Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

hack

n. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

hack

n. a horse kept for hire

hack

n. a quick and dirty job producing what is needed, but not performing very well

hack, cab, taxi, taxicab

n. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

hack, drudge, hacker

n. one who works hard at boring tasks

hack, literary hack, hack writer

n. a mediocre and disdained writer

hack, ward heeler, political hack, machine politician

n. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

hack, whoop

v. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

hack, cut up

v. significantly cut up a manuscript

hack

v. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

hack, kick on the shins

v. in rugby

hack, kick on the arm

v. in basketball

chop, hack

v. cut with a hacking tool

hack, clear

v. cut away

further, on, ahead, along, onwards, forwards, forrader, further ahead

adv. "Go ahead"

on

adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"

ready, connected, on

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

flunky, flunkey, lackey

n. a male servant (especially a footman)

menial, dogsbody

n. a domestic servant

subordinate, subsidiary, underling

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

bear, birth, have, deliver, birthe, give birth to, give birth

v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

bear, turn out

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

hew, hew out

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

bear, turn out

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

hew, hew out

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

bear, turn out

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

forward, fore, forrad, forrard, toward the front

adv. "He faced forward"

forward, onward, forth, thenceforth

adv. "from that time forth"

ahead, along, in a forward direction, in front, at the front

adv. "He is way ahead"

outward, outwards, towards the outside

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

chop down

v. cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"