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noun
- A large beam along the underside of a ship's hull from bow to stern.
- Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to it greater control and stability.
- Something similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
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noun
- The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- support
- Noun, Support.
- He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his .
- (Middle English) note; take keep take note
- And shame it is, if a preest take <br>A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep CHAUCER G.P. 503-4
verb (keeps, keeping, kept)
- (transitive) To maintain possession of.
- I a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
- (transitive) To preserve.
- I my specimens under glass to protect them.
- (transitive) To remain in, to be confined to.
- 1605, w:William_Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, King Lear, III.ii,
- :The wrathful skies
- :Gallow the very wanderers of the dark
- :And make them their caves.
- (transitive) To restrain.
- I my brother out of trouble by keeping him away from his friends and hard at work.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- I taking the tablets, but to no avail.
- (context, intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
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noun
- (slang) A check, checking or restrain, restraining element.
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noun
- The act of killing.
- The assassin liked to make a clean , and thus favored small arms over explosives.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The hunter delivered the with a pistol shot to the head.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- The fox dragged its back to its den.
verb
- To put to death; to extinguish life.
- Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
- There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
- (transitive) To stop, cease, or render void.
- The editor decided to the story.
- ''The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
- (context, transitive, figurative) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- That night, she was dressed to .
- That joke always kills me.
- (transitive) To tell off severely.
- My boss will me if I'm late.
- When she finally got home her dad just about killed her.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- I'm just doing this to time.
- Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
- (context, transitive, figurative) To overpower or overwhelm.
- The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
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noun
- One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
adjective
- Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to"
- It turns out my back-fence neighbor is to one of my co-workers.
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noun
- A type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- What of a car do you drive?
- What of a person are you?
- This is a strange of tobacco.
- A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
- The opening served as a of window.
- (idiom) In goods or services rather than money (as in pay in kind).
- (idiom) By the same means (as in I'll pay in kind for his insult).
- (idiom) quite, Quite, rather, somewhat (as in He was kind of surprised.).
adjective
- Showing benevolence.
- favorable, Favorable.
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noun
- In humans, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
- Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
- (skeleton) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
- (anatomy) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- Quotations
- 1980: Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them. — Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41.
- An act of kneel, kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
- Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point
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noun (knives)
- A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper.
verb (knif, ing)
- (transitive) To cut with a .
- (transitive) To use a to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the as a weapon.
- (intransitive) To cut through as if with a .
- (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. cf cut
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noun
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- When climbing, it is important to make sure that your knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.
- (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
- The young mother was brushing knots from her protesting child's hair.
- A maze-like pattern.
- (mathematics) A closed curve that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- A difficult situation.
- I got into a when I inadvertently insulted the policeman.
- A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- Cedric claimed his beat-up old yacht could make 20 knots, if he would just make a few repairs, but we figured he was pulling our leg.
- Either of two species of small wading birds, the red knot (Calidris canutus) and the great knot (Calidris tenuirostris).
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots of knots, since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- Jeremy had a on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.
- (nautical) One nautical mile per hour.
verb (knot, t, ing)
- To form into a knot.
- She knotted the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.
- To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- She knotted her brow in concentration as she attempted to unravel the tangled strands.
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verb (knows, knowing, knew, known)
- (intransitive) To be certain or sure about.
- I know that I"m right and you"re wrong.
- He knew something terrible was going to happen.
- (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- I know your mother, but I"ve never met your father.
- (transitive) To have knowledge of; to have memorised information, data, or facts about.
- He knows more about 19th century politics than one would expect.
- She knows where I live.
- Let me do it. I know how it works.
- (transitive) To understand (a subject).
- She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
- (context, transitive, archaic, biblical) To have sexual relations with.
- (intransitive) To be informed about.
- Do you know that Michelle and Jack are getting divorced? " Yes, I know.
- (transitive) To be aware of (a person's) intentions.
- I won"t lend you any money. You would never pay me back; I know you.
- (transitive) To experience.
- Their relationship knew ups and downs.
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noun The Knowledge
- A course of study which must be completed by prospective London taxi drivers; consists of 320 routes through central London and many significant places.
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