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strict
1. adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
strict embrace
strict ligature
2. adj. Tense; not relaxed.
strict fiber
3. adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
to keep strict watch
to pay strict attention
4. adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
very strict in observing the Sabbath
5. adj. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
to understand words in a strict sense
6. adj. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. adj. Severe in discipline.
Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
It was a very strict lesson.
8. adj. (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
binding
1. adj. Assigning something that one will be held to.
This contract is a legally binding agreement.
2. adj. (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.
3. n. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
4. n. The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
5. n. (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
6. n. (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
7. n. (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
The Python binding is automatically generated.
8. n. (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
9. v. present participle of bind
bind
1. v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
2. v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
Just to make the cheese more binding
3. v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
4. v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
These are the ties that bind.
5. v. To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
to bind grain in bundles to bind a prisoner
6. v. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
Frost binds the earth.
7. v. To couple.
8. v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
to bind the conscience to bind by kindness bound by affection commerce binds nations to each other
9. v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
10. v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
to bind an apprentice bound out to service
11. v. To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
12. v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
to bind a belt about one to bind a compress upon a wound
13. v. To cover, as with a bandage.
to bind up a wound
14. v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
Certain drugs bind the bowels.
15. v. To put together in a cover, as of books.
The three novels were bound together.
16. v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
17. v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
18. v. (dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
19. n. That which binds or ties.
20. n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
21. n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
22. n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
23. n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
the Maróczy Bind
24. n. The indurated clay of coal mines.
strongly
1. adv. In a strong or powerful manner.
In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to show, paying six dollars.
2. adv. Very much.
His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.
making
1. n. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
2. n. Process of growth or development.
As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
3. v. present participle of make
make
1. v. To create.
2. v. To build, construct, or produce.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
3. v. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. v. To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
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10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
23. v. To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. v. To appoint; to name.
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
30. v. To enact; to establish.
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
33. v. To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
make a u-turn
34. v. (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.
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
What make of car do you drive?
41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
The camera was of German make.
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
45. n. A person's character or disposition.
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
51. n. (slang) A promotion.
52. n. A home-made project
53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
strict
1. adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
strict embrace
strict ligature
2. adj. Tense; not relaxed.
strict fiber
3. adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
to keep strict watch
to pay strict attention
4. adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
very strict in observing the Sabbath
5. adj. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
to understand words in a strict sense
6. adj. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. adj. Severe in discipline.
Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
It was a very strict lesson.
8. adj. (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
requirements
1. n. plural of requirement
requirement
1. n. A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relat
There was a requirement of the government on citizens for paying taxes.
2. n. Something asked.
3. n. (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implemen
restrictive
1. adj. confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.
rigid
1. adj. Stiff, rather than flexible.
2. adj. Fixed, rather than moving.
3. adj. Rigorous and unbending.
4. adj. Uncompromising.
5. n. A bicycle with no suspension system.
severe
1. adj. Very bad or intense.
2. adj. Strict or harsh.
a severe taskmaster
3. adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
a severe old maiden aunt

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