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noun
- (Weapon) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
- Quotations
- 1786: Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi.
- (Machinery) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
verb
- (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
- (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
- To us into submission. Burke.
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noun (es, -)
- (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
- (countable) A variety of bleach.
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noun
- Item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- Generically any of "(", ")", "", "", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<", ">".
- "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- (Technical) "" and "" specifically - opposed to the other forms which have their own technical names.
- (sports)
- printed diagram of games in a tournament
- prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes
- one of several ranges of numbers
- tax bracket, age bracket
verb
- To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.
- I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
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noun
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end
- A light bulb
- The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 265c.
- : the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.
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noun
- A physical injury caused by heat or caustic chemicals.
- She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
- The act of burning something.
- They"re doing a controlled of the fields.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- One and, two and, keep moving; feel the !
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by an effective insult
verb (burns, burning, burnt or burned)
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or at least in flames.
- He watched the house .
- (intransitive) To feel hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- Her cheeks burned with shame.
- (context, intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- (transitive) (ergative) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
- (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
- She burned the child with an iron, and was put in jail for ten years.
- (context, transitive, slang) To betray.
- The informant burned him.
- (context, transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- We'll this program onto an E-PROM one hour before the demo begins.
- (transitive) To waste (time).
- We have an hour to .
- (context, transitive, slang) To insult badly, leaving no possible comeback.
- I just burned you again.
- (context, transitive, cards) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair.
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