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acer

acer

noun

  1. A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
  2. Obsolete spelling of acre

acre

acre

noun

  1. (Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
  2. (informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
  3. (informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
  4. (obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
  5. (obsolete) A field.
  6. (obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
  7. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
  8. Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

ader

aero

aero

adj

  1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.
  2. Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.

noun

  1. (informal, countable, dated) An airplane or airship.
  2. (slang, uncountable, motor racing) Aerodynamics.
  3. (uncountable) Aerospace.

aery

aery

adj

  1. (poetic) aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.

afer

ager

ager

noun

  1. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
  2. One who or that which ages something.

agre

aire

aire

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of air

aker

akre

amer

anre

aper

aper

noun

  1. Someone who apes something

arae

arbe

arce

arde

area

area

noun

  1. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
  2. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  3. (slang) Genitals.
  4. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
  5. A particular geographic region.
  6. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
  7. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.

ared

ared

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of aread

areg

areg

noun

  1. plural of erg

arel

aren

ares

ares

noun

  1. plural of are

aret

aret

verb

  1. (obsolete) To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.

arew

arew

adv

  1. (obsolete) In a row.

arie

arie

noun

  1. plural of aria

arle

arne

arse

arse

noun

  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
  2. (current in South Africa, UK, Ireland, Canada (regional), Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in New England, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

verb

  1. (slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.

arte

aser

auer

aver

aver

noun

  1. (Britain, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag.

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

axer

ayer

ayre

ayre

noun

  1. A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.
  2. Archaic spelling of air.

baer

bare

bare

adj

  1. (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
  2. (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
  3. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
  4. Having no decoration.
  5. Having no supplies.
  6. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
  7. Naked, uncovered.
  8. Not insured.
  9. Threadbare, very worn.
  10. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
  11. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

adv

  1. (MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
  2. (dialect) Barely.

noun

  1. (architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
  2. (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
  3. Surface; body; substance.

verb

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of bear
  2. (transitive) To uncover; to reveal.

bear

bear

adj

  1. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

noun

  1. (CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
  2. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
  3. (colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
  4. (cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
  5. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
  6. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
  7. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
  8. (gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
  9. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
  10. (obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
  11. A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
  12. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

verb

  1. (chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
  2. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
  4. (intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
  6. (intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
  7. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
  8. (now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
  9. (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
  10. (transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
  11. (transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
  12. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
  13. (transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
  14. (transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
  15. (transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
  16. (transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
  17. (transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
  18. (transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
  19. (transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
  20. (transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
  21. (transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
  22. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
  23. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
  24. (transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
  25. (transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
  26. (transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
  27. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
  28. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
  29. (transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
  30. (transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
  31. (transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
  32. (transitive, of garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.) To wear.
  33. (transitive, of weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
  34. (transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
  35. (transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
  36. (transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).

brae

brae

noun

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.

brea

care

care

noun

  1. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
  2. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
  3. Maintenance, upkeep.
  4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
  5. The state of being cared for by others.
  6. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
  7. Worry.

verb

  1. (intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
  2. (intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
  3. (intransitive, informal, by extension) For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
  4. (intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

cear

cera

crea

daer

dare

dare

noun

  1. (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
  2. A challenge to prove courage.
  3. A small fish, the dace
  4. Defiance; challenge.
  5. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
  2. (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
  3. (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
  4. (transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
  5. (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
  6. (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
  7. (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.

dear

dear

adj

  1. (UK) High in price; expensive.
  2. (obsolete) Noble.
  3. A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
  4. A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
  5. An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
  6. Loved; lovable.
  7. Lovely; kind.
  8. Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
  9. Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
  10. Severe, or severely affected; sore.

adv

  1. Dearly; at a high price.

intj

  1. (dated) Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.

noun

  1. A beloved person.
  2. A very kind, loving person.
  3. An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
  4. An elderly person, especially a woman.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To endear.

earl

earl

noun

  1. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
  2. (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.

earn

earn

noun

  1. Alternative form of erne

verb

  1. (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.
  4. (transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
  5. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
  6. (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
  7. (transitive) To receive payment for work.
  8. (transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).

earp

ears

ears

noun

  1. plural of ear

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear

edra

eral

eran

erar

eras

eras

noun

  1. plural of era

erat

erda

eria

erma

erna

erna

noun

  1. (biochemistry) Alternative form of eRNA

esra

etra

eyra

eyra

noun

  1. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

ezar

ezra

ezra

Proper noun

  1. The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
  2. A Jewish high priest from the fifth century.
  3. name of biblical origin.

fare

fare

noun

  1. (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  2. (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
  3. (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
  4. (obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
  5. (uncountable) Food and drink.
  6. (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
  2. (intransitive) To move along; proceed; progress; advance
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To eat, dine.
  4. (intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.
  5. (intransitive, impersonal) To happen well, or ill.

