HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (historical) A serf on the Balkan peninsula, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary.

noun

1. (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
2. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
3. (with the verb "take") An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury or sacrifice or otherwise to show respect.
4. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
5. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
6. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
7. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
8. The part of a garment that covers the knee.

verb

1. (reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
2. (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
3. (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.

verb

1. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know
2. simple past tense of know

noun

1. (historical) A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
2. (historical) A leader of the Vlach (or Romanian) communities in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

noun

1. A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

noun

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

noun

1. Alternative form of kuih

noun

1. plural of kue

verb

1. (obsolete) To look steadfastly; to gaze.

noun

1. (Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

noun

1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of kite (“the stomach; the belly”)
2. Obsolete form of kite (“bird of prey”).

noun

1. (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
3. (obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.
4. (obsolete) A pit, or ditch.
5. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
6. A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
7. A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
8. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
9. In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.

verb

1. (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
2. (obsolete) To present an offering.
3. To make lake-red.

adj

1. (obsolete) Leaky.

noun

1. (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
2. (mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
3. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
4. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
5. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
6. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
7. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.

verb

1. (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
2. (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
3. (slang, US) To bleed.
4. (slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate.
5. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
6. (transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
7. (transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

noun

1. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
2. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

noun

1. plural of lek

adj

1. (Scotland, Southern US) Likely; probable.
2. (Scotland, Southern US, usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
3. Similar.

adv

1. (archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.
2. (obsolete, colloquial) Likely.

conj

1. (colloquial) As, the way.
2. As if; as though.

noun

1. (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
2. (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
3. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
4. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

particle

1. (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
2. (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside, Teesside, Liverpudlian) A delayed filler.
3. (colloquial, slang) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
4. Likely.

prep

1. Approximating
2. As if there would be
3. In the manner of, similarly to
4. Similar to, reminiscent of
5. Such as
6. Typical of
7. Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something

verb

1. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
2. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
3. (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
4. (computing, chiefly in the negative) To accept as an input.
5. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
6. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
7. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
8. (transitive, archaic) To please.
9. (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
10. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
11. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
12. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

noun

1. (UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
2. (UK dialectal) A private path or road.
3. (UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.
4. (UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.

adj

1. (rare) lukewarm

noun

1. (East Anglia, Essex, obsolete) An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
2. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
3. (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
4. (basketball) A made basket.
5. (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
6. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
7. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
8. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
9. (slang) Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
10. (slang, military) A promotion.
11. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
12. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
13. A home-made project
14. A person's character or disposition.
15. Brand or kind; model.
16. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
17. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
18. The camera was of German make.

verb

1. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
2. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
3. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
4. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
5. (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
6. (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
7. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
9. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
10. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
11. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
12. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
13. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
14. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
15. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
16. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
17. (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
18. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
19. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
20. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
21. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
22. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
23. (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
24. (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
25. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
26. (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
27. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
28. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
29. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
30. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
31. To appoint; to name.
32. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
33. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
34. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
35. To constitute.
36. To develop into; to prove to be.
37. To enact; to establish.
38. To form or formulate in the mind.
39. To perform a feat.
40. To write or compose.

noun

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A hook with a long handle; scythe.

noun

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of make (“halfpenny”)

adj

1. Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
2. Submissive, dispirited.

verb

1. (US) (of horses) To tame; to break.

noun

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of mark
2. Obsolete spelling of mark

verb

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) to run
2. Alternative spelling of murk (“to murder”)

noun

1. (informal) A microphone.
2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
3. (military, slang) A minute.
4. (slang) Short for microgram.

verb

1. To measure using a micrometer.
2. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.

noun

1. (US derogatory slang, ethnic slur, now rare) A black person.
2. (colloquial, dialectal) A donkey.
3. (dated, theatrical slang) A performer, such as a minstrel, who plays on several musical instruments.
4. (obsolete) The mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.
5. British small utility vehicle (styled "MOKE").

verb

1. (now chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare.

noun

1. (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
2. (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
3. (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
4. (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
5. (figurative) A person's life.
6. (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
7. (folklore) A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
8. (geology) A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
9. (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
10. (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
11. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
12. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
13. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
14. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
15. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

verb

1. (chiefly US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
2. To decrease in diameter.
3. To drink rapidly.
4. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.

noun

1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
2. (Scotland, Northumbria) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)

noun

1. (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)
2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. (chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)
4. (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
5. (rare) A microwave oven.
6. (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
7. A nuclear power station.
8. A nuclear weapon.
9. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
10. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

verb

1. (Wikimedia Commons jargon) To completely delete all uploads of a user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism.
2. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
3. (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
6. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
7. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.
8. (transitive, warez) To flag a release as bad for some reason or another (for instance, due to being a duplicate of an earlier release or containing malware).

intj

1. Dated form of OK.

noun

1. (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.
3. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”)

verb

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.

