Benting time
() The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Spread
(imp. & p. p.) of Spread |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. t.) To extend so as to cover something |
Spread
(v. t.) To divulge |
Spread
(v. t.) To propagate |
Spread
(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia |
Spread
(v. t.) To strew |
Spread
(v. t.) To prepare |
Spread
(v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only |
Spread
(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating |
Spread
(v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news. |
Spread
(v. i.) To be propagated from one to another |
Spread
(n.) Extent |
Spread
(n.) Expansion of parts. |
Spread
(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed. |
Spread
(n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal |
Spread
(n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. |
Spread
(n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points. |
Spread
() imp. & p. p. of Spread, v. |
Spread-eagle
(a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style |
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. |
Transit
(n.) The act of passing |
Transit
(n.) The act or process of causing to pass |
Transit
(n.) A line or route of passage or conveyance |
Transit
(n.) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope. |
Transit
(n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary. |
Transit
(n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers |
Transit
(v. t.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body). |
| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
passage
transit | a journey usually by ship, the outward passage tookdays |
spread
spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
| spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line |
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 |
| 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 |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
declinometer
transit declinometer | an instrument for measuring magnetic declination |
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 |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
| public transit | a public transportation system for moving passengers |
ranch
spread cattle ranch
cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
rapid transit
mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
theodolite
transit | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
| 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 |
| transit instrument | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
| transit line | a line providing public transit |
transportation system
transportation
transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
gap
spread | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures, gap between income and outgo, the spread between lending and borrowing costs |
vintage
time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter
metre
time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
scatter
spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| spread | the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age), she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread |
| 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 |
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 |
spread
spread head
spreadhead
facing pages | two facing pages of a book or other publication |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
| pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
| time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
| time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
time signature
musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
| spread eagle | an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
good time
blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |