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Synonyms of the word 
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- n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
- n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- n. (physics) A top quark.
- n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
- n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
- n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
- n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
- n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
- n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
- v. To cover on the top or with a top.
- v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
- v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
- v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
- v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
- v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- v. (archaic) To predominate.
- v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
- v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
- v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
- adj. Situated on the top of something.
- adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
- adv. Rated first.
acme- n. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
- n. (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
- n. Mature age; full bloom of life.
apical- adj. Of or connected with the apex.
- adj. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary…
- adj. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.
- n. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
attain- v. (transitive) To accomplish; to achieve.
- v. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
- v. (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
- v. (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object,…
- v. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
- v. (obsolete) To overtake.
best- adj. superlative form of good: most good.
- adj. Most; largest.
- adv. superlative form of well: most well.
- adv. To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
- n. (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
- n. (uncountable) One's best behavior.
- n. (countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
- v. To surpass in skill or achievement.
- v. (transitive) To beat in a contest;.
bout- n. A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
- n. (boxing) A boxing match.
- n. (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- n. (roller derby) A roller derby match.
- n. A fighting competition.
- n. (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of…
- n. (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland,…
- v. To contest a bout.
- prep. (colloquial) about.
canvas- n. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- n. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- n. A basis for creative work.
- n. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- n. (nautical) sails in general.
- n. A tent.
- n. A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- n. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show…
- n. Alternative spelling of canvass.
- v. To cover an area or object with canvas.
- v. Alternative spelling of canvass.
canvass- n. A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
- n. A tally, audit and certification of votes.
- v. To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
- v. To conduct a survey.
- v. To campaign.
- v. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
- v. To examine by discussion; to debate.
clear- adj. Transparent in colour.
- adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
- adj. Free of obstacles.
- adj. Without clouds.
- adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
- adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
- adv. All the way; entirely.
- adv. Not near something or touching it.
- adv. free (or separate) from others.
- adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
- v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
- v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
- v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- v. (intransitive) To become clear.
- v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
- v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- v. To obtain a clearance.
- v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
- v. To fell all trees of a forest.
- v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
- n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
- n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).
climax- n. (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- n. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
- n. (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly.
- v. To reach or bring to a climax.
- v. To orgasm; to reach orgasm.
clip- v. To grip tightly.
- v. To fasten with a clip.
- v. (archaic) To hug, embrace.
- v. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- n. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- n. An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
- n. (obsolete) An embrace.
- n. A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm…
- n. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the…
- n. (fishing, Britain, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- v. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- v. To curtail; to cut short.
- v. (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- v. (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting…
- v. (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- v. (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering…
- v. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- n. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole.
- n. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- n. (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- n. (informal) A blow with the hand.
complete- v. (transitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- v. (transitive) To make whole or entire.
- adj. With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
- adj. Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
- adj. Generic intensifier.
- adj. (analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.
- adj. (algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
- adj. (mathematics, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.
- adj. (logic, of a proof system of a formal system) With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed…
- adj. (computing theory) With respect to a complexity class, used of a problem that is in that class and such…
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.
covering- n. (countable) That which covers something.
- n. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
- v. present participle of cover.
crest- n. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the…
- n. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament…
- n. (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics)…
- n. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- n. The ridge or top of a wave.
- n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- n. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- n. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- n. The top line of a slope or embankment.
- n. A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
- n. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
- v. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- v. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- v. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
crop- n. (agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or…
- n. The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
- n. A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- n. The lashing end of a whip.
- n. An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
- n. A rocky outcrop.
- n. The act of cropping.
- n. A short haircut.
- n. (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store…
- n. (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- n. (archaic or dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of…
- n. (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- n. (mining) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- v. (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- v. (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- v. (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.
- v. (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- v. (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
crown- n. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- n. (heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists,…
- n. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- n. (by extension) Any reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- n. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- n. (metonymically) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- n. (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- n. The topmost part of the head.
