(Internet slang) A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
(Internet slang) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
(Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
barb
barb
noun
(US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
(botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
(ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
(informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
(obsolete) A bit for a horse.
(obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
(ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
Armor for a horse.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
verb
(Nigeria) To cut (hair).
(obsolete) To clip; to mow.
(obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
To cover a horse in armor.
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
bard
bard
noun
(by extension) A poet.
(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
verb
(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
To cover a horse in defensive armor.
bare
bare
adj
(MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
Having no decoration.
Having no supplies.
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Naked, uncovered.
Not insured.
Threadbare, very worn.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
adv
(MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
(dialect) Barely.
noun
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
Surface; body; substance.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense of bear
(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
barf
barf
intj
An expression of disgust.
noun
(US, colloquial) Vomit.
verb
(US, colloquial) To vomit.
(computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.
bari
bari
noun
(colloquial, barbershop music) A baritone (singer)
(colloquial, music) A baritone saxophone
bark
bark
noun
(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
(nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
(transitive) To speak sharply.
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
To girdle.
To strip the bark from; to peel.
barm
barm
noun
(obsolete outside dialects) Bosom, lap.
A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.
Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
verb
To spurge; foam
barn
barn
noun
(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
(dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
(informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.
(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
(slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.
verb
(transitive) To lay up in a barn.
barr
barr
verb
(obsolete) To make the sound of an elephant.
bars
bars
noun
(gymnastics) Ellipsis of parallel bars.
(gymnastics) Ellipsis of uneven bars.
(slang) Well-constructed rap lyrics.
(sports) An event in gymnastics using bars.
plural of bar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bar
bart
baru
bary
bdrm
bear
bear
adj
(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
noun
(CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
(colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
(cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
(engineering) A portable punching machine.
(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
(obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
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.
Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
verb
(chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
(intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
(intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
(intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
(intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
(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).
(reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
(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.
(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
(transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
(transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
(transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
(transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
(transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
(transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
(transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
(transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
(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).
(transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
(transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
(transitive, of garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.) To wear.
(transitive, of weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
(transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
(transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
(transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
beer
beer
noun
(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
(countable) A variety of the above beverages.
(nonstandard) One who is or exists.
(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
verb
(informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone)
bere
bere
noun
(chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
berg
berg
noun
(chiefly South Africa) mountain
An iceberg.
beri
berk
berk
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory, vulgar) Synonym of cunt in its various senses, (now especially somewhat endearing) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
berl
berm
berm
noun
(Indiana, Ohio) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
(Western Pennsylvania) Edge of a road.
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.
verb
To provide something with a berm
bern
bert
bglr
bhar
bier
bier
noun
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
bird
bird
adj
(Canada, colloquial, of a school or university course) Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) A girlfriend.
(UK, US, Australia, Ireland, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
(UK, with definite article, especially in expressions such as 'give someone the bird') Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
(cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
(slang) A man, fellow.
(slang) A prison sentence.
(slang) A satellite.
(slang) An airplane.
(slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
(slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
A yardbird.
verb
(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
(intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
(transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
(transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
biri
birk
birk
noun
(Britain, slang) Alternative spelling of berk
(Northern England) A birch tree.
A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
birl
birl
noun
(Internet slang, LGBT) A girl of boyish appearance.
(music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.
(transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin.
Alternative form of birle (“to drink, carouse”)
birn
biro
biro
noun
(by extension, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Any ballpoint pen.
(uncountable, by extension) Ink from a ballpoint pen.
A BIRO brand ballpoint pen.
birr
birr
noun
(Scotland) A strong trilling.
(Scotland) A whirring noise
(Scotland) The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force
(Scotland) strength, vigor, energy
The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.
verb
(Scotland) To lurch or set to spinning.
(Scotland) To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
birt
birt
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
bklr
bkpr
bldr
bler
blur
blur
adj
(Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.
noun
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
verb
(graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
(intransitive) To become indistinct.
(obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To smear, stain or smudge.
boar
boar
noun
A male bear.
A male boar (sense 1).
A male guinea pig.
A male pig.
