Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of act is as below...

Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

Abstention :: Abstention (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Pirate :: Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

Coarsen :: Coarsen (v. t.) To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Coin :: Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense..

Heathenry :: Heathenry (n.) The state, quality, or character of the heathen..

Homodromous :: Homodromous (a.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Cycling :: Cycling (n.) The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle..

Pedestrianize :: Pedestrianize (v. i.) To practice walking; to travel on foot.

Torula :: Torula (n.) A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.

Inert :: Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

Mutinous :: Mutinous (a.) Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.

Blackmailing :: Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation..

Refracting :: Refracting (a.) Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium..

Random Fonts

Most Popular