- n. The highest part of a hill.
- n. The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- n. The raised centre of a road.
- n. The highest part of an arch.
- n. Splendor; culmination; acme.
- n. Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation)…
- n. (historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- n. (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- n. (forestry) The top of a tree.
- n. (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- n. (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- n. (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- n. (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- n. (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- n. (nautical, in the plural) The bights formed by the turns of a cable.
- n. (paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
- n. (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central…
- n. (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- n. (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- n. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- n. The dome of a furnace.
- n. (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- n. (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- n. A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- n. (African-American colloquialism) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; elliptical for…
- adj. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
- adj. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
- v. To place a crown on the head of.
- v. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- v. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- v. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- v. To declare (someone) a winner.
- v. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the…
- v. (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as…
- v. To hit on the head.
- v. (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video…
- v. (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- v. (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- v. (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- v. (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- v. (obsolete) past participle of crow.
crowning- v. present participle of crown.
- adj. Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
- n. A coronation.
- n. The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
culminate- v. (intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
- v. (intransitive) To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc.
- v. (intransitive) To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).
- v. (transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
degree- n. (obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
- n. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
- n. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
- n. (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
- n. (now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
- n. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
- n. A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university…
- n. (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
- n. (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
- n. (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
- n. (logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
- n. (surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc…
dress- n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
- n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
- n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
- n. A dress rehearsal.
- v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
- v. To adorn, ornament.
- v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
- v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
- v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
- v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
- v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
- v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
- v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
- v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
- v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
elevation- n. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons,…
- n. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- n. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
- n. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between…
- n. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
- n. The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle…
- n. (architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the…
- n. (Christianity) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
exceed- v. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
- v. (transitive) To be better than (something).
- v. (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
- v. (intransitive) To predominate.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
excel- v. (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
- v. (intransitive) To be much better than others.
- v. (rare) To exceed, to go beyond.
face- n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
- n. One's facial expression.
- n. The public image; outward appearance.
- n. The frontal aspect of something.
- n. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
- n. The directed force of something.
- n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
- n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces…
- n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
- n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
- n. (slang) The mouth.
- n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- n. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic…
- n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- n. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same…
- n. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- n. (typography) A typeface.
- n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- n. (computing) An interface.
- n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to…
- v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
- v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- v. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
- v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception,…
- v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,…
finish- n. An end; the end of anything.
- n. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
- n. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- n. (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- v. (transitive) To complete (something).
- v. (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
- v. (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the…
- v. (intransitive) To come to an end.
furnish- n. Material used to create an engineered product.
- v. (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give.
gain- prep. (obsolete) Against.
- adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
- adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
- adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
- adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
- adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
- adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
- adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
- n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
- n. What is gained.
- n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
- v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
- v. (transitive) To increase.
- v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- v. (transitive) To reach.
- v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
- v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…
height- n. The distance from the base of something to the top.
- n. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the…
- n. The highest point or maximum degree.
- n. A mountain, especially a very high one.
- n. (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
high- adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
- adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
- adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
- adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
- adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
- adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
- adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
- adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
- adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- adv. In or to an elevated position.
- adv. In or at a great value.
- adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
- n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- n. A drug that gives such a high.
- n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
- n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- v. (obsolete) To rise.
- n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
- v. To hie; to hasten.
hit- v. (heading, physical) To strike.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
- v. (heading, games) To make a play.
- v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
- n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
- n. An attack on a location, person or people.
- n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
- n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
- n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
- n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- adj. Designating of a popular song.
- pron. (dialectal) It.
intensity- n. The quality of being intense.
- n. The degree of strength.
- n. (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows");…
- n. (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- n. (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- n. (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings…
intensiveness- n. The condition of being intensive.
lead- n. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnishe…
- n. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at seaor (dated) to estimate…
- n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- n. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- n. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
- n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- v. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
- v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing…
- v. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
- v. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice;…
- v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- v. To produce (with to).
- v. Misspelling of led.
- n. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course.
- n. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead…
- n. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- n. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit,…
- n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- n. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- n. (countable, mining) A lode.
- n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash.
- n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release…
- n. Charging lead.
- n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued.
- n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details…
- n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more…
- n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why…
- n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast.
- n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times…
- n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance…
- n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound…
- n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter…
- n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive…
- adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
- adj. (music) main, principal.
- v. Misspelling of led.
level- adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- adj. Unvaried in frequency.
- adj. Unvaried in volume.
- adj. Calm.
- adj. In the same position or rank.
- adj. Straightforward; direct; clear.
- adj. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- adj. (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection ; monotonic.
- n. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- n. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- n. Degree or amount.
- n. (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- n. (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered…
- n. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
- n. A floor of a multi-storey building.
- n. (Britain) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- n. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- v. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- v. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- v. (role-playing games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- v. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- v. (sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- v. (nonstandard, rare) To levy.
- v. (figuratively) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege,…
- v. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- v. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
lie- v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
- v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
- n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
lop- n. (Geordie) A flea.
- v. (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune…
- v. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- v. To allow to hang down.
- n. That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
- n. (US, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- n. Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
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.
meridian- n. (geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
- n. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
- n. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular…
- n. (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
- n. (alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow…
- n. The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
- n. (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
- adj. Meridional; relating to a meridian.
- adj. Relating to noon.
- adj. Relating to the highest point or culmination.
overhaul- n. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
- n. (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure…
- v. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
- v. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
- v. (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
overstep- v. (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
overtake- v. To pass a more slowly moving object.
- v. (economics) To become greater than something else.
- v. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
part- n. A portion; a component.
- n. Duty; responsibility.
- n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
- v. (intransitive) To leave.
- v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
- v. (transitive) To divide in two.
- v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
- v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
- v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
- v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- v. To leave; to quit.
- v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- adj. Fractional; partial.
- adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.
pass- v. (heading) Physical movement.
- v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
- v. (heading) To move through time.
- v. (heading) To be accepted.
- v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- v. (heading) To do or be better.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
- n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
- n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- n. An attempt.
- n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- n. A sexual advance.
- n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
- n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
- n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
- n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
- n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
- n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
- n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
peak- n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- n. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- n. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- n. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- n. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- n. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- n. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- n. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is…
- v. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- v. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- v. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- v. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- v. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- v. Misspelling of pique.
pinch- v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- v. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- v. To squeeze between two objects.
- v. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
- v. (slang) To arrest or capture.
- v. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- v. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- v. (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- v. (obsolete) To be niggardly or covetous.
- v. To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
- v. (figuratively) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- v. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- v. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
- n. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- n. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- n. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- n. An organic herbal smoke additive.
pinnacle- n. The highest point.
- n. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- n. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- n. (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute…
- v. to put something on a pinnacle.
- v. to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
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).
platform- n. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- n. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion, a tribune.
- n. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
- n. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
- n. (automotive) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
- n. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific…
- n. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- n. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
- n. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- n. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
- n. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
- v. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform.
- v. (transitive) To place on a platform.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
- v. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform.
plaything- n. A thing or person intended for playing with.
point- n. A discrete division of something.
- n. A sharp extremity.
- n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- n. Lace worked by the needle.
- n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
- n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
- n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
- v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
- v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
- v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
- v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
- v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
- v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- v. (obsolete) To appoint.
- v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.
provide- v. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- v. To act to prepare for something.
- v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- v. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- v. To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- v. To make possible or attainable.
- v. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
- v. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
prune- n. (obsolete) A plum.
- n. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
- n. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
- v. (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make…
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
- v. (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- v. (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
- v. (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged…
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.
region- n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable…
- n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
- n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number…
- n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
- n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental…
render- v. (transitive) To cause to become.
- v. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- v. (transitive) To translate into another language.
- v. (transitive) To pass down.
- v. (transitive) To make over as a return.
- v. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
- v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- v. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- v. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
- v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. To render with stucco.
- v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
- v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
- v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
- n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
- n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
- n. (obsolete) A surrender.
- n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
- n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
- n. One who rends.
round- adj. (physical) Shape.
- adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
- adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
- adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- adj. Large in magnitude.
- n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- n. A circular or repetitious route.
- n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- n. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical…
- n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing…
- n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
- n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for…
- n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary,…
- n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
- n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
- n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance;…
- n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated…
- n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- n. A circular dance.
- n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
- n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
- n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- n. (nautical) A round-top.
- n. A round of beef.
- prep. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
- adv. Alternative form of around.
- v. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- v. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- v. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- v. To encircle; to encompass.
- v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
- v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak…
- v. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter…
- n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
- n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.
side- n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the…
- n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.).
- n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
- n. One set of competitors in a game.
- n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
- n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english.
- n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being…
- n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
- n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
- v. To lean on one side.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
- v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- v. (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
- adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- adj. (Britain archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing;…
- adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
- adv. (Britain dialectal) Widely; wide; far.
snip- v. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- v. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- v. To break off; to snatch away.
- v. (informal) To circumcise.
- v. (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- n. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- n. A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- n. Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- n. A small amount of something; a pinch.
- n. (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- n. A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- n. (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
- n. (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
- n. (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
spot- n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
- n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
- n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
- n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- n. A location or area.
- n. A parking space.
- n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
- n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- n. Difficult situation; predicament.
- n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
- n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
- n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
- n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
- n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
- n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
- n. An autosoliton.
- n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
- v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
- v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
- adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.
stage- n. A phase.
- n. A platform, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- n. A floor or storey of a house.
- n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked…
- n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
- v. To place in position to prepare for use.
summit- n. (countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
- n. (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
- v. (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
superlative- n. The highest extent or degree of something.
- n. (grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the…
- n. (informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
- adj. Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
- adj. (grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
supply- v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
- n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- n. (in the plural) provisions.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
- n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
surpass- v. (transitive) To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
teetotum- n. (historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
- n. (historical) A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking…
tip- n. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- n. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility…
- n. (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- n. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- n. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- v. (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- v. (ergative) (To cause) to knock over, make fall down or overturn.
- v. (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- v. (transitive, slang, dated) To drink.
- v. (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- v. (US, transitive) To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- v. (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- n. (skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle.
- n. An act of tipping up or tilting.
- n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse,…
- n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A recycling centre.
- n. (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- n. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips.
- v. (now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.
- n. (now rare) A light blow or tap.
- v. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- v. (thieves′ slang) To give, pass.
- n. A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token…
- n. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting…
- n. A piece of advice.
- v. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- n. (African American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- n. (African American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
tiptop- n. The very topmost point.
- n. (figuratively) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
topmost- adj. At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.
toy- n. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- n. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- n. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- n. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
- n. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
- n. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- n. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
- n. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women…
- v. (intransitive) To play (with).
- v. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- v. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
transcend- v. (transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
- v. (transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
- v. (obsolete) To climb; to mount.
trim- v. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'…
- v. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
- v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast;…
- v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially…
- v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
- v. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- n. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
- n. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
- n. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- n. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
- n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast;…
- n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- adj. Physically fit.
- adj. Slender, lean.
- adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
- adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
- adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.
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.
upmost- adj. Uppermost.
- adj. Misspelling of utmost.
upper- adj. At a higher level, rank or position.
- adj. Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent.
- adj. (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- n. That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- n. (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- n. A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
uppermost- adj. At, or nearest the top of something.
- adj. (rare) superlative form of upper: most upper.
- adv. In the highest position.
upside- n. the highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- n. a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.
- n. an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.
- prep. (informal) On the top of.
whirligig- n. Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top.
- n. A whirligig beetle.
- n. A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.
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