v. present participle of run.

sail

• n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
• n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
• n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
• n. The blade of a windmill.
• n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
• n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
• n. (fishing) A sailfish.
• n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
• n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
• v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
• v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
• v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
• v. To move briskly.

scope

• n. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
• n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
• n. (computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
• n. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
• n. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
• n. (slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
• v. To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
• v. (slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
• v. (slang) To examine under a microscope.

slam

• v. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by…
• v. (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• v. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
• v. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
• v. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without…
• v. to drink off, to drink quickly.
• v. to compete in a poetry slam.
• v. (transitive, drugs, slang) to inject intravenously; shoot up.
• n. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
• n. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
• n. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
• n. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
• n. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
• n. A poetry slam.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
• n. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
• n. (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
• n. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

span

• n. The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
• n. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
• n. The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or…
• n. The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
• n. (nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope…
• n. (obsolete) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar…
• n. (mathematics) the space of all linear combinations of something.
• v. To traverse the distance between.
• v. To cover or extend over an area or time period.
• v. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
• v. (mathematics) to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
• v. (intransitive, US, dated) To be matched, as horses.
• v. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
• v. (archaic, nonstandard) simple past tense of spin.

swing

• v. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• v. (intransitive) To dance.
• v. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
• v. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
• v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
• v. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
• v. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
• v. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than…
• v. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
• v. (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
• v. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
• v. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
• v. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
• v. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
• n. The manner in which something is swung.
• n. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
• n. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
• n. A dance style.
• n. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
• n. The amount of change towards or away from something.
• n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
• n. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
• n. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
• n. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
• n. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in…
• n. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
• n. (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

tangle

• v. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined.
• v. (intransitive) to be forced into some kind of situation.
• v. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
• v. (transitive) to mix together or intertwine.
• v. (transitive) to catch and hold.
• n. A tangled twisted mass.
• n. A complicated or confused state or condition.
• n. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
• n. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four…
• n. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
• n. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
• n. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles…

traverse

• n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
• n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
• n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
• n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
• n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
• n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
• n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
• n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
• n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
• v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
• v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
• v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
• v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
• v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
• v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
• v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
• v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
• v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
• v. (law) To deny formally.
• adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
• adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.

triumph

• n. A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
• n. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
• n. (obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
• n. A state of joy or exultation at success.
• n. (obsolete) A trump card.
• n. A card game, also called trump.
• n. (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement…
• n. A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
• v. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
• v. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
• v. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
• v. To be prosperous; to flourish.
• v. To play a trump in a card game.

victory

• n. (countable) An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.
• n. (uncountable) The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.
• n. (countable) A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.
• v. (rare) To achieve a victory.

wield

• v. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
• v. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
• v. To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
• v. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

win

• n. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
• v. (intransitive) To reach some destination despite difficulties (generally with a preposition or locative…
• v. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
• v. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
• v. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
• v. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
• n. gain; profit; income.
• n. wealth; owndom; goods.
• n. an individual victory (opposite of a loss).
• n. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail).

wipe

• v. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance…
• v. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
• v. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
• v. (transitive, computing) To erase.
• v. (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction…
• v. (figuratively) To change one's demeanour or facial expression.
• n. The act of wiping something.
• n. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
• n. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to…
• n. The lapwing.