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(n)
(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
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A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
(adj)
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
Alternative form of slip-up. [(idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.]
A place to moor a vessel.
A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
(by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
(by extension) Any stuffed toy.
The property of being slick.
(uncountable) The property of being slippery.
(v)
(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
A large amount.
(transitive) To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
(idiomatic, transitive, especially US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
(intransitive) To become less or fewer.
To put something out of its usual place.
(intransitive) To cease to support a person or cause.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
(rare) The act of eluding.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
(uncountable) Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness.
An error or improper usage.
An error.
(sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
a small sheet of paper
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
The top or cover of a container.
A waterfall.
(informal, figurative) Of rain or other precipitation, a great amount.
(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(UK, US) A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
(intransitive) To swim under water.
(South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
That which flies, as a bird or insect.
(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
Having no variations in height.
(informal, derogatory, with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
A lessening of performance or achievement.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
The act of using a meter for measurement.
(transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
a microfiche
A burst, split, or break.
(economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
allowed to drop or fall.
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
(heading, physical) To do with shape.
The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
A small or thin book.
(N)
a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.