Definitions containing æolian action
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| follow-up | follow-up an action to check or complete a previous action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| give | give used before some nouns of action to say that the action is done — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| by-play | by-play Action carried on aside, commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present. — Wiktionary |
| Reaction | Reaction any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action — Webster Dictionary |
| play | play a particular action in a sport, or the action of playing a particular game — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| preparedness | readiness, preparedness, preparation the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| readiness | readiness, preparedness, preparation the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| abomination | abomination an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence — Princeton's WordNet |
| preparation | readiness, preparedness, preparation the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| motivation | motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior — Princeton's WordNet |
| need | motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior — Princeton's WordNet |
| motive | motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior — Princeton's WordNet |
| aorist | aorist a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation — Princeton's WordNet |
| interposition | interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts — Princeton's WordNet |
| interpolation | interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts — Princeton's WordNet |
| interjection | interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts — Princeton's WordNet |
| replay | replay, instant replay, action replay the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape — Princeton's WordNet |
| counteraction | neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action — Princeton's WordNet |
| interpellation | interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts — Princeton's WordNet |
| permit | let, allow, permit make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen — Princeton's WordNet |
| neutralization | neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action — Princeton's WordNet |
| let | let, allow, permit make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen — Princeton's WordNet |
| neutralisation | neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action — Princeton's WordNet |
| allow | let, allow, permit make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen — Princeton's WordNet |
| push | push, bear on press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action — Princeton's WordNet |
| bear on | push, bear on press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action — Princeton's WordNet |
| action replay | replay, instant replay, action replay the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape — Princeton's WordNet |
| actional | actional Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action — Wiktionary |
| monkey humping a football | monkey humping a football Energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action. — Wiktionary |
| sue | sue To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action. — Wiktionary |
| -ade | -ade Used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action — Wiktionary |
| hostility | hostility A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition. — Wiktionary |
| counteraction | counteraction Any action in opposition to a previous action. — Wiktionary |
| byplay | byplay Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action. — Wiktionary |
| alienation | alienation the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly — Princeton's WordNet |
| theater | theater A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. — Wiktionary |
| replevin | replevin an action to recover personal property unlawfully taken; the writ or procedure of such action — Wiktionary |
| gist | gist The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action. — Wiktionary |
| maintenance | maintenance, criminal maintenance the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community — Princeton's WordNet |
| fact | fact Action; the realm of action. — Wiktionary |
| dilatory plea | dilatory plea a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer) — Princeton's WordNet |
| clock | clock, time measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time — Princeton's WordNet |
| time | clock, time measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time — Princeton's WordNet |
| Action | Action a right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim — Webster Dictionary |
| phenoxymethyl penicillin | penicillin V, phenoxymethyl penicillin a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids — Princeton's WordNet |
| penicillin v | penicillin V, phenoxymethyl penicillin a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids — Princeton's WordNet |
| cartooney | cartooney An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action. — Wiktionary |
| actionable | actionable Capable of being articulated as an action item or a set of action items. — Wiktionary |
| two wrongs dont make a right | two wrongs dont make a right A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action. — Wiktionary |
| Underaction | Underaction subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode — Webster Dictionary |
| deterrence | deterrence Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action — Wiktionary |
| Byplay | Byplay action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds — Webster Dictionary |
| imperfect tense | imperfect tense A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action. — Wiktionary |
| physiological | physiological Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action. — Wiktionary |
| idempotence | idempotence A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome u2013 being idempotent. — Wiktionary |
| Retroaction | Retroaction action returned, or action backward — Webster Dictionary |
| nuisance fee | nuisance fee A nominal fee, fine or penalty charged to deter an action (rather than to compensate for the costs of that action). — Wiktionary |
| public policy | public policy The set of policies (laws, plans, actions, behaviors) of a government; plans and methods of action that govern that society; a system of laws, courses of action, and priorities directing a government action. — Wiktionary |
| Action | Action an engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action — Webster Dictionary |
| cui bono | cui bono The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely he who stands to gain from the action. — Wiktionary |
| get into trouble | get into trouble To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action. — Wiktionary |
