Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. |
Board (n.) A table to put food upon. |
Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food |
Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private |
Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board |
Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc. |
Board (n.) The stage in a theater |
Board (n.) The border or side of anything. |
Board (n.) The side of a ship. |
Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. |
Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding |
Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. |
Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car. |
Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation |
Board (n.) To place at board, for compensation |
Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation |
Board (v. t.) To approach |
Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board. |
Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments. |
Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice. |
Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. |
Study (v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject |
Study (v. i.) Mental occupation |
Study (v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied |
Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. |
Study (v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker |
Study (v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude. |
Study (n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject |
Study (n.) To apply the mind to books or learning. |
Study (n.) To endeavor diligently |
Study (v. t.) To apply the mind to |
Study (v. t.) To consider attentively |
Study (v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought |
Study (v. t.) To make an object of study |
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 | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
shovel board shove-halfpenny shove-ha'penny | a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
survey study | a detailed critical inspection |
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 |
case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
course course of study course of instruction class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings, he took a course in basket weaving, flirting is not unknown in college classes |
directed study | a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject, he registered for directed study, he got credit for directed study, he did directed study |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
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 |
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 |
backgammon board | the board on which backgammon is played |
baffle baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
baseboard mopboard skirting board | a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor |
beaver board | a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp |
big board | the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange |
board | a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose, he nailed boards across the windows |
board gameboard | a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games, he got out the board and set up the pieces |
board rule | a measure used in computing board feet |
breadboard bread board | a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
bulletin board notice board | a board that hangs on a wall, displays announcements |
bulletin board system bulletin board electronic bulletin board bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
butcher board butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
checkerboard checker board | a board having squares of two alternating colors |
chessboard chess board | a checkerboard used to play chess |
chopping board cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
control panel instrument panel control board board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
cornice valance valance board pelmet | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
CPU board mother board | the main circuit board for a computer |
cribbage board | a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs, used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage |
dartboard dart board | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
dining table board | a table at which meals are served, he helped her clear the dining table, a feast was spread upon the board |
display panel display board board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
diving board | a springboard from which swimmers can dive |
drafting board drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drainboard draining board | a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink |
fallboard fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
fiberboard fibreboard particle board | wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets |
floorboard floor board | a board in the floor |