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noun
- a point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; equal to the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
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verb (compensat, ing)
- To pay someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- It is hard work, but they will you well for it.
- To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill.
- He tries to use a loud voice to for a lack of personality.
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noun
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Joe and Amy make a nice .
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together (see Usage notes).
- They look like a of idiots!
- A small number of (see Usage notes) Informal.
- Let me have a of slices of pepperoni.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- (physics) Two rotations, movements, etc., that are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axis, axes.
verb (coupl, ing)
- (transitive) To join two things together.
- Now the conductor will the train cars.
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noun
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
- (context, publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- (context, materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- (context, informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person
- (context, informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
- Stop following me, you !
verb (creeps, creeping, crept or creeped, crept, creeped, or archaic cropen)
- (transitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
- (transitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- (transitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- He tried to past the guard without being seen.
- (transitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- Prices have been creeping up all year.
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