(archaic or nonstandard outside dialects, e.g. Appalachia, Southern US) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud)
(obsolete, transitive) To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider
dhaw
hawi
hawk
hawk
noun
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
verb
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
(transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
hawm
hawm
noun
Alternative form of haulm (straw)
verb
(UK, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.
haws
haws
noun
plural of haw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haw
hwan
hwan
noun
The monetary unit of South Korea from February 15, 1953 to June 9, 1962.
shaw
shaw
noun
(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
(dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
shwa
shwa
noun
Alternative form of schwa
thaw
thaw
noun
(figurative) a period of relaxation, of reduced reserve, tension, or hostility or of increased friendliness or understanding
The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
a period of weather warm enough to melt that which is frozen
verb
(intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
(intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
(transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
wagh
wahl
wash
wash
noun
(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
(nautical) The blade of an oar.
(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
A liquid used for washing.
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
A shallow body of water.
A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
verb
(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
To clean with water.
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
wath
wath
noun
(historical, England, dialect) A ford.
(obsolete) A fordable stream.
wham
wham
intj
The sound of a forceful blow.
noun
a forceful blow
the sound of such a blow; a thud
verb
to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact
whan
whap
whap
intj
The sound of sudden blow or hit.
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The curlew, Numenius arquata; a whaup.
A blow; a hit; a whop.
verb
(US, intransitive) To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.
(US, transitive) To strike hard and suddenly.
She whapped down on the floor.
whar
whar
adv
Appalachia form of where
what
what
adv
Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.
det
(interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
(relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
(relative) Which; the ... that.
Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
Used to form exclamations.
intj
(Britain, colloquial, dated) Clipping of what do you say? Used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically.
An expression of surprise or disbelief.
Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.
What did you say? I beg your pardon?
What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
What! That’s amazing!
noun
(countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
(countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
(obsolete, uncountable) Something; thing; stuff.
particle
(Manglish, Singlish) Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.
pron
(fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.
(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
(relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
whau
whau
noun
Entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand.
whoa
whoa
intj
Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
verb
(transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".