mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
crush crunch compaction | the act of crushing |
fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
friction detrition rubbing | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure |
cone clutch cone friction clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped |
friction clutch | a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them |
friction tape insulating tape | a wateresistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors |
match lucifer friction match | lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical, ignites with friction, he always carries matches to light his pipe, as long you've a lucifer to light your fag |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
demerit fault | the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection, they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel, he knew his own faults much better than she did |
tectonics plate tectonics plate tectonic theory | the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust |
crustal movement tectonic movement | movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust |
breath of fresh air | a welcome relief, the new management was like a breath of fresh air |
fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.), it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it |
puppy love calf love crush infatuation | temporary love of an adolescent |
fresh food fresh foods | food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking |
fresh bean | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried |
fruit juice fruit crush | drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit |
crush jam press | a dense crowd of people |
fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
Denali Fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other |
normal fault gravity fault common fault | an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
San Andreas Fault | a major geological fault in California, runs from San Diego to San Francisco, the source of serious earthquakes |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
cannon fodder fodder fresh fish | soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire |
fresh breeze | wind moving - knots, on the Beaufort scale |
friction rubbing | the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another |
grip traction adhesive friction | the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) |
fresh gale | wind moving - knots, on the Beaufort scale |
no fault insurance no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
coefficient of friction | the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface |
clash friction | a state of conflict between persons |
defect fault flaw | an imperfection in an object or machine, a flaw caused the crystal to shatter, if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer |
fresh start clean slate tabula rasa | an opportunity to start over without prejudice |
breccia | a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand |
crushed leather crush | leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |
fresh water freshwater | water that is not salty |
crush | break into small pieces, The car crushed the toy |
stub out crush out extinguish press out | extinguish by crushing, stub out your cigar |
crush | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure, The plastic bottle crushed against the wall |
blame fault | put or pin the blame on |
blame find fault a pick | harass with constant criticism, Don't always pick on your little brother |
beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict, Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship, We beat the competition, Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game |
break down crush | make ineffective, Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination |
jam crush | crush or bruise, jam a toe |