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Synonyms of the word 
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- 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.
acquire- v. (transitive) To get.
- v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- v. (medicine) To contract.
- v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
act- n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
- n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
- n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- n. The process of doing something.
- n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
- n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- n. (countable) Any organized activity.
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
- n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To do something.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
- v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- v. (transitive) To play (a role).
- v. (transitive) To feign.
- v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
activity- n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
- n. Something done as an action or a movement.
- n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).
age- n. The whole duration of a being being alive, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind.
- n. The amount of full years/months/days/hours etc. which someone, or something, has been alive.
- n. (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given…
- n. (uncountable) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
- n. (countable) One of the stages of life.
- n. (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- n. (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- n. (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- n. (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
- n. (countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
- n. The people who live at a particular period.
- n. (countable) A generation.
- n. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
- n. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then…
- v. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
- v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
aim- n. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the…
- n. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- n. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
- n. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- n. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
- v. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or…
- v. (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try…
- v. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act,…
- v. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group.
- v. (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
- n. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
appeal- v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
- v. (transitive, law, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior…
- v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to…
- v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid.
- v. (intransitive) To be attractive.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by…
- v. To summon; to challenge.
- v. To invoke.
- n. (law).
- n. A summons to answer to a charge.
- n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
- n. Resort to physical means; recourse.
- n. The power to attract or interest.
become- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).
- v. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
- v. (copulative) begin to be; turn into.
- v. (transitive) To be proper for; to befit.
- v. (transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
bend- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action,…
- v. (intransitive) To become curved.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- v. (intransitive) To change direction.
- v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- v. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- v. (transitive) To force to submit.
- v. (intransitive) To submit.
- v. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- v. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make…
- v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- n. A curve.
- n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- n. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression,…
- n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to…
- n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
- n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
- n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales,…
- n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the…
- n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
bit- n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
- n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
- n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
- n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
- n. A small amount of something.
- n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- n. A portion of something.
- n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
- n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- n. The cutting iron of a plane.
- adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
- v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
- v. simple past tense of bite.
- v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
- adj. (colloquial) bitten.
- adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
- n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
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.
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
channel- n. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- n. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- n. The navigable part of a river.
- n. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- n. That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
- n. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- n. (nautical, in the plural) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase…
- n. (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- n. (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- n. (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- n. (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from…
- n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair…
- n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such…
- n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined…
- n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- n. (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading…
- n. (technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- n. (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- n. (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated…
- n. (Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
- n. A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- v. To direct the flow of something.
- v. To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal…
- n. (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach…
channelise- v. (British spelling) alternative form of channelize.
channelize- v. To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
- v. (transitive) To transmit through a channel.
- v. (transitive) To multiplex (messages) through a single line.
color- n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
- n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
- n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
- n. The system of color television.
- n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
- n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
- n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
- n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- n. An appearance of right or authority.
- n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
- adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
- v. To give something color.
- v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
- v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- v. To affect without completely changing.
- v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
- v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…
colour- n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
- n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
- n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- n. The system of colour television.
- n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
- n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
- n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
- n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- n. An appearance of right or authority.
- n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
- adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
- v. To give something colour.
- v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
- v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- v. To affect without completely changing.
- v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
- v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…
control- v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
- n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
- n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
- n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
- n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
- n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
- n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
- n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
- n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…
crook- n. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- n. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- n. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- n. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
- n. (obsolete) A gibbet.
- n. (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting…
- n. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
- n. A bishop's staff of office.
- n. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- n. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- n. A pothook.
- n. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- v. (transitive) To bend.
- v. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
- adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
- adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
curve- adj. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution…
- n. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- n. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional…
- n. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- n. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- n. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- v. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- v. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- v. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- v. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- v. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
deform- v. (transitive) To change the form of, negatively.
- v. (transitive) To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
- v. (transitive) To mar the character of.
- v. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
- v. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.
- adj. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
development- n. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- n. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is…
- n. (countable) Something which has developed.
- n. (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real…
- n. (real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.
- n. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- n. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- n. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.
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…
discolor- v. (American) To change or lose color.
discolour- v. (British spelling, Canadian, transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of discolor (US).
