v
(transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
v
(transitive, rare) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
v
(transitive) To shear or shave all around; shear all over.
n
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
n
The seepage of ink from one side of a printed page to the other.
n
(cartography, printing) The situation produced when the image extends beyond the nominal margin.
v
(sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
v
Obsolete spelling of burnt
v
(idiomatic) To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.
n
An opaque fast-drying liquid used to cover a mistake written or typed on a piece of paper.
n
A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.
adj
Tapering to a blunt end.
n
careful cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.
n
One who, or that which, douses or extinguishes.
v
(intransitive, medicine, dated) To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
n
One who, or that which, drenches.
v
(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
n
A person or thing that eclipses.
v
(transitive, textiles) To pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.
v
(transitive, rare, chiefly literary) Render cold; chill.
v
Alternative spelling of ensheathe [(transitive) To cover with or as if with a sheath.]
v
To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
v
(transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.
v
(intransitive, slang) To attach oneself to something.
n
An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
v
(historical, transitive) To divide (a region, such as a shire or hundred) into hides.
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.
v
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
n
The act of making hollow.
v
(intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
v
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
v
(transitive) To cover with a film; to coat thinly.
v
(transitive) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
v
(intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
v
(transitive) To make smooth or polish.
v
(idiomatic) (of a person, particularly a woman) To give a new physical look to, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes.
n
(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
n
A quick clean or polish.
v
(figuratively) To hone (one's skills).
v
Obsolete form of prune. [(intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.]
n
One who, or that which, pulverizes.
adj
(of a surface) Having been smoothed through any process.
adj
Alternative spelling of see-through [transparent or translucent; that can be seen through]
v
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
n
The process or result of something being splintered.
v
Alternative form of spot-clean [To clean only those parts that are soiled, rather than cleaning the entire thing, area, etc.]
v
Obsolete form of strew. [(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.]
adj
(woodworking) Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
adj
Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
v
(transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
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(transitive, rare) To whet.
v
(informal, transitive) To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.
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