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proper noun
- An English habitational surname from the town in Cheshire.
- An English surname of Irish origin from the Gaelic í� Donndubhartaigh.
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noun
- a folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner
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noun
- A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
- A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
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noun - A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.
- The condominium lacks a proper dining room, but has a cosy .
- Furniture for a indoor informal dining space, usually consisting of chairs and a small table.
- We purchased a new yesterday.
| | dining room |
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noun
- A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. Some restaurants provide private dining rooms for hire, away from the main public eating areas.
| | dining table |
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noun
- The table in the dining room on which meals are served.í¹
| | divan |
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noun
- Turkish, A sofa.
- A council (typically of veziers of the Ottoman Empire) that discussed and recommended new laws and/or law changes to a higher authority (the sultan). The name reflects the fact that the veziers used to sit on a long traditional Turkish sofa while discussing the legal matters. No such legal entity exists in Republic of Turkey, which is the successor state of the Ottoman Empire.
| | divider |
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noun
- An object that separates.
- A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- (context, British, US) The median of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
- A person who separates or classifies.
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noun - An old jaded horse.
| | double |
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noun
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol
- On second thought, make that a .
- (baseball) A two-base hit
- The catcher hit a to lead off the ninth.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgí¤nger.
- A sharp turn, esp. a return on one's own tracks.
- (Bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- (context, darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (context, darts) A hit on this ring.
verb (doubles, doubling, doubled)
- To multiply by two
- The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- To fold over so as to make two folds
- To make a pleat, the material at the waist.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit
- The batter doubled into the corner.
- (transitive) (sometimes foll. by up) To clench (a fist).
- (transitive) (often foll. by together or up) To join or couple.
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (intransitive) To play two parts or serve two roles.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply; following a winding course.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (context, music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) (foll. by for) To act as substitute.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
adjective
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements
- The closet has doors.
- Twice the quantity
- Give me a serving of mashed potatoes.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family
- He's my cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
- Designed for two users.
- a room
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- stooping, Stooping; bent over.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- a meaning
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- a life
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- a bass
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
adverb
- Twice over; twofold.
- Two together; two at a time. (esp. in see double)
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noun
- (US and UK) A bed designed for two people measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters). Also called a full bed.
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verb (drap, es)
- To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
- To rail at; to banter.
- To make cloth.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
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noun (draperies, -)
- (uncountable) cloth draped gracefully in folds
- (countable) a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape
| | drawer |
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noun (plural: drawers)
- An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- One who draws something.
- (finance) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
| | dresser |
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noun
- An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.
- A wardrobe assistant in a theatre.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
| | dressing table |
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noun
- A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks.
| | drop |
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noun
- A fall.
- That was a long , but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
- The space beyond a boundary into which someone or something could fall.
- On one side of the road was a 50-meter .
- (crime) A place where items may be left anonymously for others to collect.
- I left the plans at the , like you asked.
- A small mass of liquid, just large enough to fall away of its own weight.
- Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
- A small, round sweet/piece of candy.
- Lemon drops are delicious.
- (American football) A dropped pass
- Yet another for the Tiger tight end.
- (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back
- The Tiger quarterback took a one-step , expecting his tight end to be open.
verb (drop, p, ing)
- (intransitive) To fall.
- A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
- (intransitive) To fall in value.
- The stock dropped 1.5% on the news.
- (intransitive) To lower oneself quickly to the ground.
- Drop and give me thirty push-ups, Private!
- If your clothes are on fire, stop, and roll.
- (context, transitive) (ergative) To allow to fall.
- Don't that plate!
- (transitive) To get rid of.
- I dropped 10 pounds and an obnoxious fiance.
- (transitive) To eject, to remove.
- I've been dropped from the football team.
- (transitive) To fail to respond to an argument.
- The affirmative team dropped our arguments about the cost of the plan.
- (context, transitive, slang) To ingest a hallucinogen, particularly LSD.
- They had never dropped acid.
- (context, transitive, slang) To impart.
- I knowledge wherever I go.
- (transitive) To fail to pronounce.
- Cockneys their h's.
- (transitive) To kill.
- Make any sudden movements and I will you!
- 1865, E. Littell, The Living Age, page 613
- : ...with a single shot he dropped him like a master of the art.
- 1985, The Beastie Boys, Paul Revere
- : The piano player's out, the music stopped / His boy had beef, and he got dropped...
- 1992, Dan Parkinson, Dust on the Wind, page 164
- : With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground...
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noun
- A long body-length pillow that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping. The origin of the term is thought to be from the Netherlands, Dutch colony of Indonesia where Dutch traders would spend long periods away from their wives.
- In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a wicker or bamboo tube the size of a person for use in the bed. In the summer heat, the open bamboo structure is cooler than fabric pillows or sheets. The Dutch wife is embraced by the user- this position exposes the maximum amount of the body to cooling breezes.
- A prostitute
- A sex doll - in Japanese, a "dakimakura"
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