Synonyms of the word

throw

• v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
• v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
• v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
• v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
• v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
• v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
• v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
• v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
• v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
• v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
• v. (transitive) To imprison.
• v. To organize an event, especially a party.
• v. To roll (a die or dice).
• v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
• v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
• v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
• v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
• v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
• v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
• v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
• v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
• n. The flight of a thrown object.
• n. The act of throwing something.
• n. One's ability to throw.
• n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
• n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
• n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
• n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
• n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
• v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
• n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
• n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
• n. Misspelling of throe.

actuation

• n. The act of putting into motion.

be

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

bedclothes

• n. Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

bedding

• n. The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
• n. Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
• n. (geology) a structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined…
• n. (horticulture) the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary,…
• v. present participle of bed.

bedevil

• v. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
• v. To perplex or bewilder.

befuddle

• v. (transitive) to perplex, confuse (someone).
• v. (transitive) to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol.

bemuse

• v. (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
• v. (archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.

bewilder

• v. (transitive) To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things.
• v. (transitive) To disorientate someone.

bump

• n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• n. The sound of such a collision.
• n. A protuberance on a level surface.
• n. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
• n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or…
• n. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to…
• n. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
• n. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…
• n. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
• n. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
• n. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
• n. A coarse cotton fabric.
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.
• n. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
• v. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
• v. To move up or down by a step.
• v. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it…
• v. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
• v. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
• v. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
• v. (archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
• interj. (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to…

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.

chance

• n. (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
• n. (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
• n. (countable) The probability of something happening.
• n. (countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
• v. To try or risk.
• v. To discover something by chance.
• v. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
• adj. (rare) Happening by chance, casual.

communicate

• v. To impart.
• v. To share.

confound

• v. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.
• v. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
• v. To make something worse.
• v. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
• v. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
• v. (dated) To damn (a mild oath).
• v. (archaic) To bring to ruination.
• v. To stun, amaze.
• n. (statistics) a confounding variable.

confuse

• v. To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
• v. (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
• v. To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
• v. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
• v. To mistake one thing for another.

contrive

• v. To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
• v. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
• v. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

discombobulate

• v. (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

discomfit

• v. (archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
• v. To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate.
• v. (proscribed) To embarrass greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
• adj. (obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.

discompose

• v. (transitive) To destroy the composure of something.

disconcert

• v. (transitive) To upset the composure of.
• v. (transitive) To bring into confusion.
• v. (transitive) To frustrate, make go wrong.

dislodge

• v. (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
• v. (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To force out of a secure or settled position.

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.

drop

• n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
• n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
• n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
• n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
• n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
• n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
• n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
• n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
• n. (American football) A dropped pass.
• n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
• n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
• n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
• n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
• n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
• n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
• n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
• n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
• n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
• n. (architecture) A gutta.
• n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
• n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
• n. A drop press or drop hammer.
• n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
• n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
• v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
• v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
• v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
• v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
• v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
• v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
• v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
• v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
• v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
• v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
• v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
• v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
• v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
• v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
• v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
• v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
• v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
• v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
• v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
• v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
• v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
• v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
• v. To give birth to.
• v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
• v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

engage

• v. (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
• v. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
• v. (heading) To interact contractually.
• v. (heading) To interact mechanically.
• v. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

express

• adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
• adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
• adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
• adj. (retail) Being a merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the…
• n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
• n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
• n. An express rifle.
• n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
• n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
• n. An express office.
• n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
• v. (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
• v. (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
• v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
• v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
• n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
• n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

flip

• n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
• n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
• v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
• v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
• v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
• v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
• v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
• interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
• adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
• adj. Sarcastic.
• adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
• n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

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…

fox

• n. A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy…
• n. Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe…
• n. The fur of a fox.
• n. A fox terrier.
• n. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
• n. A cunning person.
• n. (slang) A physically attractive man or woman.
• n. (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats,…
• n. (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
• n. (obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
• v. (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
• v. (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
• v. (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
• v. (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
• v. (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
• v. (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
• v. (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

fuddle

• v. To confuse or befuddle.
• v. To intoxicate.
• n. Intoxication.
• n. Muddle, confusion.
• n. (Britain, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring…

gambling

• v. present participle of gamble.
• n. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill…

gaming

• v. present participle of game.
• n. The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.
• n. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

have

• v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
• v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
• v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
• v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to.
• v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
• v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
• v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
• v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
• v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
• v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
• v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
• v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
• v. To trick, to deceive.
• v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
• v. (transitive) To host someone.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

hurl

• v. (transitive) To throw (something) with force.
• v. (transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
• v. (obsolete) To twist or turn.
• n. A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
• n. The act of vomiting.
• n. (hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
• n. (Ulster) (car) ride.
• n. (obsolete) tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
• n. (obsolete) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.

impel

• v. (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast…
• v. (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object.

intercommunicate

• v. To communicate, one with another.
• v. To be interconnected.