| dramatic structure | dramatic structure The sequence a 5-act play follows including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe. credit Gustav Freytag 1863 — Wiktionary |
| side effect | side effect An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action. — Wiktionary |
| mind-body | mind-body Describing the physical action of the mind on the body, especially the mode in which a thought can cause an action — Wiktionary |
| waiting game | waiting game A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor. — Wiktionary |
| word | word The fact or action of speaking, as opposed to writing or to action. — Wiktionary |
| concretion | concretion The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action. — Wiktionary |
| countermeasure | countermeasure an action taken to offset another action — Princeton's WordNet |
| preliminary injunction | preliminary injunction : a court order prohibiting a party to litigation from carrying on a course of action until a trial has determined whether the course of action is proper. — Wiktionary |
| conciliation | conciliation The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife. — Wiktionary |
| Enigma | Enigma an action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma — Webster Dictionary |
| agency | agency The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. — Wiktionary |
| stigmergy | stigmergy A mechanism of spontaneous, indirect coordination between agents or actions, where the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a subsequent action. — Wiktionary |
| iterate | iterate to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set or on the results of each such prior action — Wiktionary |
| back projection | back projection A cinematic technique in which live action is filmed in front of a screen on which the background action is projected. — Wiktionary |
| potentiation | potentiation The action of a substance, at a dose that does not itself have an adverse action, in enhancing the effect of another substance — Wiktionary |
| hold with the hare and run with the hounds | hold with the hare and run with the hounds To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite. — Wiktionary |
| put up ones dukes | put up ones dukes To take firm action or to show oneself to be committed to such action, as when competing in a sporting event or other contest. — Wiktionary |
| synergy | synergy Combined action; the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy. — Wiktionary |
| active | active Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal. — Wiktionary |
| Play | Play to bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks — Webster Dictionary |
| AAR | AAR After-action report; after-action review. — Wiktionary |
| massage | massage The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches. — Wiktionary |
| consequentialism | consequentialism The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence. — Wiktionary |
| Mediation | Mediation the act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention — Webster Dictionary |
| performance | performance The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. — Wiktionary |
| abuse of process | abuse of process A cause of action in tort arising from one party making a malicious and deliberate misuse or perversion of regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) not justified by the underlying legal action. — Wiktionary |
| Plaint | Plaint a private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing — Webster Dictionary |
| scene | scene An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. — Wiktionary |
| Provoke | Provoke to call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate — Webster Dictionary |
| standing | standing The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates. — Wiktionary |
| action stations | action stations The positions or activity assumed by the crew of a warship immediately in advance of combat or other hostile action; also, the signal given to indicate such imminent action. — Wiktionary |
| Prompt | Prompt to assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite — Webster Dictionary |
| Agency | Agency the faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality — Webster Dictionary |
| -ence | -ence a noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance — Webster Dictionary |
| Cause | Cause a suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action — Webster Dictionary |
| Associate | Associate to unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body — Webster Dictionary |
| Verb | Verb a word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action — Webster Dictionary |
| Active | Active given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal — Webster Dictionary |
| act | act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| move | act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| past iterative | past iterative A tense in the Lithuanian language that indicates complete iterative action in the past, similar to the English used to but with the possibility of the action still continuing in the present. — Wiktionary |
| Work | Work to set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine — Webster Dictionary |
| Scene | Scene an exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display — Webster Dictionary |
| Impulse | Impulse the action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body — Webster Dictionary |
| Embarrass | Embarrass to hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator — Webster Dictionary |
| Rest | Rest to cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion — Webster Dictionary |
| Coordinate | Coordinate to give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements — Webster Dictionary |
| Stagnation | Stagnation the cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business — Webster Dictionary |
| Reaction | Reaction an action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock — Webster Dictionary |
| Performance | Performance the act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty — Webster Dictionary |
| declaration | declaration In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiffu2019s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued. — Wiktionary |
| Actuate | Actuate to put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons — Webster Dictionary |
| make a virtue of necessity | make a virtue of necessity To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits. — Wiktionary |
| Excitement | Excitement the act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people — Webster Dictionary |
| Excito-secretory | Excito-secretory exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action — Webster Dictionary |
| Reflection | Reflection the transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex — Webster Dictionary |
| Figure | Figure a person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative — Webster Dictionary |
