n
A machine for refilling an excavation.
v
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
v
To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
adj
(engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To be in a position preventing fluid from flowing.
v
(transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
v
(transitive) To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
n
The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
v
(transitive) To fit with earplugs.
v
(transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
n
A person who operates such a machine.
adj
(military) In nuclear weapons strategy: encouraging deterrence by guaranteeing an immediate, automatic, and overwhelming response to an attack, even if the command-and-control infrastructure has been damaged by the enemy's first strike.
v
(intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
v
(transitive, electricity, of a circuit) To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
v
(transitive, military, professional usage) To equip with a fuze.
n
A press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.
v
(transitive, archaic) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
v
(transitive) To hammer or press (usually onto a coin)
v
(transitive) To stop; close; shut; make fast.
v
(transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
n
The act or operation of levigating.
n
(idiomatic, politics) A governmental policy of encouraging immigration or of permitting increased access by foreigners for purposes of tourism, trade, investment, etc.
n
A gap permitting passage through.
n
A seal at the top of something, to close it.
v
(transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
v
(construction) To use a piledriver on.
v
(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
v
(transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
n
Anything that plugs into something.
n
Alternative spelling of plug-in [Anything that plugs into something.]
v
(intransitive) To work as a plumber.
v
(transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
n
Any mechanical device used to position something
n
Obsolete form of press. [An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.]
n
A person or device that presses or squeezes.
v
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To excite a person or group to a frenzy.
n
The act by which something is ratcheted.
v
To modify (a lock or its cylinder) to change which keys will open it.
v
(civil engineering, chiefly India) To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
v
To make (a casting) by pouring metal in a sand mold.
v
(transitive) To place in a sealed container.
n
A person who is employed to seal things.
n
The practice of dumping excavated material alongside the line being excavated.
v
To put something where it belongs.
v
(transitive) To put something into a slot.
v
To place or fit in a socket.
n
(electronics) The material of such a mask.
n
(figuratively) Someone who is a driving force in new endeavours.
v
(informal, of a railway) To provide electrification.
n
Alternative spelling of spark gap [A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated.]
v
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
v
(transitive, metalworking) To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
v
(etching) To use an acid-resistant liquid (stopout) to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
v
To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
n
(etching) An acid-resistant liquid used to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
adj
(of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
v
To close a container by using a stopper.
v
(transitive) To plug; to stop up.
v
To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
v
(transitive) To put into tuns, or casks.
n
(moldmaking) A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
v
(transitive) To fill or block up with wedges.
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