fear

fear

adj

  1. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

noun

  1. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
  2. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  3. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To feel fear.
  2. (intransitive, used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
  6. (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
  7. (transitive) To regret.
  8. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

fera

frae

gare

gare

noun

  1. coarse wool on the legs of sheep

gear

gear

adj

  1. (chiefly Liverpudlian) great or fantastic

noun

  1. (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
  2. (countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
  3. (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
  4. (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
  5. (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
  6. (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
  7. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
  8. (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
  9. (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
  10. (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
  11. Clothing; garments.

verb

  1. (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
  2. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
  3. (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
  4. (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
  5. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

gera

grae

hare

hare

adj

  1. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
  2. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).

noun

  1. Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  2. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
  2. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

hear

hear

intj

  1. you hear me

verb

  1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
  2. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
  3. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
  4. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
  5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
  6. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
  7. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
  8. (with from) To be contacted by.

hera

hera

noun

  1. (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

iare

jear

jear

noun

  1. (nautical, attributive) jears

kare

lare

lare

noun

  1. (obsolete) lore; learning
  2. (obsolete) pasture; feed
  3. Obsolete form of lair.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To feed; to fatten

lear

lear

noun

  1. (now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.
  2. (now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.

verb

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To learn.
  2. (transitive, archaic and Scotland) To teach.

mare

mare

noun

  1. (UK, colloquial) (Clipping of nightmare) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
  2. (UK, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
  3. (obsolete or historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
  4. (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea.
  5. (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
  6. An adult female horse.

mear

mear

noun

  1. Alternative form of mere ("boundary").

mera

nare

nare

noun

  1. (rare, anatomy) A nostril

near

near

adj

  1. (Britain, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
  2. (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
  3. (now rare) Stingy; parsimonious.
  4. (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
  5. (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
  6. Approximate, almost.
  7. Close in time.
  8. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
  9. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
  10. Closely connected or related.
  11. Physically close.
  12. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.

adv

  1. At or towards a position close in space or time.
  2. Nearly; almost.

noun

  1. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

prep

  1. Close to in nature or degree.
  2. Close to in time.
  3. Physically close to, in close proximity to.

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To come closer to; to approach.

orae

pare

pare

verb

  1. (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.
  2. (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  3. (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
  4. To trim the hoof of a horse.

pear

pear

noun

  1. (Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear
  2. A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
  3. A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
  4. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
  5. Choke pear (a torture device).
  6. The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

pera

race

race

noun

  1. (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
  2. (archaic, uncountable) Ancestry.
  3. (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
  4. (computing) A race condition.
  5. (mycology, bacteriology, informal) An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.
  6. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
  7. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
  8. (zoology) Subspecies.
  9. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
  10. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
  11. A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
  12. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
  13. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
  14. A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
  15. A progressive movement toward a goal.
  16. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
  17. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
  18. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
  19. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
  20. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
  2. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
  3. (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
  4. (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
  5. Obsolete form of raze.
  6. To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

raec

rafe

rage

rage

noun

  1. (obsolete) Any vehement passion.
  2. A current fashion or fad.
  3. Violent uncontrolled anger.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
  2. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
  3. (obsolete) To enrage.

rake

rake

noun

  1. (Britain, originally Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
  2. (Midlands, Northern England) Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”)
  3. (Northern England and climbing, also figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
  4. (Scotland) Rate of progress; pace, speed.
  5. (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
  6. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
  7. (chiefly Ireland, Scotland, slang) A lot, plenty.
  8. (gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
  9. (geology) The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
  10. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
  11. (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
  12. (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
  13. (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
  14. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
  15. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
  16. A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
  17. A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
  18. A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
  19. The act of raking.

verb

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
  2. (intransitive, dated, rare) To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
  3. (intransitive, falconry) Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
  4. (intransitive, rare) Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
  5. (military, nautical) To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
  6. (transitive) Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
  7. (transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
  8. (transitive, also figurative) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
  9. (transitive, chiefly Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, also figurative) To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
  10. (transitive, intransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
  11. (transitive, intransitive, also figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
  12. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
  13. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
  14. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
  15. Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
  16. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

rale

rale

noun

  1. (medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.

rame

rame

noun

  1. (Scotland) A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
  2. A branch.

verb

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To complain or cry incessantly.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) To talk nonsensically.

rane

rape

rape

adv

  1. (obsolete) Quickly; hastily.

noun

  1. (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
  2. (now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
  3. (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
  4. (obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.
  5. (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
  6. (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
  7. (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
  8. (slang, sometimes offensive) Overpowerment; utter defeat.
  9. A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
  10. Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
  11. The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
  12. The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.

verb

  1. (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
  3. (slang, sometimes offensive) To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
  4. (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
  5. (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.)

rare

rare

adj

  1. (UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
  2. (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
  3. (obsolete) Early.
  4. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
  5. Very uncommon; scarce.

noun

  1. (gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.

verb

  1. (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
  2. (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.

rase

rase

noun

  1. (obsolete) A scratching out, or erasure.
  2. A slight wound; a scratch.
  3. A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
  2. (obsolete) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
  3. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
  4. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.

