| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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| bore | imp. | of Bear, To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank., To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole., To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one’s way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through., To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester., To befool; to trick., To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects)., To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore., To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort., To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; — said of a horse., A hole made by boring; a perforation., The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube., The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber., A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger., Caliber; importance., A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui., A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China., Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel., imp. of 1st & 2d Bear. |
| born | past participle | of Bear, Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth., Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. |
| boas | plural | of Boa |
| boar | noun | The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog. |
| boat | noun | A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail., Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats., A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat., To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods., To place in a boat; as, to boat oars., To go or row in a boat. |
| boce | noun | A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; — called also box, and bogue. |
| bode | verb t. | To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow., To foreshow something; to augur., An omen; a foreshadowing., A bid; an offer., A messenger; a herald., A stop; a halting; delay., Abode., Bid or bidden. |
| body | noun | The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person., The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc., The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow., A person; a human being; — frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody., A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body., A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity., Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body., Amount; quantity; extent., That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs., The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body., The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body., A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure., Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body., To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody. |
| boer | noun | A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent. |
| boes | 3d sing. pr. | Behoves or behooves. |
| bogy | noun | A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. |
| boil | verb | To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils., To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves., To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away., To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger., To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling., To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water., To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt., To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes., To steep or soak in warm water., Act or state of boiling., A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core. |
| boke | verb t. & i. | To poke; to thrust. |
| bold | noun | Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous., Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous., In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent., Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold., Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief., Steep; abrupt; prominent., To make bold or daring., To be or become bold. |
| bole | noun | The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it., An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet., A measure. See Boll, n., 2., Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba., A bolus; a dose. |
| boll | noun | The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form., A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels., To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. |
| boln | verb i. | To swell; to puff., Alt. of Bollen |
| bolt | noun | A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart., Lightning; a thunderbolt., A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end., A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key., An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter., A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards., A bundle, as of oziers., To shoot; to discharge or drive forth., To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out., To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food., To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part., To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc., To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain., To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room., To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt., To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted., To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party., In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly., A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt., A sudden flight, as to escape creditors., A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one’s party., To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means., To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; — with out., To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law., A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. |
| bomb | noun | A great noise; a hollow sound., A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell., A bomb ketch., To bombard., To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. |
| bond | noun | That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle., The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint., A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship., Moral or political duty or obligation., A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum., An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond., The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond., The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other., A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence., To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond., To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity., A vassal or serf; a slave., In a state of servitude or slavery; captive. |
| bone | noun | The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone., One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body., Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace., Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music., Dice., Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset., Fig.: The framework of anything., To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery., To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays., To fertilize with bone., To steal; to take possession of., To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. |
| bony | adjective | Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones., Having large or prominent bones. |
| book | noun | A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing., A composition, written or printed; a treatise., A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of “Paradise Lost.”, A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc., Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set., To enter, write, or register in a book or list., To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater., To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. |
| boom | noun | A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc., A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended., A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor., A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage., A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away., To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat., To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects., To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon., To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind., To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly., A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming., A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; — applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee., To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a “boom” for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. |
| boon | noun | A prayer or petition., That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present., Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage., Kind; bountiful; benign., Gay; merry; jovial; convivial., The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. |
| boor | noun | A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman., A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer., A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners. |
| boot | noun | Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief., That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged., Profit; gain; advantage; use., To profit; to advantage; to avail; — generally followed by it; as, what boots it?, To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition., A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather., An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland., A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach., A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach., An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud., The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof., To put boots on, esp. for riding., To punish by kicking with a booted foot., To boot one’s self; to put on one’s boots., Booty; spoil. |
| bord | noun | A board; a table., The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures., See Bourd. |
| bort | noun | Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work. |
| bosa | noun | A drink, used in the East. See Boza. |
| bosh | noun | Figure; outline; show., Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug., One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace., The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part., In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled. |
| bosk | noun | A thicket; a small wood. |
| boss | noun | Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood., A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus., A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations., A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder., The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another., A swage or die used for shaping metals., A head or reservoir of water., To ornament with bosses; to stud., A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. |
| bote | noun | Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain., Payment of any kind., A privilege or allowance of necessaries. |
| both | adjective or pronoun | The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either., As well; not only; equally. |
| bots | noun pl. | The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. |
| boud | noun | A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc. |
| bouk | noun | The body., Bulk; volume. |
| boul | noun | A curved handle. |
| boun | adjective | Ready; prepared; destined; tending., To make or get ready. |
| bour | noun | A chamber or a cottage. |
| bout | noun | As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round., A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. |
| bowl | noun | A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc., Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking., The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold., The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon., A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled., An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward., The game of tenpins or bowling., To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball., To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road., To pelt or strike with anything rolled., To play with bowls., To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc., To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along. |
| boza | noun | An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. |