A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit
An amusing person.
A lookout; vigilant watch for something.
A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
A formal specification of a mathematical structure or a data type described in terms of a graph and diagrams (and cones (and cocones)) on it. It can be implemented by means of “models”, which are functors which are graph homomorphisms from the formal specification to categories such that the diagrams become commutative, the cones become limiting (i.e., products), the cocones become colimiting (i.e., sums).
A person who works undercover.
The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.
(chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
if a plant comes up, it starts to appear above the ground
if a problem comes up, it happens and needs to be dealt with immediately
if food that you have eaten comes up, your stomach forces it out through your mouth
if information about something comes up on something such as a computer screen, it appears there
if something such as a job comes up, it becomes available
if the sun, moon, or stars come up, they start to appear in the sky
if your ticket or name comes up in a lottery or similar game, it is chosen as a winner
to be about to happen soon
to be judged in a court of law
to be mentioned and need to be considered
to be tall, deep, or long enough to reach a particular higher point or level
to become richer, more powerful, or more successful than before
to move towards someone, usually because you want to talk to them
to travel to a place that is further north or is larger or more important than the place you are leaving
used for saying that you will bring what someone has asked for very soon
To develop in detail or complexity
(sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail
get so emotional that you lose control
to leave a place, situation, or person
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
An instance of defecation.
Rubbish; worthless matter.
Stuff, things.
(definite) (the shit) The best of its kind.
Nonsense; bullshit.
A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
(in negations) Anything.
A problem or difficult situation.
A strong rebuke.
Any recreational drug, usually cannabis.
Of poor quality; worthless.
Nasty; despicable.
(archaic or nonstandard) worse.
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.




