Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ace
acse
aesc
aesc
noun
Alternative form of æsc
case
case
adj
(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin).
(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
(grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
(grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
(law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
(now rare) A given condition or state.
(printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
A box, sheath, or covering generally.
A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
A suitcase.
A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
An enclosing frame or casing.
The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
verb
(obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases
(transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
(transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
(transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
ecsa
esac
esca
esca
noun
(historical) A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
(historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
(ichthyology) The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
(phytopathology) A fungal disease afflicting grapes.