Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Operating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Operate |
Pull (v. t.) To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one |
Pull (v. t.) To draw apart |
Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one |
Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one |
Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning |
Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression |
Pull (v. t.) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. |
Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling |
Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force |
Pull (n.) A contest |
Pull (n.) A pluck |
Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled |
Pull (n.) The act of rowing |
Pull (n.) The act of drinking |
Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest |
Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. |
Relay (v. t.) To lay again |
Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages |
Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. |
Relay (n.) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. |
Relay (n.) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work. |
Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record |
Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time (n.) The duration of one's life |
Time (n.) A proper time |
Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. |
Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition |
Time (n.) The present life |
Time (n.) Tense. |
Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds |
Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for |
Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time |
Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of |
Time (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony. |
Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time |
Time (v. i.) To pass time |
Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time |
Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc. |
Time-table (n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains. |
Time-table (n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
pull pulling | the act of pulling, applying force to move something toward or with you, the pull up the hill had him breathing harder, his strenuous pulling strained his back |
relay | the act of passing something along from one person or group to another, the relay was successful |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
leg-pull leg-pulling | as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true |
pull | a sustained effort, it was a long pull but we made it |
pull-up chin-up | an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
puff drag pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke), he took a puff on his pipe, he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
booster booster amplifier booster station relay link relay station relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
operating microscope | binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery) |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
operating table | table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
pull | a device used for pulling something, he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer |
pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
pull-in pull-up | a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
pull-through | cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight, is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it |
relay electrical relay | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
pull clout | special advantage or influence, the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull |
operating capability performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
space-time space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
instruction manual instructions book of instructions operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
operating system OS | (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |