Bishop sleeve () A wide sleeve, once worn by women. |
Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky |
Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. |
Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. |
Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat. |
Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building |
Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. |
Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force |
Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. |
Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction |
Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. |
Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high. |
Block (v. t.) A blockhead |
Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. |
Block (n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress |
Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks |
Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block |
Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Block tin () See under Tin. |
Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise. |
Driving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drive |
Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one |
Drive (v. t.) To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them |
Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward |
Drive (v. t.) To carry or |
Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained. |
Drive (v. t.) To dig Horizontally |
Drive (v. t.) To pass away |
Drive (v. i.) To rush and press with violence |
Drive (v. i.) To be forced along |
Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage |
Drive (v. i.) To press forward |
Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent. |
Drive (p. p.) Driven. |
Drive (n.) The act of driving |
Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving |
Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion |
Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. |
Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven |
Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives |
Driver (n.) The person who drives beasts or a carriage |
Driver (n.) An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. |
Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: |
Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive. |
Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. |
Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. |
Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff |
Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse |
Driving (a.) Communicating force |
Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along |
block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs, block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare |
drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
liner line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
drive ride | a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile), he took the family for a drive in his new car |
cattle drive | driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) |
drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland |
drop | the act of dropping something, they expected the drop would be successful |
blocking block | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
drop shot dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
backhand drive | a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
weight gaining | bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
eyedrop eye-drop | a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
fundaising campaign fundaising drive fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
hammer pound hammering pounding | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows), the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard, the pounding of feet on the hallway |
American bittern stake driver Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
army ant driver ant legionary ant | tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects |
air hammer jackhammer pneumatic hammer | a hammer driven by compressed air |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
auction block block | a platform from which an auctioneer sells, they put their paintings on the block |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
ball-peen hammer | a hammer with one round and one flat end, used in working metal |
block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides), the pyramids were built with large stone blocks |
block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units, there is a block of classrooms in the west wing |
blockage block closure occlusion stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
block and tackle | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable |
block diagram | a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) |
block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood |
bollock bullock block | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast |
bricklayer's hammer | a hammer used in laying bricks |
building block | a block of material used in construction work |
butcher board butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
carpenter's hammer claw hammer clawhammer | a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails |
CD drive | a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system |
CD-ROM drive | a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played' |
centerboard centreboard drop keel sliding keel | a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward |
chopping block | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
cinder block clinker block breeze block | a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate, cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain |
cube square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |