kerye

Phonetic: "/waɪə(ɹ)/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

Definition: A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

Definition: A metal conductor that carries electricity.

Definition: A fence made of usually barbed wire.

Definition: A finish line of a racetrack.

Definition: A telecommunication wire or cable

Definition: (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.

Definition: A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

Definition: A deadline or critical endpoint.

Example: This election is going to go right to the wire

Definition: A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

Definition: (usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.

Example: to pull the wires for office

Definition: (thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.

Definition: A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.

Definition: A knitting needle.

Definition: The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.

Phonetic: "/waɪə(ɹ)/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

Example: We need to wire that hole in the fence.

Definition: To string on a wire.

Example: wire beads

Definition: To equip with wires for use with electricity.

Example: Do you know how to wire a plug?

Definition: To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

Example: I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

Definition: (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.

Example: There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.

Definition: To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

Example: The detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.

Definition: To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.

Example: Coffee late at night wires me good and proper.

Definition: To install eavesdropping equipment.

Example: We wired the suspect's house.

Definition: To snare by means of a wire or wires.

Definition: To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Phonetic: "/ɹəʊp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

Example: Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.

Definition: An individual length of such material.

Example: The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.

Definition: A cohesive strand of something.

Example: The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.

Definition: A continuous stream.

Definition: A hard line drive.

Example: He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

Definition: A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

Definition: A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

Definition: A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

Definition: (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

Definition: Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

Definition: A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

Definition: Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Definition: A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

Definition: (in the plural) The small intestines.

Example: the ropes of birds

Phonetic: "/ɹəʊp/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To tie (something) with rope.

Example: The robber roped the victims.

Definition: To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).

Example: The cowboy roped the calf.

Definition: To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

Definition: To commit suicide.

Example: My life is a mess; I might as well rope.

Phonetic: "/klɪps/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

Example: Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.

Definition: An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.

Example: He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.

Definition: An embrace.

Definition: A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

Definition: A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.

Definition: A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Phonetic: "/klɪps/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To grip tightly.

Definition: To fasten with a clip.

Example: Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

Definition: To hug, embrace.

Definition: To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Phonetic: "/klɪps/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

Definition: An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

Example: I went into the salon to get a clip.

Definition: The condition of something, its state.

Example: Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!

Definition: A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

Example: Give him a clip round the ear!

Phonetic: "/klɪps/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

Example: Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.

Definition: To curtail; to cut short.

Definition: To strike with the hand.

Example: I'll clip ye round the lugs!

Definition: To hit or strike, especially in passing.

Example: The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.

Definition: An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.

Definition: To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

Definition: To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

Definition: (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

Example: Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.

Definition: To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

Definition: To grab or take stealthily