archaic |
1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W | |
2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens. | |
3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated. | |
4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity. | |
5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period | |
pouring |
1. v. present participle of pour | |
2. n. The act by which something is poured. | |
pour |
1. v. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it. | |
to pour water from a pail | |
to pour wine into a decanter | |
to pour oil upon the waters | |
to pour out sand or dust. | |
2. v. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly. | |
3. v. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To flow, pass or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. | |
the rain poured down. | |
5. v. (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd. | |
The people poured out of the theater. | |
7. n. The act of pouring. | |
The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam. | |
8. n. Something, or an amount, poured. | |
9. n. (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation. | |
10. v. misspelling of pore | |
spilling |
1. n. The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. | |
2. n. (figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. | |
3. v. present participle of spill | |
spill |
1. v. To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. | |
I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above. | |
Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor. | |
3. v. To drop something that was intended to be caught. | |
4. v. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. | |
6. v. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. | |
7. v. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. | |
8. v. (nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. | |
9. v. (transitive, Australia, politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election. | |
10. v. To reveal information to an uninformed party. | |
He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist. | |
11. n. A mess of something that has been dropped. | |
12. n. A fall or stumble. | |
The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week. | |
13. n. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. | |
14. n. A slender piece of anything. | |
15. n. A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. | |
16. n. A metallic rod or pin. | |
17. n. (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. | |
18. n. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. | |
19. n. (obsolete) A small sum of money. | |
20. n. (Australia, politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill | |
out |
See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. | |
1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. | |
The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. | |
2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. | |
Let's eat out tonight | |
3. adv. Outside; not indoors. | |
Last night we slept out under the stars. | |
4. adv. Away from; at a distance. | |
Keep out! | |
5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence. | |
Switch the lights out. | |
Put the fire out. | |
6. adv. To the end; completely. | |
I hadn't finished. Hear me out. | |
7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize. | |
The place was all decked out for the holidays. | |
8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. | |
The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow. | |
9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). | |
Wilson was bowled out for five runs. | |
10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside. | |
He threw it out the door. | |
11. prep. (colloquial) Outside. | |
It's raining out. | |
It's cold out. | |
12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | |
They wrote the law to give those organizations an out. | |
13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi | |
14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke | |
15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner. | |
16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing. | |
17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. | |
18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. | |
19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. | |
20. v. To eject; to expel. | |
21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender. | |
22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. | |
23. v. To reveal (a secret). | |
A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design. | |
24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. | |
25. v. To become apparent. | |
26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment. | |
I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. | |
27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use. | |
Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! | |
28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. | |
He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! | |
29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender. | |
It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. | |
30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom. | |
The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. | |
31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. | |
The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. | |
32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning. | |
I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. | |
33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility. | |
Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. | |
34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion. | |
Black is out this season. The new black is white. | |
35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more | |
Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. | |
36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. | |
Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. | |
The measurement was out by three millimetres. | |
37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted. | |
38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. | |
Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out. | |
freely |
1. adj. Free; frank. | |
2. adj. Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely. | |
3. adv. In a free manner. | |
Wine was flowing freely. | |
4. adv. Without interference or restriction. | |
5. adv. Of one's own free will. | |
I will freely help you. | |
overflowing |
1. n. overflow | |
2. v. present participle of overflow | |
overflow |
1. n. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess. | |
2. n. Outlet for escape of excess material. | |
3. n. (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range. | |
4. v. To flow over the brim of (a container). | |
The river overflowed the levee. | |
5. v. To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively. | |
The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container. | |
The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity. | |
The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases. | |
8. v. (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range. | |
Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound. | |