| Multiplier | Multiplier an instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier — Webster Dictionary |
| -ion | -ion an action or process, or the result of an action or process — Wiktionary |
| Do | Do to perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can — Webster Dictionary |
| object | object The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. — Wiktionary |
| offense | offense an illegal action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| exercise | exercise a repeated physical action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| Discontinuance | Discontinuance the termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action — Webster Dictionary |
| Matter | Matter that with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme — Webster Dictionary |
| Exercise | Exercise to set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy — Webster Dictionary |
| act | act an action by sb — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| thing | thing a situation, action, or event — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| concrete verb | concrete verb Concrete verb refers to a verbal aspect in verbs of motion that is unidirectional (as opposed to multidirectional), a definitely directed motion, or a single, completed action (instead of a repeated action or series of actions). Concrete verbs may be either imperfective or perfective. — Wiktionary |
| Tort | Tort any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury — Webster Dictionary |
| quiescence | quiescence The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state. — Wiktionary |
| Medium | Medium a substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted — Webster Dictionary |
| Preclude | Preclude to shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation — Webster Dictionary |
| insult | insult an offensive remark or action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| arrest | arrest the action of arresting sb — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| assumption | assumption the action of taking responsibility — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| up | up being considered for a particular action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| grasp | grasp the action of holding tightly — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| burst | burst a sudden action, emotion or activity — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| recommendation | recommendation a suggestion to take a particular action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| Scope | Scope room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action — Webster Dictionary |
| provoke | provoke to cause a particular feeling or action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| rotation | rotation the action of rotating in a circle — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| reaction | reaction an action done in opposition to — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| move | move an action intended to achieve sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| to | to indicates the aim of an action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| court | court to start legal action against sb — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| approach | approach the action of offering or proposing — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| step | step an action designed to achieve sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| stunt | stunt an action done to attract attention — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| bounce | bounce the action of springing off a surface — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| Pluperfect | Pluperfect more than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event — Webster Dictionary |
| Restraint | Restraint the act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental — Webster Dictionary |
| verb | verb a word that expresses an action or state — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| merit | merit (of an action) to be worth doing — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| trick | trick an action in which you perform magic — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| incite | incite to provoke an emotion or violent action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| sin | sin an action considered to be morally wrong — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| gesture | gesture an action done to show your feelings — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| compelling | compelling strong enough to result in an action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| cue | cue an action or remark that signals sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| do | do to perform an action, activity, or task — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| delivery | delivery the action or process of delivering sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| past imperfect tense | past imperfect tense A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past) — Wiktionary |
| turn | turn the action of turning sth around a central point — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| signal | signal an action, sound, etc. that sends people a message — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| challenge | challenge an action showing you do not accept sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| mechanical | mechanical (of an action) automatic and done without thought — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| thing | thing an action — Princeton's WordNet |
| Actinism | Actinism the chemical action of sunlight. — The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
| scene | scene The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. — Wiktionary |
| to | to indicates the person or thing affected by an action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| slow motion | slow motion when a film is run so that action slows down — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| cue | cue an actor's action or remark that signals other actors — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| exercise | exercise an action practicing or testing a way of doing sth — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| meaning | meaning (of a word) the object, action, idea, etc. it represents — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| scene | scene The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes. — Wiktionary |
| signal | signal any incitement to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| change of shape | change of shape an action that changes the shape of something — Princeton's WordNet |
| innervate | innervate stimulate to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| change | change the action of changing something — Princeton's WordNet |
