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noun
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
The town was surrounded by a moat.
- Each of the permanent, substantial structures acting as the sides or divisions in a building.
We're adding another in this room during the remodeling.
A of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
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(context, anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
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(football) Defending players who form a line to block a clear shooting chance from the attacking team's free kick.
- To enclose with a wall
He walled the study with books.
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(italbrac, with "in") To enclose by surrounding with walls.
They had walled in the garden
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(italbrac, with "off") To separate with a wall
The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
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(italbrac, with "up") To seal with a wall
They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
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| walleye |
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noun
- one or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
- an unusually pale eye
- a variety of gamefish native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes
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| war |
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noun (wikipedia, mul=war (card game))
- A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
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(context, rhetorical) A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.
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(context, by analogy, uncountable) A particular card game for two players.
verb (war, r, ed)
- To engage in conflict with a foe.
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His emotions with his intellect, making him conflicted.
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| war crime |
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noun
- a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.
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| warfare |
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noun (uncountable)
- The wage, waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
- Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare
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| war game |
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noun
- (Military) A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
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| warhead |
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noun
- The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
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| warplane |
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noun
- A plane designed for combat.
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| warrant |
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noun
- authorization, Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
- Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
He almost gives his failings as a for his greatness (Garry Wills).
- An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
- A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
- A warrant officer.
- A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
- Justification for an action or a belief; grounds; to guarantee.
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Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.
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That tree is going to fall, I'll .
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| warrant officer |
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noun
- A member of a military organization having a rank between that of a commissioned and non-commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer
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| warrior |
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noun
- A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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| warship |
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noun
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(military) Any ship built or armed for naval combat
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| wasp |
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noun (plural: wasps)
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee
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| wedge |
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noun
- One of the simple machines; A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering (w:Wedge (mechanical device), Wikipedia article).
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(context, colloquial, UK) A quantity of money.
I made a big fat from that job.
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(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
- A group of goose, geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation.
- To support or secure using a wedge.
I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
- To force into a narrow gap.
He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
- To work wet clay by cutting or knead, kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
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A part-time soldier, or reservist
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(Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called "weekend warriors" or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon.)
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(idiom) A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.
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(The most common foot related injury I see for the is heel pain)
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noun
- An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- 1952: A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 173.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
- A period of time when something is available.
- launch window
- window of opportunity
- A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.
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| wing |
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noun
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
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(context, slang) Human arm.
- Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- Part of a building, an extension from the main building
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Part of a huge room. (rfv-sense, Is this right? Could not find any proof. Hekaheka Jul 4, 2007)
- A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- A military air unit, smaller than a division but larger than a group or squadron.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
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(context, nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
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(context, hockey, football, icehockey) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
verb
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(transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
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(intransitive) To fly.
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(intransitive) wing it: To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise.
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noun- A rank in the Royal Air Force (and other Commonwealth air forces) above Squadron Leader and below Group Captain.
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