A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
boer
bohr
bohr
noun
(physics, chemistry) Synonym of Bohr radius
boor
boor
noun
A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
A peasant.
A yokel, country bumpkin.
An uncultured person.
bora
bora
noun
A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.
A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
bord
bord
noun
(mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
Obsolete form of board.
Obsolete form of bourd.
bore
bore
noun
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
Calibre; importance.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting.
The place where such a well exists.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
verb
(colloquial) past participle of bear
(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(obsolete) To fool; to trick.
(proscribed) simple past tense of bare
(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
(transitive) To make a hole through something.
(transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
simple past tense of bear
borg
borg
noun
cyborg
verb
Alternative spelling of Borg
borh
bori
bork
bork
noun
(Internet slang, humorous) The sound a dog makes.
(informal) The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
verb
(Internet slang, humorous) (of a dog) To bark
(intransitive, slang) To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
(transitive, intransitive, US politics, often derogatory) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
(transitive, slang) To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
(vulgar, slang) To boink.
born
born
adj
Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
noun
(Tyneside) Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)
verb
(Tyneside) Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)
(obsolete) past participle of bear in other senses.
past participle of bear; given birth to.
boro
boro
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of borough
verb
(Jamaica) borrow
bors
bors
noun
plural of bor
bort
bort
noun
Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
boru
bour
brab
brad
brad
noun
(US, elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
verb
(transitive) To attach using a brad.
(transitive) To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.
brae
brae
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
brag
brag
adj
(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
a woundy, brag young fellow
adv
(obsolete) proudly; boastfully
noun
(by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
The thing which is boasted of.
verb
(intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
(transitive) To boast of something.
bram
bran
bran
noun
(ornithology) The European carrion crow.
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
bras
bras
noun
plural of bra
brat
brat
noun
(derogatory, slang) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
(historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
(informal) Bratwurst.
(military) Acronym of Born, Raised, And Transferred.
(mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
(obsolete) The young of an animal.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
(slang) A child (at any age) of an active military service member.
(slang) A human child.
A turbot or flatfish.
verb
(BDSM, intransitive) To act in a bratty manner (as the submissive).
braw
bray
bray
noun
(by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
verb
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
(intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
(transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
(transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
(transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
braz
brca
brcs
brea
bred
bred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breed
bree
bree
noun
(Scotland) The brow; forehead.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyebrow.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyelid.
(obsolete outside Scotland) Broth.
brei
bren
bren
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze).
bres
bret
brev
brev
noun
Alternative form of bruv
brew
brew
noun
(Britain, dialect) An overhanging hill or cliff.
(Britain, slang) A cup of tea.
(slang) A single serving (can, bottle, etc.) of beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
verb
(intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
(intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
(transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing
(transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
(transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
(transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
brey
bria
brid
brie
brie
noun
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
(nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
Brigadier.
brim
brim
adj
(obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.
noun
(obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.
A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
The topmost rim or lip of a container.
verb
(transitive) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.
brin
brin
noun
A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.
One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
brio
brio
noun
Vigour or vivacity.
bris
bris
noun
(Judaism) Ritual male circumcision.
brit
brit
noun
One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
brit milah
verb
(intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
(intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.
(transitive) To break in pieces; divide.
(transitive) To bruise; indent.
brix
brix
Noun
A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
brno
brno
Proper noun
a city in the south of the Czech Republic
brob
brob
noun
A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
verb
(obsolete) To poke or prick
brod
brog
brog
noun
A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
verb
(transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
To broggle.
brok
brom
bron
broo
broo
noun
(Scotland) broth
bros
bros
noun
plural of bro
brot
brow
brow
noun
(figurative) Aspect; appearance.
(mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
(nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
The first tine of an antler's beam.
The forehead.
The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
verb
To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
broz
brrr
brrr
intj
Alternative spelling of brr
brum
brum
intj
Alternative form of brrm
brut
brut
adj
(of champagne) very dry, and not sweet
bryn
bsir
bsrt
btry
buhr
bura
burd
burd
noun
(poetic) maiden, young woman
bure
bure
noun
A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.
burg
burg
noun
(Canada, US) A city or town.
(historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.