| move | be active, move be in a state of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| inhibitory | inhibitory, repressive, repressing restrictive of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| succession | succession, sequence the action of following in order — Princeton's WordNet |
| motive | motivative(a), motive(a), motivating impelling to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| fetch | fetch the action of fetching — Princeton's WordNet |
| motivating | motivative(a), motive(a), motivating impelling to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| enfolding | involution, enfolding the action of enfolding something — Princeton's WordNet |
| sequence | succession, sequence the action of following in order — Princeton's WordNet |
| pressing | pressing, urgent compelling immediate action — Princeton's WordNet |
| motivative | motivative(a), motive(a), motivating impelling to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| strike out | strike out set out on a course of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| be active | be active, move be in a state of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| indication | indication something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary — Princeton's WordNet |
| mop up | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up a concluding action — Princeton's WordNet |
| startle | startle, galvanize, galvanise to stimulate to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| closing | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up a concluding action — Princeton's WordNet |
| course of action | course, course of action a mode of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| on the spot | on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a) at the scene of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| repressing | inhibitory, repressive, repressing restrictive of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| goose | goose prod into action — Princeton's WordNet |
| on-the-spot | on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a) at the scene of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| repressive | inhibitory, repressive, repressing restrictive of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| cry | cry demand immediate action — Princeton's WordNet |
| culmination | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up a concluding action — Princeton's WordNet |
| repress | repress block the action of — Princeton's WordNet |
| course | course, course of action a mode of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| dissuasive | dissuasive deterring from action — Princeton's WordNet |
| ready | ready poised for action — Princeton's WordNet |
| idle | idle not in action or at work — Princeton's WordNet |
| completion | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up a concluding action — Princeton's WordNet |
| contusion | contusion the action of bruising — Princeton's WordNet |
| galvanise | startle, galvanize, galvanise to stimulate to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| on-the-scene | on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a) at the scene of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| galvanize | startle, galvanize, galvanise to stimulate to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| deal | deal take action with respect to (someone or something) — Princeton's WordNet |
| windup | completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up a concluding action — Princeton's WordNet |
| accomplishment | accomplishment, achievement the action of accomplishing something — Princeton's WordNet |
| achievement | accomplishment, achievement the action of accomplishing something — Princeton's WordNet |
| urgent | pressing, urgent compelling immediate action — Princeton's WordNet |
| actuated | actuated moved to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| advice | advice a proposal for an appropriate course of action — Princeton's WordNet |
| aroused | aroused aroused to action — Princeton's WordNet |
| lead | lead cause to undertake a certain action — Princeton's WordNet |
| interpenetration | interpenetration the action of penetrating between or among — Princeton's WordNet |
| involution | involution, enfolding the action of enfolding something — Princeton's WordNet |
| Run | Run to move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog — Webster Dictionary |
| by | by indicates who did an action when used with a passive verb — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| suicide | suicide an action that is likely to have very serious consequences — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| direct object | direct object a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| àwith | àwith indicates sth done at the same time as another action — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| push | push the action of pushing sth ahead or away from you — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| but for | but for Pertaining to a test of causation whereby an agent or action is considered to have caused an event (and therefore to be responsible and/or liable for said event) if, had said agent or action not existed, the event would not have taken place. — Wiktionary |
| abstract verb | abstract verb Abstract verb refers to a verbal aspect in verbs of motion that is multidirectional (as opposed to unidirectional), an indirect motion, or a repeated action or series of actions (instead of a single, completed action). Abstract verbs are always imperfective in aspect, even if they have prefixes normally associated with the perfective aspect. — Wiktionary |
| acture | acture Action. — Wiktionary |
| vacillation | hesitation, vacillation, wavering indecision in speech or action — Princeton's WordNet |
| interplay | interplay reciprocal action and reaction — Princeton's WordNet |
| vacillating | vacillant, vacillating, wavering uncertain in purpose or action — Princeton's WordNet |
| indirection | indirection indirect procedure or action — Princeton's WordNet |
| vacillant | vacillant, vacillating, wavering uncertain in purpose or action — Princeton's WordNet |
| group action | group action action taken by a group of people — Princeton's WordNet |
| aim | aim the action of directing something at an object — Princeton's WordNet |
| pause | pause, intermit, break cease an action temporarily — Princeton's WordNet |
| getting even | return, paying back, getting even a reciprocal group action — Princeton's WordNet |
| return | return, paying back, getting even a reciprocal group action — Princeton's WordNet |
| go ahead | go ahead, plow ahead proceed (with a plan of action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| go-ahead | go ahead, plow ahead proceed (with a plan of action) — Princeton's WordNet |
| recommendation | recommendation something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable — Princeton's WordNet |
| wait | delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait time during which some action is awaited — Princeton's WordNet |