shipbuilding |
1. n. The construction of ships. | |
2. n. A construction of a ship. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
ring |
1. n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. | |
2. n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. | |
3. n. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc. | |
4. n. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. | |
5. n. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove. | |
6. n. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve. | |
7. n. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a s | |
8. n. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. | |
9. n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle. | |
10. n. A circular group of people or objects. | |
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood | |
11. n. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet. | |
12. n. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge. | |
13. n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring. | |
onion rings | |
14. n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest. | |
15. n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. | |
a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale) | |
16. n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule. | |
a benzene ring | |
17. n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles. | |
18. n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek. | |
19. n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter. | |
20. n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring). | |
21. n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle. | |
22. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card. | |
23. v. To surround or enclose. | |
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas. | |
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle. | |
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year. | |
25. v. To attach a ring to, especially for identification. | |
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning. | |
26. v. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring. | |
to ring a pig's snout | |
27. v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally. | |
28. n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. | |
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley. | |
The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air. | |
29. n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound. | |
The name has a nice ring to it. | |
30. n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something. | |
Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood. | |
31. n. (colloquial) A telephone call. | |
I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands. | |
32. n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. | |
33. n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. | |
St Mary's has a ring of eight bells. | |
34. v. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. | |
The bells were ringing in the town. | |
35. v. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. | |
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel. | |
36. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. | |
Whose mobile phone is ringing? | |
37. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. | |
That does not ring true. | |
38. v. (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone). | |
I will ring you when we arrive. | |
39. v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo. | |
40. v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells. | |
41. v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. | |
42. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive oper | |
The set of integers,\mathbbZ, is the prototypical ring. | |
43. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element. | |
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set2\mathbbZ of even integers to be a ring. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
gauging |
1. v. present participle of gauge | |
2. n. Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge. | |
periodic gaugings of the water level | |
3. n. The addition of various materials to lime mortar. | |
4. n. (sewing) A shirring. | |
gauge |
1. n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard | |
2. n. An act of measuring. | |
3. n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things | |
4. n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes. | |
5. n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway. | |
6. n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space. | |
7. n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance. | |
8. n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind. | |
A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. | |
9. n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. | |
10. n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly. | |
11. n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. | |
12. n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber. | |
13. n. (US, slang) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns). | |
14. n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe. | |
15. v. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of. | |
16. v. To estimate. | |
17. v. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of. | |
18. v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it. | |
19. v. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris. | |
20. v. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape. | |
wooden |
1. adj. Made of wood. | |
a wooden boat | |
On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier. | |
(audio On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.ogg Audio (US)) | |
2. adj. (figuratively) As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. | |
wooden acting | |
pins |
1. n. plural of pin | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pin | |
pin |
1. n. A sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. | |
2. n. A small nail with a head and a sharp point. | |
3. n. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts. | |
Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy. | |
4. n. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time. | |
5. n. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling. | |
6. n. (in plural pins; informal) A leg. | |
I'm not so good on my pins these days. | |
7. n. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector. | |
The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins. | |
8. n. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin. | |
9. n. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affilia | |
10. n. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack. | |
11. n. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole | |
12. n. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area) | |
The shot landed right on the pin. | |
13. n. (dated) A mood, a state of being. | |
14. n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink. | |
15. n. (medicine, obsolete) caligo | |
16. n. A thing of small value; a trifle. | |
17. n. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. | |
18. n. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. | |
19. n. The tenon of a dovetail joint. | |
20. n. (brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel. | |
21. n. (informal) A pinball machine. | |
I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins. | |
22. v. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin. | |
23. v. (chess usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin. | |
24. v. (wrestling) To pin down (someone). | |
25. v. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. | |
26. v. (computing, GUI, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item. | |
to pin a window to the Taskbar | |
27. v. (computing, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified. | |
When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled. | |
28. v. alternative form of peen | |