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noun (calves or, less often, calfs)
- A young cow or bull.
- A young elephant, seal or whale (italbrac, also used of some other animals).
- A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
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verb ; intransitive
- To give birth.
- (figuratively) Especially of an iceberg, glacier, etc. to break off or shed a large piece.
- "The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier."
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noun
- The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
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noun
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in . -Cawper
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- The rise in serotonin levels sets off a of chemical events — Richard M. Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press, 2001
- A series of electrical components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
verb (cascad, ing)
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- To occur as a causal sequence.
- (archaic) (slang) To vomit.
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noun
- A sudden, violent event.
- A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
- A great flood.
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noun (wikipedia, Chart, Chart (graph))
- A map for a very particular purpose, such as shipping or aeroplanes/airplanes, showing information useful for that purpose and ignoring most other information.
- (topology) A subspace of a manifold used as part of an atlas
- A graphical presentation of something.
verb
- To draw a chart or map.
- To draw or figure out a route or plan.
- "Let's how we're going to get from here to there."
- intrans. (of a record) appear on a hit-recording chart.
- "The song has charted for 1500 weeks!"
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noun
- A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss
- (context, by extension) A large difference of opinion.
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noun (plural: coastlines)
- The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.
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noun
- A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic north).
- A pair of compasses (a device used with a pencil to draw an arc or circle on paper).
- (obsolete) A space within limits; area.
- 1763, M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47.
- In going up the Missisippi sic, we meet with nothing remarkable before we come to the Detour aux Anglois, the English Reach: in that part the river takes a large .
- scope
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 8.
- : there is a truth and falsehood in all propositions on this subjectr, and a truth and falsehood, which lie not beyond the of human understanding.
verb (compass, es)
- To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
- To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
- (rfv-sense) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
- (rfv-sense) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
adverb
- (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.
- 1658, Near the same plot of ground, for about six yards compasse were digged up coals and incinerated substances " Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 9)
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noun
- The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- We encountered an abandoned boat at the of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
- The act of combine, combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the like meet.
- The of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
- A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
- The of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
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noun
- A large contiguous landmass that is at least partially surrounded by water, together with any islands on its continental shelf
adjective
- exercising continence
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adjective
- Of or relating to a continent or continents.
- continental drift
- In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.
- continental Europe
- (especially in the UK) Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.
- continental breakfast
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noun - (nautical) The area of sea around a land mass where the depth gradually increases before it plunges into the ocean deeps
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noun
- (geology) The steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean
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noun
- An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas
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