(veterinary medicine) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
A distance travelled; displacement.
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Obsolete spelling of throe
One's ability to throw.
The act of throwing something.
The flight of a thrown object.
verb
(American football) Synonym of pass
(baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
(figuratively) To send desperately.
(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
(sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
(transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
(transitive) To imprison.
(transitive) To install (a bridge).
(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
(transitive) To project or send forth.
(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
(transitive, bridge) To discard.
(transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
(transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
(transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
(transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
(transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
(transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
(transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
To organize an event, especially a party.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
whore
whore
noun
(derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
(vulgar, derogatory) A contemptible person.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
(vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
(intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
(transitive, slang, video games, vulgar, derogatory) To overuse something.
(transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
(transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.
whorl
whorl
noun
(anatomy) Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
(zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
verb
(intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.
whort
whort
noun
(botany) The whortleberry, or bilberry.
whory
worth
worth
adj
(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worthwhile.
Deserving of.
Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
noun
(countable) Value.
(uncountable) An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