rate

rate

noun

  1. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
  2. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
  3. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
  4. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
  5. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
  6. (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
  7. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
  8. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
  9. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
  10. Speed.
  11. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
  12. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
  13. The relative speed of change or progress.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
  2. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
  3. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
  4. (transitive) To berate, scold.
  5. (transitive) To consider or regard.
  6. (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
  7. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
  8. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
  9. (transitive) To ratify.
  10. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  11. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
  12. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

rave

rave

noun

  1. (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.
  2. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
  3. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
  4. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
  2. (obsolete) simple past tense of rive
  3. To attend a rave (dance party).
  4. To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
  5. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.
  6. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

raye

raze

raze

noun

  1. A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
  2. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

verb

  1. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
  2. (transitive) To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
  3. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

read

read

noun

  1. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
  2. (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string
  3. (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
  4. A person's interpretation or impression of something.
  5. A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.

verb

  1. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
  2. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
  3. (ergative) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
  4. (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
  5. (informal, usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
  6. (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
  7. (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
  8. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
  9. (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
  10. (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
  11. (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
  12. (transitive) To read work(s) written by (a named author).
  13. (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
  14. (transitive, LGBT) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
  15. (transitive, frequently humorous) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
  16. (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
  17. (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
  18. Synonyms: interpret, make out, make sense of, understand, scan
  19. To consist of certain text.
  20. past participle
  21. simple past tense

reak

reak

noun

  1. (obsolete) A prank.
  2. A rush.

real

real

adj

  1. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
  2. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
  3. (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
  4. (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
  5. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
  6. Absolute, complete, utter.
  7. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
  8. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
  9. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
  10. That has objective, physical existence.
  11. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

adv

  1. (US, colloquial) Really, very.

noun

  1. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
  2. (mathematics) A real number.
  3. (obsolete) A realist.
  4. A coin worth one real.
  5. A commodity; see realty.
  6. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
  7. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
  8. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.

ream

ream

noun

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.
  3. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

verb

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
  2. (slang) To yell at or berate.
  3. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
  4. To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
  5. To remove (material) by reaming.
  6. To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
  7. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.

reap

reap

noun

  1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

verb

  1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
  2. (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
  4. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

rear

rear

adj

  1. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
  3. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost

adv

  1. (Britain, dialect) early; soon

noun

  1. (anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
  2. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
  3. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
  2. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs
  3. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
  4. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
  5. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  6. (transitive) To move; stir.
  7. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
  10. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
  11. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
  12. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
  13. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
  14. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
  15. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

reba

rema

rena

resa

reta

reva

rhea

rhea

noun

  1. A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.
  2. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

sare

sare

adj

  1. (Britain, archaic) dry, withered
  2. (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
  3. (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe.

adv

  1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly.

sear

sear

adj

  1. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

noun

  1. A scar produced by searing
  2. Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

verb

  1. (transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To make callous or insensible.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
  4. To wither; to dry up.

sera

sera

noun

  1. plural of serum (alternative form of serums).

tare

tare

noun

  1. (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
  2. (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
  3. Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
  4. Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.
  5. The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.

verb

  1. (chiefly business and law) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
  2. (obsolete) simple past tense of tear
  3. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.

tear

tear

noun

  1. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
  2. (slang) A rampage.
  3. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
  4. A hole or break caused by tearing.
  5. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
  6. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
  2. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
  3. (intransitive) To produce tears.
  4. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
  5. (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
  6. (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
  7. (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
  8. (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
  9. (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish
  10. (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing.

tera

urea

urea

noun

  1. (chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).
  2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.

vare

vare

noun

  1. (UK, dialect) A weasel.
  2. A wand or staff of authority or justice.

vera

vera

noun

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
  2. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

waer

ware

ware

adj

  1. (obsolete) Wary; cautious.
  2. (poetic) Aware.

noun

  1. (Ireland) Crockery.
  2. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
  3. (in the plural) See wares.
  4. (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
  5. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Seaweed.
  6. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
  7. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.

verb

  1. (nautical) To wear, or veer.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
  3. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
  4. Old eye dialect spelling of were.

wear

wear

noun

  1. (uncountable) (in combination) clothing
  2. (uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
  3. (uncountable) fashion
  4. Dated form of weir.

verb

  1. (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
  2. (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
  4. (intransitive, copulative) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
  5. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
  6. (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
  7. (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
  8. (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
  9. (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
  10. (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
  11. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
  12. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
  13. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
  14. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
  15. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

wera

yare

yare

adj

  1. (UK dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
  2. (archaic) Ready; prepared.
  3. (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
  4. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.

adv

  1. (archaic) Yarely.

noun

  1. Alternative form of yair

year

year

noun

  1. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
  2. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
  3. A level or grade in school or college.
  4. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
  5. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
  6. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
  7. Pronunciation spelling of hear.
  8. Pronunciation spelling of here.
  9. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

zare