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(automotive) A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, with rubber that remains soft down to freezing weather, for good performance in three seasons and passable performance in winter
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Synonym of sheet bend, especially when hitching to a becket.
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(nautical, climbing, transitive, intransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
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(intransitive) To become bent or curved.
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A ridge, or similar formation, in the form of a keel.
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Alternative form of closed-cut valley [(roofing) a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline.]
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A winding, twisting motion.
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(US) A small ramp cut into a curb to allow wheelchairs, baby carriages, bicycles, etc. to more easily enter or leave a sidewalk.
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Alternative form of cushion tire [(cycling) A bicycle tire made of india-rubber tubing, with india-rubber stuffing.]
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(Canada, US) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.
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A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
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(countable) A tyre of the Dunlop brand.
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A small patch of a vehicle tyre that has been flattened by abrasion with the road surface, so that the tyre is no longer smoothly circular at that point; usually caused by the wheel locking under heavy braking.
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A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.
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(transitive, nautical) To entangle.
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(transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
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(archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
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a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath
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(Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
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To rise up and strike the beam; said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found lacking in weight, or of little importance.
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(aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
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A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
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(nautical) To wind marline around.
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A flap that hangs down behind a vehicle's wheel so that mud and other things kicked up by the wheel will hit the flap instead of a vehicle behind.
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The sliding weight on a steelyard.
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swinging like a pendulum, as of cargo being transported by crane
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Alternative spelling of plumb bob [A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.]
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A tire that has had new tread glued on.
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A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.
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A U-shaped pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another.
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(mechanics) The spring that returns a door handle or knob to its original position when rotated.
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(British spelling) The act of putting a new tyre on a vehicle wheel.
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(transitive) To form a rim on.
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A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
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(climbing) An overhanging rock wall.
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Alternative name for the zeppelin bend
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(automotive) Of a pneumatic tyre/tire: designed to resist the effects of deflation when punctured, and to allow the vehicle to continue to be driven (although usually at a reduced speed).
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Alternative form of run-flat [(automotive) Of a pneumatic tyre/tire: designed to resist the effects of deflation when punctured, and to allow the vehicle to continue to be driven (although usually at a reduced speed).]
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An S-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe, or in a road.
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(nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
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Having tires equipped.
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A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
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An upward curve at the edge of a plank.
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An extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.
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A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.
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(automotive) A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in wet and dry conditions, and will function in hot and cool weather, but does not maintain grip in cold or freezing conditions
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(American spelling, Canadian spelling) The rubber covering on a wheel; a tyre.
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(Canada, US) the edge of a tire that sits in a groove in the rim.
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(US, Canada) the pressure of the air in a vehicle tire
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(US, automotive) A numerical measure of how long the tread of a tire can be expected to last.
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(in combination) Having some specific type of trunk.
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The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of tire chain. [(Canada, US) snow chain.]
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(Australia, Britain, Ireland, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of tire gauge [(US, Canada) A device used to measure the pressure of vehicle tires.]
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A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe.
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something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
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(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
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(UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
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(transitive, Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
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(automotive) A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions (tread life is poor in warm and hot conditions)
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(nautical) To bend or strain out of its position.
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(transitive) To make something into a wye shape.
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A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
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A wire bend consisting of two consecutive 90° bends resembling the letter "Z".
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