(slang) burger
burh
burh
noun
A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric fort.
buri
burk
burk
verb
(Southern US, slang, intransitive) To vomit.
burl
burl
noun
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
verb
To remove the knots in cloth.
burn
burn
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) A stream.
(aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
(computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
(slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
(slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
(uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
(uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
A sensation resembling such an injury.
Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
The act of burning something with fire.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
verb
(chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
(intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
(intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
(intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
(intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
(intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
(photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
(transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
(transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
(transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
(transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
(transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
(transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image.
(transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
(transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).
(transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
(transitive, slang) To betray.
(transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
(transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
(transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
buro
buro
noun
(US) a chest of drawers for clothes
a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
an office
burp
burp
noun
(chiefly US, Philippines) A belch.
verb
(intransitive) To emit a burp.
(transitive) To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
(transitive) To open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas.
(transitive) To utter by burping
burr
burr
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of burl
(engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
(historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry:
1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia:
2003, Thomas Howard Crofts, Fifteenth-century Malory, page 290:
2012, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur:
2015, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Artifacts from Medieval Europe, page 280:
A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
A burr knot or burl.
A rough humming sound.
A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
And when his body was against the burr of the spear, he took his sword in both his hands and he swung the sword above his head, and he smote King Arthur with the edge of the sword upon the helmet.
Many saddles, especially those for use on warhorses, had high burr plates and cantles. this was especially important when knights began using stirrups and the couched lance.
The ear lobe.
The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.
The knot at the bottom of an antler.
We are made to witness a cathartic shuffling-off of mortalities and of hatreds: Mordred's pulling himself up to the 'burr' of Arthur's spear is Malory's own detail and one of the most memorable in the book.
burr or ring of iron behind the hand
verb
(intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.
(transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
burs
burs
noun
plural of bur
burt
bury
bury
noun
(obsolete) A burrow.
A borough; a manor
verb
(transitive) To place in the ground.
(transitive) To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
(transitive, figurative, humorous) To outlive.
(transitive, figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
(transitive, figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
(transitive, figuratively) To score a goal.
(transitive, figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
(transitive, often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.
byrd
byre
byre
noun
(chiefly Britain) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
byrl
byrl
verb
Alternative form of birle
byrn
cagr
cair
cair
noun
Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”)
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go.
(transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
(transitive, obsolete) To carry.
cara
carb
carb
noun
(drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
(informal) Clipping of carburettor / carburetor.
(informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate.
card
card
noun
(computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
(cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
(dated) A printed programme.
(dated) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
(dated, figurative, by extension) An attraction or inducement.
(dated, textiles) A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.
(dated, textiles) A machine for disentangling the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
(in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
(informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
(obsolete) A map or chart.
(television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
(uncountable, dated) Material with embedded short wire bristles.
(weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
A business card.
A greeting card.
A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
A playing card.
A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose.
A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
A test card.
Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
An indicator card.
Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
Obsolete form of chard.
verb
(US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
(dated) To play cards.
(golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
(obsolete, transitive) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
(obsolete, transitive, figuratively) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
(textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
(transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
care
care
noun
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Maintenance, upkeep.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
The state of being cared for by others.
The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
Worry.
verb
(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
(intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
(intransitive, informal, by extension) For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
(intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
carf
carf
noun
Synonym of kerf
cari
cark
cark
noun
(obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry.
(obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.
verb
(intransitive) To labor anxiously.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
Pronunciation spelling of caulk.
See cark it.
carl
carl
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
carn
carn
intj
(Australia, informal) An exclamation of support or approval, usually for a sporting (football) team.
(Australia, informal) Come on.
noun
Archaic form of cairn.
caro
carp
carp
noun
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb
(obsolete) To say; to tell.
(obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.
To complain about a fault; to harp on.
carr
carr
noun
(Northumberland Dialect) rock
A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.
Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).
cars
cars
noun
plural of car
cart
cart
noun
(Internet) A shopping cart.
(computing, video games, informal) A cartridge for a computer or video game system.
(radio, informal) A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
verb
(transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
(transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
(transitive, informal) To carry goods.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.