(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
abate
abate
noun
(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
verb
(archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
(chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
(chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
To decrease in amount or size.
To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
To lower (something) in price or value.
To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
To put an end to (a nuisance).
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
abaue
abave
abaze
abbes
abbes
noun
plural of abbe
abbey
abbey
noun
(British) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
The church of a monastery.
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
abbie
abbie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
abbye
abdel
abeam
abeam
adj
Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).
The island was directly abeam of us.
adv
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
abear
abear
noun
(obsolete) Bearing, behavior.
verb
(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear.
(transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
abebi
abede
abele
abele
noun
The white poplar (Populus alba).
abell
abend
abend
noun
(IEEE) Termination of a process prior to completion.
(computing) The abnormal termination of a program.
verb
(computing) To terminate abnormally.
abepp
aberr
aberr
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go astray; to err.
(transitive, rare) Distort; aberrate.
abert
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
abide
abide
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
(intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
(transitive) To bear patiently.
(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
(transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
(transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
(transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
abied
abies
abies
noun
A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
A tree of the genus Abies.
abime
abime
noun
Obsolete form of abysm.
abler
abler
adj
comparative form of able: more able
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
abner
abnet
abnet
noun
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
abode
abode
noun
(dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
simple past tense and past participle of abide
abote
above
above
adj
(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Of heaven; heavenly.
adv
(archaic) In addition.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Above zero; above freezing.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Into or from heaven; in the sky.
More in number.
noun
(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
Heaven.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
prep
(Scotland) In addition to; besides.
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
(theater) Upstage of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Farther north than.
Higher in rank, status, or position.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
In preference to.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
abret
absee
absey
absey
noun
(obsolete) ABC; alphabet.
(obsolete) Absey book; abecedary.
(obsolete) An alphabetical acrostic list.
abune
abune
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
abyed
abyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abye
abyes
abyes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abye
acerb
acerb
adj
(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
adobe
adobe
noun
A house made of adobe brick.
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
The earth from which such bricks are made.
akebi
akebi
noun
Any of the genus Akebia of five species of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae.
albee
alben
alber
albie
amber
amber
adj
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
noun
(Britain) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection when safe to do so.
(biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
(uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
A yellow-orange colour.
verb
(intransitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To take on the yellow colour of amber.
(transitive, rare) To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
(transitive, rare) To preserve in amber.
(transitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
ambie
amble
amble
noun
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
verb
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
ameba
ameba
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba
arber
arber
noun
(finance, gambling, informal) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
ardeb
ardeb
noun
A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
arneb
asben
ateba
auber
awber
baaed
baaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baa
babel
babel
noun
Alternative form of Babel
baber
babes
babes
noun
(treated as a singular noun; plural babes) Alternative form of babe used as a term of endearment to a loved one.
plural of babe
bable
bache
bache
noun
(obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.
baden
badge
badge
noun
(Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
(graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
(slang) A police officer.
A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
verb
(transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
(transitive) To show a badge to.
(transitive, intransitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
baeda
baerl
baese
bagel
bagel
noun
(slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
(tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
Alternative form of bagle
verb
(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
(tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
bagge
bagie
bagle
bagle
noun
Synonym of bagle hound
bagne
bagre
bahoe
baiae
baiel
baile
baile
noun
(usually "baile funk") A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
Archaic spelling of bail.
baize
baize
noun
(dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
verb
To cover or line with baize.
bajer
baked
baked
adj
(slang) High on cannabis.
That has been cooked by baking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bake
baken
baken
verb
(UK dialectal, Northern England) alternative past participle of bake; baked.
baker
baker
noun
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
A portable oven for baking.
An apple suitable for baking.
bakes
bakes
noun
plural of bake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bake
bakie
bakke
baled
baled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bale
balei
baler
baler
noun
A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
bales
bales
noun
plural of bale
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bale
bande
baned
baned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bane
banes
banes
noun
plural of bane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bane
bange
barbe
barce
barde
barea
bared
bared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bare
barer
barer
adj
comparative form of bare: more bare
noun
One who bares or exposes something.
bares
bares
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bare
baret
barge
barge
noun
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
verb
(transitive) To push someone.
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
barie
barre
barre
noun
(ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
(music) Short for barre chord.
verb
(music) To form a barre chord on an instrument.
barse
barse
noun
(UK, vulgar, slang) The perineum of a man.
The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
barye
barye
noun
(physics) A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar.
based
based
adj
(Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable for rejecting liberalism or left-wing values.
(Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable; praiseworthy.
(slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
verb
Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
Having a base
Having a base of operations.
basel
basel
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland.
baser
baser
adj
comparative form of base: more base
bases
bases
noun
plural of base
plural of basis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of base
basie
baske
basle
basle
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland; spelling of
baste
baste
noun
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
verb
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
(by extension) To coat over something.
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
basye
batea
bated
bated
adj
Reduced; lowered; restrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bate
batel
baten
bater
bates
bates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate
bathe
bathe
noun
(Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
verb
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
(intransitive) To sunbathe.
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
batse
bauer
bauge
baume
baure
bawke
baxie
bayed
bayed
adj
Having a bay or bays.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bay
bayer
bayer
adj
comparative form of bay: more bay
bayle
bcere
beach
beach
noun
(UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
(motorsports, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap
(sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
verb
(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
beads
beads
noun
A beaded necklace.
plural of bead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bead
beady
beady
adj
(of eyes or a look) Bright and penetrating.
Characterized by beads.
Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
beaks
beaks
noun
plural of beak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beak
beaky
beaky
adj
(of a gesture) Made using a beak; (of a sound) produced through a beak.
Beak-like: resembling a beak.
Beaked: having a beak.
Having a nose which resembles a beak.
beala
beale
beall
beals
beals
noun
plural of beal
beams
beams
noun
plural of beam
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beam
Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining.
beane
beano
beano
noun
(figuratively) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.
A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
Alternative form of bingo
beans
beans
noun
(slang) A cut that reaches the hypodermis.
(slang, archaic) Money.
(slang, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant value or amount.
(slang, urban) Pills; drugs in pill form.
(slang, vulgar) Testes.
plural of bean
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bean
beant
beant
verb
(dialectal, rare), variant of bean't.
beany
beany
adj
Resembling or characteristic of beans.
beard
beard
noun
(LGBT, slang) A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
(botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
(printing, dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
The byssus of certain shellfish.
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
verb
(LGBT, slang, transitive, intransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
(intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
(transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
(transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
(transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
beare
beare
verb
Obsolete form of bear.
bearm
bears
bears
noun
plural of bear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bear
beast
beast
adj
(slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
noun
(figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
(more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
(prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
(slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
(slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
verb
(Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.