Synonyms of the word

lap

• n. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
• n. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
• n. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person…
• n. (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering.
• n. The upper legs of a seated person.
• n. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.
• n. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
• v. (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
• v. (transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
• v. (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
• v. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up.
• v. (transitive) to envelop, enfold.
• v. (intransitive) to wind around.
• v. (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
• v. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
• v. (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
• v. (transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
• v. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
• n. The act or process of lapping.
• n. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
• n. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent…
• n. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance…
• n. (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool.
• n. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;…
• n. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
• n. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion…
• v. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

arena

• n. An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular…
• n. The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with…
• n. (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
• n. A realm in which important events unfold.

circle

• n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
• n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
• n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
• n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
• n. Orbit.
• n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
• n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
• n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
• n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
• n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
• n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
• n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
• n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
• n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
• n. A territorial division or district.
• n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
• v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
• v. (transitive) To surround.
• v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
• v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.

circuit

• n. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution.
• n. The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
• n. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
• n. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
• n. (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
• n. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job.
• n. (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
• n. (historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including.
• n. (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
• n. (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
• n. By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially…
• n. (motor racing) A track on which a race in held.
• n. (obsolete) circumlocution.
• n. (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
• v. (obsolete) To travel around.

domain

• n. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
• n. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
• n. A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
• n. (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
• n. (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
• n. (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
• n. (mathematics, topology, analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval…
• n. (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative…
• n. (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name…
• n. (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain,…
• n. (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
• n. (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
• n. (computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
• n. (data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics,…
• n. (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system,…
• n. (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.

drink

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
• v. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• v. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
• n. A beverage.
• n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
• n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink.

field

• n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
• n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
• n. The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
• n. A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
• n. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
• n. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
• n. The extent of a given perception.
• n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
• n. An area reserved for playing a game.
• n. A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
• n. (algebra) A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
• n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
• n. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
• n. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
• n. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
• n. A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
• n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
• n. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by…
• n. (baseball) The outfield.
• n. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
• n. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
• v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
• v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball,…
• v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
• v. (transitive) To answer; to address.
• v. (transitive) To defeat.
• v. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
• v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

flap

• n. (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
• n. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
• n. A hinged leaf.
• n. A side fin of a ray - also termed a wing.
• n. An upset, stir, scandal or controversy.
• n. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.
• n. A disease in the lips of horses.
• n. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard…
• n. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
• n. (slang, chiefly plural) The female genitals.
• v. (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
• v. (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
• v. (computing, telecommunications, intransitive) Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as…

flow

• n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts.
• n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
• n. (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of…
• n. The rising movement of the tide.
• n. Smoothness or continuity.
• n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
• n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
• n. The emission of blood during menstruation.
• n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
• v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
• v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
• v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
• v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
• v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
• v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
• v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated…
• v. (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
• v. (transitive) To cover with varnish.
• v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

fondle

• v. To touch or stroke lovingly.
• v. To grasp.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

imbibe

• v. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• v. (figuratively) To take in; absorb.

lave

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
• v. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
• v. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
• v. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To wash.
• n. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
• n. (dialectal) A crowd.

lick

• n. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
• n. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
• n. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts…
• n. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
• n. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
• n. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
• n. (colloquial) A bit.
• n. (music) A short motif.
• n. Speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.).
• v. To stroke with the tongue.
• v. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
• v. (colloquial) To overcome.
• v. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
• v. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
• v. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
• v. To lap; to take in with the tongue.

lie

• v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
• v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
• v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
• v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
• v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
• v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
• n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
• n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
• v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
• n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
• n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
• n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.

locomotion

• n. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
• n. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running,…

orbit

• n. A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
• n. A sphere of influence; an area of control.
• n. The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
• n. (anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
• n. (physics) A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area…
• n. (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
• n. (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members…
• v. To circle or revolve around another object.
• v. To move around the general vicinity of something.
• v. To place an object into an orbit around a planet.

overlap

• v. To extend over and partly cover something.
• v. To have an area, range, character or function in common.
• v. (mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.
• v. (genetics) To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
• n. Something that overlaps or is overlapped.
• n. (rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line…

sound

• adj. Healthy.
• adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
• adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
• adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
• adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
• adv. Soundly.
• interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
• n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
• n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
• n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
• n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
• v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
• v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
• v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
• v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
• v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
• n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
• n. The air bladder of a fish.
• n. A cuttlefish.
• v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
• v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
• v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
• v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
• n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
• n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

sphere

• n. (mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure…
• n. A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
• n. (astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow…
• n. (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to…
• n. (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
• n. (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
• n. (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology)…
• n. (logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which…
• v. (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
• v. (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.

stroke

• n. An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
• n. A blow or hit.
• n. A single movement with a tool.
• n. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or…
• n. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done…
• n. A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly.
• n. A streak made with a brush.
• n. The time when a clock strikes.
• n. (swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.
• n. (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
• n. (obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
• n. (rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
• n. (rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
• n. (professional wrestling) Backstage influence.
• n. (squash (sport)) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
• n. (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.
• n. (obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
• n. An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
• n. A throb or beat, as of the heart.
• n. (obsolete) Power; influence.
• n. (obsolete) appetite.
• v. (transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
• v. (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
• v. (transitive) To row the stroke oar of.

swish

• adj. (Britain, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
• adj. Attractive, stylish.
• adj. effeminate.
• n. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
• n. A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
• n. A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
• n. A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch.
• n. (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
• n. (slang) An effeminate male homosexual.
• v. To make a rustling sound while moving.
• v. (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.
• v. (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
• v. (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.

swoosh

• v. To move with a rushing or swirling sound.
• n. A swooshing movement or sound.
• n. A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.

thigh

• n. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
• n. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh…

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

touching

• v. present participle of touch.
• adj. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• n. The act by which something is touched.

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

wash

• v. To clean with water.
• v. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
• v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing…
• v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
• v. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
• v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
• v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
• v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
• v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream,…
• v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
• v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
• v. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide,…
• v. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying…
• n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
• n. A liquid used for washing.
• n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
• n. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and…
• n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
• n. The wake of a moving ship.
• n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
• n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
• n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
• n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest…
• n. A shallow body of water.
• n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo…
• n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which…
• n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used…
• n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
• n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
• n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
• n. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
• n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles,…
• n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
• n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure…