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(automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
n
(informal, especially in the expression take a back seat) A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others.
v
(nautical) To reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.
n
(obsolete) Rare spelling of backache. [Any pain or ache in the back.]
adj
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
n
(photography and cinematography) A shot taken from behind the subject.
n
(medicine) A type of cast that is non-circumferential, only covering the posterior aspect of a limb, in order to permit swelling.
n
(aeronautics) Synonym of backtrack
n
(figuratively) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
v
(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
n
(humorous) Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible.
v
(transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.
n
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
n
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
v
to block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
n
(figuratively) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
v
(transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
v
To trap or immobilize something, usually a vehicle, by placing obstacles, usually other vehicles, around it to obstruct its free movement.
v
(automotive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind.
v
(transitive) To block by masonry, particularly using bricks.
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(by extension) any process in which something is passed along a chain.
n
An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
n
(colloquial, regional US) Synonym of rolling stop
v
To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.
v
(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
n
(surveying) One who uses a chain or measuring tape.
n
(often attributive) A check valve with override control to stop the flow regardless of its direction or pressure.
n
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
n
A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
v
(frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones.
v
Alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it [(idiomatic) To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.]
v
(transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
n
A complete rotation of anything.
n
(military) The areas between a weapon and its target in which the trajectory is not greater than the typical height of a human (about 1.8 meters)
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(countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
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(transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
n
Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.
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Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
n
A doorstop: a device for halting the motion of a door.
n
(military) pincer attack
n
The power, initiator or enthusiast behind an accomplishment. The driving force.
n
An emergency stop control on machinery.
n
A path used by someone to escape from a dangerous place.
adj
Designed to shut off for safety if an emergency occurs.
v
(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
v
(transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
n
The act by which something is forded.
v
(transitive, biochemistry) To open a closed ion channel.
v
(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
v
(paired with a number) A command to do a given number of repetitions of an exercise (usually push-ups).
adj
(of traffic) Stationary in a gridlock
n
A mechanical device that limits the travel of a mechanism.
v
Alternative spelling of hot-wire [(slang) To start an automobile engine by bypassing the ignition key wiring]
v
(transitive) To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.
n
A mechanical component inserted into another.
n
A tract of land enclosed.
n
(obsolete) In Anglo-Saxon times, a contribution of wax payable to the church three times yearly; light-scot.
v
(transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
adj
(construction, civil engineering) Able to support a load.
n
(computing theory) The undesirable situation where multiple threads of equal priority contend repeatedly for the same lock.
n
Someone who is in charge of a canal lock.
n
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) Any of a variety of devices that rely on magnetic slip rings to drive a transmitter and receiver that rotate in unison.
n
Alternative form of off-slip [(Britain) A slip road by which traffic leaves a major road such as a motorway.]
adj
Providing or establishing an open door.
n
(travel, aviation) A fare construction where the destination is not the same as the origin point for the return, or where the origin differs from the return destination.
n
An obstacle in obstacle-course racing composed of multiple bars, with bars set at various heights, where the competitor must pass over high bars and pass under low bars.
adj
by or across land, especially of travel
v
(transitive) To place on a pallet or pallets.
v
To park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.
n
A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
n
(US, transport) The act of an automobile driver to immediately turn left on the onset of a green light, regardless of the driver's right of way.
n
(military) The defence of a single object or a limited area, such as a ship or a building.
v
(transitive) To convey on poles.
n
Alternative form of rear end [The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car.]
n
The reduction of the effective width or number of lanes of a road, allowing improvements such as wider footpaths, cycle or breakdown lanes, etc.
v
To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
adj
(rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
v
(transitive) To require workers to remain in (particular types of work), as during wartime.
v
To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
v
(transitive) To put (something) in a sack.
n
Alternative spelling of showstopper [A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.]
n
Alternative spelling of showstopper [A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.]
n
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
n
An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
n
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
n
(informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
n
The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.
v
(transitive) To load or secure something using a spring tension or compression mechanism.
v
To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
n
(US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
n
(engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
n
Synonym of stop loss order
n
(countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.
n
(often attributive) Synonym of checkstop (“type of valve”)
n
Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.
adj
(attributive) stringbacks
n
(television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
n
(UK) A route with alternate sharp ascents and descents.
adj
(informal) In the nature of a switchback.
v
to get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker)
adj
Alternative form of toploading [Loaded by inserting items at the top.]
v
(obsolete, transitive) To soar into.
n
The pulling power of an engine or animal.
n
A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.
n
A flight beyond or across.
n
A place where a vehicle can turn and face in the opposite direction.
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(motor racing) A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.
n
A mechanical device for rotating goods into another orientation.
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