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.
do- v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
- v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
- v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
- v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- v. To cook.
- v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
- v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
- v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
- v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
- v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
- v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
- v. (transitive) To take drugs.
- v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
- n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
- n. (informal) A hairdo.
- n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
- n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
- n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
- n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
- n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.
favor- n. A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- n. Goodwill; benevolent regard.
- n. A small gift; a party favor.
- n. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- n. The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
- n. (obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
- n. (law) Partiality; bias.
- n. (archaic) A letter, a written communication.
- n. (obsolete, in the plural) Lovelocks.
- v. To look upon fondly; to prefer.
- v. To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
- v. To treat with care.
- v. (in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble, to look like (another person).
favour- n. British spelling standard spelling of favor.
- v. British spelling standard spelling of favor.
ferment- v. To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars;…
- v. To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
- n. Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
- n. A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- n. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
- n. A catalyst.
flex- n. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- n. (countable) The act of flexing.
- n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- n. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- v. To bend something.
- v. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- v. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- v. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
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…
get- v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- v. (transitive) To receive.
- v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- v. (copulative) To become.
- v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- v. (transitive) To cause to do.
- v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
- v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
- v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
- v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
- v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
- v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- v. (transitive) To getter.
- v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
- v. (euphemistic) To kill.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- n. Offspring.
- n. Lineage.
- n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- n. Something gained.
- n. (Britain, regional) A git.
- n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
grow- v. (ergative) To become bigger.
- v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
injure- v. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- v. (transitive) To damage or impair.
- v. (transitive) To do injustice to.
invoke- v. (transitive) To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- v. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- v. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- v. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- v. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
maturate- v. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
- v. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
mature- adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
- adj. Profound; careful.
- adj. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
- v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
- v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
- v. (transitive) To make something mature.
- v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.
metamorphose- v. (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis.
- v. to transform (something) into a completely different appearance.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
motion- n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
- n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
- n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
- n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
- n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
- n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
- n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
- n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
- n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
- v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
- v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
- v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
movement- n. Physical motion between points in space.
- n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
- n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
- n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- n. An act of emptying the bowels.
- n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
number- n. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- n. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- n. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,…
- n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence…
- n. Quantity.
- n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- n. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- n. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- n. (countable, informal) A person.
- n. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
- n. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
- n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
- v. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- adj. comparative form of numb: more numb.
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.
perform- v. To do something; to execute.
- v. To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.
performance- n. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation…
- n. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act;…
- n. (art) A live show or concert.
- n. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
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.
plough- n. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- n. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) Synonym of Ursa…
- n. Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
- n. A joiner's plane for making grooves.
- n. A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- v. (transitive) To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
- v. (intransitive) To use a plough.
- v. (transitive, vulgar) To have sex with.
- v. To move with force.
- v. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
- v. (nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
- v. (bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
- v. (joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove…
plow- n. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.
- v. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.
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.
reorientation- n. A new orientation.
- n. The act of changing the direction of something.
reverse- adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- adj. (botany) Reversed.
- adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
- n. The opposite of something.
- n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
- v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
- v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
- v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- v. To overthrow; to subvert.
rick- n. A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
- n. (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four…
- v. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- v. slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.
- n. (military, pejorative and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.
rotation- n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- n. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- n. A regular variation in a sequence.
- n. (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least…
- n. (baseball) The set of starting of a team.
- n. (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the…
- n. Repeated play on a radio station, etc.
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.
routine- n. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- n. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
- n. A set piece of an entertainer's act.
- n. (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
- adj. According to established procedure.
- adj. Regular; habitual.
- adj. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
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.
senesce- v. To grow older; reach maturity.
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.
shift- n. (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
- n. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- n. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- n. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- n. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- n. (computing) A bit shift.
- n. (baseball) The infield shift.
- n. (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting.
- n. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
- n. (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
- n. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed…
- n. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- v. (transitive) To change, swap.
- v. (transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- v. (intransitive) To change position.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
- v. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
- v. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
- v. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
- v. (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare…
- v. (transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.
- v. (transitive) To dispose of.
- v. (intransitive) To hurry.
