command
(əˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an order in prescribed words, as one given in a loud voice to troops at close-order drill:
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about-face
(əˈbaʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in close-order drill) a 180° turn from the position of attention.
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guard
(ɑrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.
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stop
(ɒp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to close (a fingerhole) in order to produce a particular note from a wind instrument.
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rank
(æŋk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a line of persons, esp. soldiers, standing abreast in close-order formation
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order arms
(ˈɔr dər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in close-order drill) a position in which the rifle is held at the right side, with its butt on the ground.
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crowd
Webster Dictionary
a number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng
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furl
Webster Dictionary
to draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten
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caulk
(ɔk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to fill or close seams or crevices of (a window, ship's hull, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
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scatter
Webster Dictionary
to cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse
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gravity-assist
(gravity-assist)
Princeton's WordNet
(spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
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munchausen syndrome by proxy
(ʊŋk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor's attention to herself or himself.
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trilobite
Webster Dictionary
any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment
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squat
Webster Dictionary
to sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit
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close
Webster Dictionary
to stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door
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close
Webster Dictionary
to bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction
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snuggle
Webster Dictionary
to move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle
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tight
Webster Dictionary
fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment
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seal
Webster Dictionary
hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret
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close-fights
Webster Dictionary
barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters
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fast-handed
Webster Dictionary
close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious
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close
Webster Dictionary
narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters
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garter
Webster Dictionary
the distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself
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photo finish
(photo finish)
Princeton's WordNet
in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
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connivent
Webster Dictionary
brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc
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toe-to-toe
(toe-to-toe)
Princeton's WordNet
in close combat or at close quarters
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composite
Webster Dictionary
belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital
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pack
Webster Dictionary
to make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish
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hand-to-hand
(ˈhændˌstænd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
close to one's adversary; at close quarters:
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tuscan
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital
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