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)).

lock

• n. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
• n. (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
• n. A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between…
• n. (firearms) The firing mechanism.
• n. Complete control over a situation.
• n. Something sure to be a success.
• n. (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
• n. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
• n. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
• n. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
• n. A grapple in wrestling.
• v. (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
• v. (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
• v. (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
• v. (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
• v. (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
• v. To furnish (a canal) with locks.
• v. To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
• v. To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
• v. (Internet, transitive) To officially prevent other users from posting in (a thread).
• n. A tuft or length of hair.

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.

mesh

• n. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly…
• n. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing…
• n. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
• n. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having…
• n. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
• v. To fit in, to come together.
• v. To catch in a mesh.

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.

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.

mould

• n. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.
• v. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold.

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.

operate

• v. (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical;…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
• v. (medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner,…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

opportunity

• n. A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
• n. A favorable circumstance or occasion.
• n. (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness.

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).

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.

project

• n. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
• n. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
• n. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
• n. (obsolete) A projectile.
• n. (obsolete) A projection.
• n. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
• v. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
• v. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
• v. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
• v. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
• v. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own…
• v. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

propel

• v. To cause to move in a certain direction.
• v. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

propulsion

• n. Force causing movement.

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.

release

• n. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked…
• n. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product;…
• n. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
• n. That which is released, untied or let go.
• n. (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
• n. (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
• n. (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be…
• n. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
• v. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
• v. To make available to the public.
• v. To free or liberate; to set free.
• v. To discharge.
• v. (telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
• v. (law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying…
• v. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
• v. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity.
• v. (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
• v. (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

remove

• v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
• v. (transitive) To murder.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
• v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
• v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
• v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
• n. The act of removing something.
• n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
• n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
• n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
• n. Distance in time or space; interval.
• n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
• n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

send

• v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
• v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
• v. To bring to a certain condition.
• v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
• v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
• v. (nautical) To pitch.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
• n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.

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.

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.

shed

• v. (transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
• v. (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
• v. (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall in drops; to pour.
• v. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
• v. (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
• n. (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
• n. (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
• n. (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
• n. (obsolete) The top of the head.
• n. (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
• n. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front;…
• n. (Britain, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
• n. (Britain, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

stroke

• n. An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
• n. A blow or hit.
• n. A single movement with a tool.
• n. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or…
• n. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done…
• n. A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly.
• n. A streak made with a brush.
• n. The time when a clock strikes.
• n. (swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.
• n. (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
• n. (obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
• n. (rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
• n. (rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
• n. (professional wrestling) Backstage influence.
• n. (squash (sport)) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
• n. (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.
• n. (obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
• n. An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
• n. A throb or beat, as of the heart.
• n. (obsolete) Power; influence.
• n. (obsolete) appetite.
• v. (transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
• v. (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
• v. (transitive) To row the stroke oar of.

switch

• n. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
• n. A change.
• n. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one…
• n. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in…
• n. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
• n. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of…
• n. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously,…
• n. (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows…
• n. (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
• n. A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly…
• v. (transitive) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
• v. (transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.
• v. (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
• v. To swing or whisk.
• v. To be swung or whisked.
• v. To trim.
• v. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
• v. (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
• adj. (snowboarding) riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

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.

thrust

• n. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
• n. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.).
• n. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
• n. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
• v. (intransitive) To make advance with force.
• v. (transitive) To force something upon someone.
• v. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
• v. (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
• v. (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• v. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

untune

• v. (transitive) To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

upset

• adj. (of a person) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• adj. (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to…
• n. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
• n. (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored…
• n. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
• n. An upset stomach.
• n. (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is…
• v. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• v. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
• v. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
• v. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
• v. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
• v. (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
• v. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
• v. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

utter

• adj. (now poetic, literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote.
• adj. (obsolete) Outward.
• adj. Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
• v. (transitive) To say.
• v. (transitive) To use the voice.
• v. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved.
• v. (transitive) To make (a noise).
• v. (law, transitive) To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation.
• adv. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.

verbalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize.

verbalize

• v. To speak or to use words to express.
• v. (grammar) To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.

withdraw

• v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
• v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
• v. (intransitive) To retreat.
• v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

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.