- v. (Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.
- v. (obsolete) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
- v. To practice indirect or evasive methods.
sour- adj. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
- adj. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- adj. Tasting or smelling rancid.
- adj. Peevish or bad-tempered.
- adj. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
- adj. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
- adj. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
- adj. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- n. The sensation of a sour taste.
- n. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- n. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- n. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- v. (transitive) To make sour.
- v. (intransitive) To become sour.
- v. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- v. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- v. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- v. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
spell- n. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
- n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
- v. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
- v. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
- v. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
- v. (transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
- v. (intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
- v. (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur.
- v. (transitive, figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
- v. To constitute; to measure.
- v. (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
- v. (transitive) To rest (someone or something).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
- n. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
- n. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
- n. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short…
- n. A period of rest; time off.
- n. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
- n. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
- n. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
- n. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
sprain- n. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining.
- v. To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain,…
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.
till- prep. (now dialectal) To.
- prep. Until, up to, as late as (a given time).
- prep. (dialectal) In order that, to enable.
- conj. Until, until the time that.
- n. A cash register.
- n. A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
- n. The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
- n. (obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
- v. (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue,…
- v. (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
- v. (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
- v. (obsolete) To prepare; to get.
- n. glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders.
- n. (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land.
- n. A vetch; a tare.
tour- n. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- n. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- n. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- n. (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- n. (military) A tour of duty.
- n. (graph theory) A closed trail.
- n. (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
- n. (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
- v. (intransitive) To make a journey.
- v. (transitive) To make a circuit of a place.
- n. (dated) A tower.
- v. To toot a horn.
train- n. Elongated portion.
- n. Connected sequence of people or things.
- v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- v. (transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
- v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- v. To proceed in sequence.
- v. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape,…
- v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
- v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
- n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
- n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
- n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
- n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.
transfer- v. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- v. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- v. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- n. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- n. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- n. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- n. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- n. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side…
- n. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
transform- v. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- v. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart,…
- v. (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering…
- v. (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- v. (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- v. (intransitive) To undergo a transformation.
- n. (mathematics) the result of a transformation.
transmit- v. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
- v. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
- v. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
- v. (transitive) To communicate news or information.
- v. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium.
- v. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
transmute- v. (transitive) To change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
- v. (intransitive) To change, transform or convert to another, or from one state or form to another.
transport- v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
- v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
- v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
- n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
- n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.).
- n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
- n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
- n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- n. (historical) A deported convict.
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
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.
turning- n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
- n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
- n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
- n. The act of turning.
- n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
- v. present participle of turn.
twist- n. A twisting force.
- n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- n. The form given in twisting.
- n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
- n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
- n. A rotation of the body when diving.
- n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- n. (obsolete) A twig.
- n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
- n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
- n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
- n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- v. To join together by twining one part around another.
- v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- v. To turn a knob etc.
- v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
- v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- v. (transitive) To coax.
- v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
walk- v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
- v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
- v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
- v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
- v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
- v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
- n. A trip made by walking.
- n. A distance walked.
- n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
- n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
- n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
- n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
- n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
- n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
- n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
- n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
- n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
work- n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
- n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
- n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
- n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
- n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
- v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- v. (transitive) To set into action.
- v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- v. (intransitive) To ferment.
- v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
- v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
- v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
- v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
- v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- v. (transitive) To cause to work.
- v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
- v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
- v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
wound- n. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- n. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
- n. (criminal law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- v. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- v. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
- v. simple past tense and past participle of wind.
wrench- n. (obsolete) A trick or artifice.
- n. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
- n. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- n. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- n. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
- n. (archaic) A winch or windlass.
- n. (obsolete) A screw.
- n. A distorting change from the original meaning.
- n. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes;…
- n. (Britain) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- n. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- n. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of…
- n. (obsolete) means; contrivance.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.
- v. (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn aside or deflect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To slander.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.
- v. (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- v. (transitive) To distort from the original meaning.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
- v. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
- v. (transitive) To rack with pain.
- v. (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
- v. (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench.
wrick- v. To twist; turn.
- v. To wrench; strain.
- n. A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back.
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