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noun
- A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
- A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
- A ridge, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
verb (saddl, es)
- to put a saddle on an animal
- to get into a saddle
- (idiomatically) to burden or encumber
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verb
- To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
- To scrape the feet while walking.
adjective
- Caused by scraping, usually with ones feet.
- Someone left marks in the sand.
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noun
- section
- zone
- a part of a circle, extending to the center
- (computing) a fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
- (Military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- (Military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- (scifi) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes; for instance, W:Sector (Star Trek), W:List of Star Wars sectors
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verb (seiz, ing)
- To grab, to capture.
- To take advantage of an opportunity.
- To have a seizure.
- To bind or lock in position immovably.
- Rust caused the engine to , never to run again.
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noun
- A servomechanism or servomotor
- Abbreviation of service station, being a place for cars etc to buy petrol and various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of w:Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1654443.htm
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noun
- the long narrow body of a spear or arrow
- a beam or ray of light
- any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive shaft of an engine
- the main axis of a feather
- (lacrosse) the long narrow body of a lacrosse stick
- a long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc
- a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator
- a ventilation or heating conduit
- a malicious act, as in "to give someone the shaft"
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noun - A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
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noun
- A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot
| | shroud |
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noun
- That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
- That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
- A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
- (Nautical) A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
- See also Wikipedia article on (w, Shroud (sailing))
- One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
verb
- To cover with a shroud.
- (idiomatic): To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
- The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
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noun
- A person who is owned by another, as their property.
- A person who is forced to work for another, especially without pay.
- A person who is forced to perform sexual acts or other acts on a regular or continuing basis against their will.
- (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.
- (engineering) An information worker who has signed a non-compete clause, in return for employment.
verb (slav, ing)
- (intransitive) To work hard.
- I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
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noun
- the part of a garment that covers the arm
- The sleeves on my coat are too long.
- a (usually tubular) covering or lining
- This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
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noun
- A toy for children where they climb up and then slide, glide down again.
- The long, red was great fun for the kids.
- The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.
- The closed the highway.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding such as in a trombone.
- A transparent image, to be projected to a screen.
- (baseball) The act of droping down and skidding into a base
verb (slides, sliding, slid)
- (transitive) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface
- He slid the boat across the grass.
- (intransitive) To move in continuous contact with a surface.
- The safe slid slowly.
- (intransitive) To move on a low friction surface.
- The car slid on the ice.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- Jones slid into second.
- (intransitive) To lose one"s balance on a slippery surface.
- He slid while going around the corner.
- (intransitive) To let pass without action.
- ''The administrator let the minor infraction with only a disapproving look.
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noun
- someone who slings or who uses a sling
| | slip |
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noun
- An act or instance of slipping.
- A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress.
- A small piece of paper.
- A berth for a boat or ship.
- A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.)
- (uncountable) In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- The difference between the speed of a rotating magnetic field and the speed of its rotor.
verb (slip, p, ing)
- (intransitive) To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, etc.)
- 1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift...
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noun
- The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
- The amount something has slipped.
- A lessening of performance or achievement.
- A decrease in motion, or in the power of a mechanical system due to slipping.
- The difference between estimated and actual transaction costs.
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noun
- A circular spring, having a small break in its circumference, used as a fastener
| | spider |
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noun
- Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- (internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- (context, chiefly, Australian) A "float"; a drink made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- (slang) A spindly person.
- (context, snooker, billiards) A stick with an arch-shaped head that is used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension
verb
- (internet, of a computer program) to follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- ''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.
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noun (plural splines)
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- (context, mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
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noun
- (countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom; typically regarded as being from March 21 to June 20 in the Northern Hemisphere and from September 21 to December 20 in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
- (countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.
- (uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
- (countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bend, bent, compressed or stretched.
- (context, countable, nautical) A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from swaying.
- (context, countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable) The source of an action
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 9.
- : ... discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?
verb (springs, springing, sprang, sprung)
- To start to exist.
- Sometimes the ideas to life fully formed.
- To jump or leap.
- He sprang up from his seat.
- (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.
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noun
- A machine that heats water to become steam and uses its pressure to drive a piston or turn a turbine.
- A steam-powered locomotive
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noun
- a steam-powered heavy road roller
- (context, by extension) any seemingly irresistible force
- a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke(steam)
(wikipedia, steamroller (pipe))
verb
- to level a road using a steamroller
- to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower
| | steam shovel |
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noun
- An industrial machine designed to effect a shovelling action through steam power.
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noun - A heat engine of the external combustion piston engine type.
| | stonecutter |
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noun
- Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.
- A machine that is used to cut stone or concrete.
| | strap |
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noun
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- Specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- : A lively cobbler that . . . had scarce passed a day without giving her (his wife) the discipline of the . --Addison.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
- A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically:
- (context, carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
verb (straps, strapping, strapped, strapped)
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
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noun
- a long, thin piece of a bigger item
- You use strips of paper in papier mache.
- a series of drawings, a comic
- a landing strip
- a street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities
- (fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
verb (strip, p, ing)
- (transitive) To remove or take away.
- Norm will the old varnish before painting the chair.
- (transitive) To take off clothing.
- (intransitive) To do a striptease.
- (transitive) To completely take away, to plunder.
- The robbers stripped Norm of everything he owned.
- (transitive) To remove the threads from a screw or the teeth from a gear.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive) (in Bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze.)
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noun
- one who removes their clothing, especially as a form of paid entertainment
- a chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something
| | strop |
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noun
- A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
- A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
verb (strop, p, ing)
- (obsolete) To strap.
- (recorded since 1842; now most used) To sharpen (a razor) with a strop.
- One should the razor before shaving.
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noun
- A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- herd or group of such male animals, kept primarily for breeding
- place (e.g. ranch) which keeps such animal(s)
- (colloquial) A sexually attractive man; also a lover in great demand.
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noun
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains.
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulation, circulating or drainage system. (FM 55-501)
| | surge |
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noun
- (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
- A sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient.
- He felt a of excitement.
- A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- A power
verb (surg, es)
- (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
- Toaster sales surged last year.
- (context, transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
| | sweep |
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noun
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A chimney sweep.
- A search (typically for bugs electronic listening devices).
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- Jim will win fifty dollars in the office if Japan wins the World Cup.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
verb (sweeps, sweeping, swept)
- (transitive) To clean (a floor, etc) using a broom or brush.
- (intransitive) To move through an (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 236d.
- : has the course of the argument so accustomed you to agreeing that you were swept by it into a ready assent?
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (transitive) (ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom
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noun
- An instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with each other; used especially in electricity generation
- An instrument used to synchronise the propellers of a twin-engine aircraft
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