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(v)
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
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(n)
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
To cut out; to remove.
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.
(intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
Alternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.]
(transitive) To influence or alter.
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
(transitive) To erase or strike out.
(intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
(transitive) To total; to amount to.
(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
(heading, physical) To strike.
A sudden percussive noise.
(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
(bowling, dated) A strike; the knocking down of all ten pins with one delivery of the ball.
hit against; come into sudden contact with
a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
The act of typing on a keyboard.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
(transitive) To create.
(transitive) To find out where something is located.
(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
A result of research or an investigation.
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
The act by which something is established; establishment.
The shape or motion of something that arcs.
(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
The effort of performing or doing something.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
(uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
To move toward the speaker.
(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
An object which impacts another.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(intransitive) To happen or take place.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
(accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
Primarily physical senses.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
A coup d'état.
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
The transfer of energy via radiation.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
To start (an institution or organization).
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
To attack a ground target through the use of aircraft or missiles.
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
(adj)
Carrying out an attack.
A pause or halt of some activity.
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
(printing, usually imperative) To delete.
(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
(countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.