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(adj)
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
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(v)
To consult for advice or help.
(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
(intransitive) To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.
(n)
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To transform into; become.
A twisting force.
(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
(idiomatic) A deviation from the expected course of events.
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
(transitive, idiomatic) To persuade someone, gain someone's support, or make someone understand the truth or validity of something.
(physical) Of shape:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
(boxing) A boxing match.
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
Quantity.
(idiomatic) A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
Tasting of acidity.
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
change to the contrary
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.
(figurative) A reversal in direction; a reversal of attitude or opinion.
Total reversal of opinion or attitude .
The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
A change from one thing to its opposite, or from a situation to the reverse.
(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
A motion by which something pivots.
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
Having undergone rotation about an axis.
undergoing physical rotation
(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
At or near the rear.
A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
To change place.
(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
The motion of something that spins.
(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(intransitive) To become something different.
vertigo
To move swiftly.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
(transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
Change; alteration.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
One who, or that which, reverts.
An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
The terminal point of something in space or time.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
The beginning of an activity.
To move toward the speaker.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
coiled or curly
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
transformation
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.