(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
abridgeable
abridgeable
adj
Alternative form of abridgable
abridged
abridged
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abridge
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridger
abridger
noun
One who abridges.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
adamsburg
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
albedograph
algebraized
algebraized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of algebraize
angerboda
angrbodha
angurboda
archvagabond
arglebargled
arnoldsburg
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
bacteriodiagnosis
badger
badger
noun
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
verb
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badgered
badgered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badger
badgerer
badgerer
noun
A dog used in baiting badgers.
One who badgers.
badgering
badgering
noun
The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
verb
present participle of badger
badgeringly
badgeringly
adv
So as to badger or annoy.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
badgerly
badgerly
adj
Characteristic of, relating to, or befitting a badger.
badgers
badgers
noun
plural of badger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badger
badgerweed
badgir
badgir
noun
(India, historical) A windcatcher.
bainbridge
bainbrudge
baldridge
balladmonger
balladmonger
noun
A seller or composer of ballads.
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
ballyragged
ballyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ballyrag
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
bandager
bandager
noun
One who applies a bandage.
bandagers
bandagers
noun
plural of bandager
bandarlog
banderlog
banderoling
bandspreading
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
banebrudge
bangboard
bardiglio
bardiglio
noun
An Italian variety of marble, commonly having a dark grey or bluish ground traversed by veins.
barding
barding
noun
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
verb
present participle of bard
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardling
bardling
noun
An inferior bard.
barehanding
barelegged
barelegged
adj
Having uncovered legs.
adv
With uncovered legs.
bargained
bargained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bargain
bargander
bargander
noun
(Norfolk, dialect) Synonym of shelduck
bargeboard
bargeboard
noun
(architecture) Alternative spelling of barge board.
bargeboards
bargeboards
noun
plural of bargeboard
barged
barged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barge
bargeload
bargeload
noun
Entire load of a barge.
barraged
barraged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barrage
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
basiglandular
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bastardising
bastardising
verb
present participle of bastardise
bastardizing
bastardizing
noun
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
verb
present participle of bastardize
battledoring
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
bavardage
bavardage
noun
chatter, banter
baynebridge
bearding
bearding
noun
(television) An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
verb
present participle of beard
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beauregard
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedaggered
bedaggered
adj
Fitted or equipped with a dagger
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beddingroll
bedegar
bedeguar
bedeguar
noun
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
bedgery
bedgoer
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedlingtonshire
bedrabbling
bedrabbling
verb
present participle of bedrabble
bedraggle
bedraggle
verb
(transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.
bedraggled
bedraggled
adj
Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.
Wet and limp; unkempt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedraggle.
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
bedraggles
bedraggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedraggle
bedraggling
bedraggling
verb
present participle of bedraggle
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
bedriveling
bedriveling
verb
present participle of bedrivel
bedrivelling
bedrug
bedrug
verb
(transitive) To drug abundantly or excessively.
bedrugged
bedrugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrug
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedrugs
bedrugs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrug
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bedstring
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
befriending
befriending
noun
The process of making friends with somebody.
verb
present participle of befriend
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befrogged
befrogged
adj
Adorned with ornamental braid fasteners.
begarlanded
begarlanded
adj
Decorated with garlands.
begartered
begartered
adj
(archaic) Wearing garters.
beggardom
beggardom
noun
The realm or state of beggars.
beggared
beggared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beggar
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beggarweed
beggarweed
noun
A type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.
beggarweeds
beggarweeds
noun
plural of beggarweed
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
begird
begird
verb
(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
begirded
begirding
begirding
verb
present participle of begird
begirdle
begirdle
verb
To encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
begirdled
begirdled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begirdle
begirdles
begirdles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begirdle
begirdling
begirdling
verb
present participle of begirdle
begirds
begirds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begird
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour