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noun
Meaning
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
- (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
- A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
- A babycino (frothy milk drink).
- A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
- The name of various animals.
- A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
- A mug.
- A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
- A prostitute's client.
- A gambler who increases a wager after losing.
- A kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.
- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Treasure.
- The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
- Race; lineage, pedigree.
- Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
- A tendency or disposition.
- Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
- The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
- A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
- An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
- A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
- The track of a deer.
- A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
- The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- A positive attribute.
- An armed force, a body of troops.
- A strong place; a stronghold.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- In a strict manner.
- In a limited manner; only
- In a narrow or limited sense.
- In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- A series of items or events.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- In a strong or powerful manner.
- Very much.
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