Synonyms of the word

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

accompany

• v. (transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
• v. (transitive) To supplement with; add to.
• v. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
• v. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit (with).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
• v. To be found at the same time.

ascendance

• n. Ascendancy; superiority.

ascendancy

• n. The process or period of one's ascent.
• n. Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
• n. A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland…

ascendence

• n. Alternative form of ascendance.

ascendency

• n. Alternative spelling of ascendancy.

bound

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bind.
• adj. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
• adj. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).
• adj. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
• adj. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
• adj. (dated) constipated; costive.
• adj. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
• adj. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
• n. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
• n. (mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
• v. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
• v. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.
• n. A sizeable jump, great leap.
• n. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
• n. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
• v. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
• v. (transitive) To cause to leap.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
• adj. (obsolete) ready, prepared.
• adj. ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

command

• n. An order to do something.
• n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
• n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
• n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
• n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
• n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
• n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
• n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
• n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
• v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
• v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
• v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
• v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
• v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
• v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
• v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

concept

• n. abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
• n. understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic,…
• n. (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their…

conception

• n. The act of conceiving.
• n. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
• n. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
• n. The start of pregnancy.
• n. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
• n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation…
• n. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

confine

• v. (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
• v. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
• n. Limit.

construct

• n. Something constructed from parts.
• n. A concept or model.
• n. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or…
• v. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• v. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• v. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric…

continuance

• n. (uncountable) The action of continuing.
• n. (countable, law) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

convention

• n. A meeting or gathering.
• n. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
• n. The convening of a formal meeting.
• n. A formal agreement, contract or pact.
• n. (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
• n. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

decide

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
• v. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
• v. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
• v. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.

decree

• n. An edict or law.
• n. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
• n. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
• v. To command by a decree.

determine

• v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
• v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
• v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
• v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
• v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
• v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
• v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
• v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

direction

• n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination.
• n. An general trend for future action.
• n. Guidance, instruction.
• n. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
• n. (archaic) An address.

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

dominate

• v. To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.
• v. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone.
• v. To enjoy a commanding position in some field.
• v. To overlook from a height.

dominion

• n. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
• n. predominance; ascendancy.
• n. (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
• n. (historical) One of the dependencies of the British Empire given self-government and eventually independence,…
• n. (Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones.

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

duration

• n. An amount of time or a particular time interval.
• n. (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the…
• n. (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates,…

find

• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
• v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
• v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
• v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To point out.
• v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
• v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
• n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
• n. The act of finding.

formula

• n. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
• n. (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
• n. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
• n. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities…
• n. Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
• n. (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables,…

generalisation

• n. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
• n. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

generality

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being general.
• n. (countable) A generalization.

generalization

• n. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
• n. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

govern

• v. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority…
• v. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
• v. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
• v. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
• v. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
• v. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
• v. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word;…

harness

• n. (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
• n. (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
• n. (dated) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
• n. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads…
• v. (transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
• v. (transitive) To capture, control or put to use.

instruction

• n. (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
• n. (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
• n. (countable) An order or command.
• n. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
• n. A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

law

• n. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts…
• n. A particular such rule.
• n. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are…
• n. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word…
• n. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
• n. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms…
• n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
• n. (slang, uncountable) The police.
• n. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
• n. An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
• n. (obsolete) a tumulus of stones.
• n. (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill.
• interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

limit

• n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
• n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit…
• n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
• n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
• n. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
• n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
• n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
• n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
• n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
• n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
• n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
• adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
• v. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
• v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

measure

• n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
• n. The act or result of measuring.
• n. Metrical rhythm.
• n. A course of action.
• v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• v. To estimate the unit size of something.
• v. To judge, value, or appraise.
• v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
• v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

normal

• adj. According to norms or rules.
• adj. Healthy; not sick or ill.
• adj. (Of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms).
• adj. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre…
• adj. (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound…
• adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency…
• adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
• adj. (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
• adj. (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context.
• adj. (topology, of a topology) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
• n. (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
• n. (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live…
• n. (uncountable) The usual state.

pattern

• n. Model, example.
• n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
• n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative…
• n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
• n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen…
• n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
• v. To apply a pattern.
• v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model;…
• v. To follow an example.
• v. To fit into a pattern.
• v. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

practice

• n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
• n. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
• n. (uncountable) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
• n. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
• n. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
• n. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
• n. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
• n. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various…
• n. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
• n. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in…
• v. US spelling of practise.

predominate

• v. (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
• v. (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
• v. (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
• adj. Predominant.

prescript

• n. Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
• n. (obsolete) A medical prescription.
• adj. Directed; prescribed.

prevail

• v. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage…
• v. (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
• v. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.

principle

• n. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
• n. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
• n. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
• n. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
• n. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
• n. (obsolete) A beginning.
• n. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;…
• n. An original faculty or endowment.
• v. (transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any…

procedure

• n. A particular method for performing a task.
• n. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
• n. (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain…
• n. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
• n. (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
• n. (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
• n. (medicine) A surgical operation.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

pronounce

• v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
• v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• v. (transitive) To read aloud.

regulation

• n. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
• n. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct…
• n. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention…
• n. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
• n. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
• adj. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

reign

• n. The exercise of sovereign power.
• n. The period during which a monarch rules.
• n. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.

rein

• n. A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
• n. (figuratively) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
• v. To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
• v. To restrain; to control; to check.
• n. (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
• n. The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.

restrain

• v. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
• v. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
• v. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

restrict

• v. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine.
• v. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
• adj. (obsolete) Restricted.

ruler

• n. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement;…
• n. A person who rules or governs; a person who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
• v. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

throttle

• n. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls…
• n. The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
• n. The windpipe or trachea.
• v. (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
• v. (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
• v. (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.

trammel

• n. Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
• n. A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle.
• n. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
• n. A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang…
• n. A net for confining a woman's hair.
• n. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
• n. (engineering) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves…
• n. A beam compass.
• v. To entangle, as in a net.
• v. (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.