noun

1. plural of oke

intj

1. (rare, sometimes Internet slang, sometimes childish) Alternative form of OK

noun

1. A Turkish game in which players attempt to collect certain groups of tiles.

intj

1. (informal) Alternative form of OK

adj

1. (MLE) Bad
2. (MLE) Unlucky; unfortunate
3. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
4. At the greatest extent; maximum.

noun

1. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
2. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
3. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
4. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
5. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
6. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
8. Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).
9. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

verb

1. (gender-critical) To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).
2. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
4. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
5. (transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
6. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
7. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

noun

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Food.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
3. A small kiss.
4. An act of striking with a beak.
5. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
6. Misspelling of pec.
7. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

verb

1. (rare) To type in general.
2. (regional) To throw.
3. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
6. To kiss briefly.
7. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
8. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
9. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
10. To type by searching for each key individually.

noun

1. A quick glance or look.
2. Misspelling of pique.

verb

1. (computing, transitive, dated) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
2. (informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
3. (informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

noun

1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Peke (“Pekinese dog”)

noun

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.

adj

1. (obsolete) Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

noun

1. (informal) Perquisite.
2. (video games) A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.
3. A percolator, particularly of coffee.

verb

1. (dated) To peer; to look inquisitively.
2. (intransitive) To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
3. (intransitive, informal) Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
5. (obsolete) To perch.
6. (transitive) To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
7. (transitive, informal) To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.

noun

1. (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
2. (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
3. (derogatory, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
4. (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
5. (fashion, dated) A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
6. (historical) A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
7. (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
8. (obsolete) A pick, a pickaxe.
9. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A hayfork.
10. (obsolete, often euphemistic) A penis.
11. A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
12. A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
13. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

verb

1. (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
2. (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
3. (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
4. (intransitive, obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
5. (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
6. (transitive, intransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.

noun

1. (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
2. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
3. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
4. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
5. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
6. (baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.
7. (computing, dated) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
8. (dialectal) Pokeweed.
9. (informal, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
10. (now regional) A sack or bag.
11. 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276:
12. 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:
13. 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573:
14. 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 138:
15. A long, wide sleeve.
16. A poke bonnet.
17. A prod, jab, or thrust.
18. An old, worn-out horse.

verb

1. (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.
2. (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
3. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
4. (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
5. (transitive, computing, dated) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
6. (transitive, informal, social media) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
7. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.
8. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
9. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.

noun

1. (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
2. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
3. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
4. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
5. A fine grade of woolen cloth.
6. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

verb

1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
2. (intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.

noun

1. Obsolete form of pike.

verb

1. Obsolete form of peek.
2. Obsolete form of pick.

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.

noun

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

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To think.
2. (transitive or intransitive, archaic) To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider.
3. (transitive or intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To concern, to be important or earnest.

noun

1. (Ireland) A hill; a mountain.
2. (Scotland) Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
3. A strong unpleasant smell.

verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To emit smoke or vapour; to steam.
3. (intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.

noun

1. (UK, dialect) Mist; smoke; damp.
2. (UK, dialect, mining) A measurement of coal ore.
3. A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale.

noun

1. (obsolete except in phrases) contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
2. Alternative spelling of saké
3. cause, interest or account
4. purpose or end; reason
5. the benefit or regard of someone or something

noun

1. soap prepared for use in milling cloth

adj

1. (obsolete) barren; unprofitable

noun

1. (computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.

verb

1. (intransitive, computing) To navigate through a stream.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
3. (intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
4. (transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
5. (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
6. (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
7. (transitive, intransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

intj

1. (slang) Alternative form of psych

noun

1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
2. (Yorkshire) such
3. (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.

verb

1. (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.

noun

1. (informal) A schedule.

verb

1. (transitive, informal) To schedule.

noun

1. Obsolete form of ski.

noun

1. (Australia, slang) A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
2. (Northern English) A look or glance.
3. (nautical) A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
4. (nautical) A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
5. (obsolete) A kind of oat.
6. (obsolete) A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
7. A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.

verb

1. (Northern English) to glance
2. (Northern English) to squint

noun

1. A fisherman's hut in Orkney.

noun

1. A basket.
2. A beehive made of straw or wicker.

noun

1. (MLE, derogatory, slang) A sexually promiscuous woman.

adj

1. (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
2. (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
3. (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.

adv

1. (rare) Askew, obliquely; awry.

noun

1. (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
2. (architecture, obsolete) One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
3. (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
4. (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
5. (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
6. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
7. A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
8. A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
9. A squint or sidelong glance.
10. An oblique or sideways movement.
11. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.

verb

1. (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
2. (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
3. (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
4. (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
5. (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
6. (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
7. (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.

noun

1. Obsolete form of sky.

noun

1. (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.
2. (England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).

noun

1. (heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure; a fountain.
2. Alternative spelling of sike (“a gutter or ditch”)

noun

1. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
2. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
3. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
4. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
5. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
6. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
7. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
8. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
9. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
10. The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
11. The or an act of taking.

verb

1. (Of ink; dye; etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
2. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
3. (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
4. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
5. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
6. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
7. (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
8. (of a plant, etc) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
9. (possibly dated) To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
10. (reflexive) To go.
11. (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc).
12. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
13. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
14. (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
15. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
16. (transitive) To assume (a form).
17. (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
18. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
19. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
20. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
21. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
22. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
23. (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
24. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
25. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
26. (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
27. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
28. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
29. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
30. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
31. (transitive) To deal with.
32. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
33. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
34. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
35. (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
36. (transitive) To exact.
37. (transitive) To experience or feel.
38. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
39. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
40. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
41. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
42. (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
43. (transitive) To have sex with.
44. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
45. (transitive) To move into.
46. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
47. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
48. (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
49. (transitive) To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
50. (transitive) To participate in.
51. (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
52. (transitive) To perform (a role).
53. (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
54. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
55. (transitive) To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
56. (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
57. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
58. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
59. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
60. (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
61. (transitive) To remove.
62. (transitive) To require.
63. (transitive) To seize or capture.
64. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
65. (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
66. (transitive) To subtract.
67. (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
68. (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
69. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
70. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
71. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
72. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
73. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
74. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
75. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
76. (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
77. (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
78. (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
79. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
80. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
81. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
82. (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
83. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
84. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
85. (vulgar) To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
86. To have the intended effect.

adj

1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

noun

1. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona
2. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.
3. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).

noun

1. (UK, dialect, Essex) The redshank.

noun

1. A boorish person.
2. Alternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)
3. Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)
4. Archaic form of tick (a kind of arthropod)

noun

1. (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.
2. (slang) A puff of marijuana.
3. (slang, obsolete) A piece of bread.

verb

1. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana
2. (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to.

noun

1. (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
2. (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
3. A long walk.
4. A slow or difficult journey.

verb

1. (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
2. (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
3. (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic
2. (Canada) An initiation level of sports competition for young children
3. (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman
4. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one
5. (dated, chiefly Britain) An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person
6. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.

noun

1. plural of uke

noun

1. (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
2. (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.
3. (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
4. (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
5. (often obsolete or poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
6. A number of vultures assembled together.
7. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
8. The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
9. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

verb

1. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
3. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
4. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
5. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
6. (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
8. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

adj

1. (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
2. (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
3. (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
4. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
5. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
6. (photography) Lacking contrast.
7. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
8. (slang) Bad or uncool.
9. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
10. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
11. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
12. Lacking in vigour or expression.
13. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
14. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
15. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
16. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
17. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

adj

1. (postpositive) Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.

noun

1. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
4. Any period of seven consecutive days.

noun

1. The Lord Howe woodhen or woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand.

noun

1. Alternative form of wheki (“the tree fern Dicksonia squarrosa”)

noun

1. Alternative form of whelk

verb

1. (dialectal) to soak, steep.
2. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
3. (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
4. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
5. (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.
6. To contract; to shorten.

adj

1. (by extension, slang, often derogatory) Holding left-wing views or attitudes, principally with regards to certain social justice issues or to an excessive degree.
2. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues.
3. (dialect, African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.

noun

1. (slang, often derogatory) A person who is woke (holding left-wing views or attitudes).

verb

1. (now colloquial or dialectal) past participle of wake
2. simple past tense of wake

noun

1. Obsolete form of yolk.

noun

1. (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

verb

1. (obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.
2. (obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
3. (transitive, archaic) To stab (someone or something).
4. To bind or tie with a jerk.
5. To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.

noun

1. (Hong Kong, dated) An administrative division.
2. (Scotland) itch, a prickly feeling

verb

1. (Scotland) to itch, irritate the skin

verb

1. To utter the exclamation yikes.

noun

1. (Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
2. (Ireland, Scotland) A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
3. (Ireland, informal) A chap, a fellow.
4. (Ireland, informal) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
5. (Ireland, slang) A pill of a psychoactive drug.
6. (agriculture) A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
7. (archaic) A pair of things linked in some way.
8. (aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
9. (bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
10. (chiefly England, regional (especially Kent), and Scotland, historical) An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
11. (chiefly Kent, archaic) An area of arable land, specifically one consisting of a quarter of a suling, or around 50–60 acres (20–24 hectares); hence, a small manor or piece of land.
12. (chiefly US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
13. (chiefly historical) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
14. (clothing) The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
15. (electrical engineering) Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
16. (electronics) The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
17. (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
18. (nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
19. (video games) A similar device used as a game controller.
20. A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
21. A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
22. A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
23. Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
24. From sense 1.1: a bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
25. From sense 1.3.1: something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
26. Misspelling of yolk.

verb

1. (agriculture) To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
2. (chiefly Scotland, archaic, passive) To be joined to (another person) in wedlock (often with the implication that it is a burdensome state); to be or become married to (someone).
3. (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To be or become joined in wedlock; to be married, to wed.
4. (obsolete) To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave; to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
5. To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
6. To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
7. To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
8. To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
9. To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
10. To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.

noun

1. Alternative form of yeuk

noun

1. plural of zek

noun

1. A grease nipple.