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pad nom bloc, pulp, rembourrer

1. To line or stuff with soft material. 2. To lengthen or increase, especially with extraneous or false information: pad a lecture with jokes; pad an expense account. To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town.

pad nom A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. tampon, coussinet, coussinette
pad nom A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. coussinet
pad nom The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw. coussinet
pad nom Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
pad nom A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
pad nom A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
pad nom A sanitary napkin.
pad nom (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
pad nom (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
pad nom A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on. bloc
pad nom A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
pad nom A keypad. pavé numérique, clavier
pad nom A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched. the place where data are to be stored
pad nom An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
pad nom (US, slang) A bed. pieu, plumard, paddock
pad nom (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc. piaule, taule container
pad nom (Britain, slang) A prison cell. container, BSD jail
pad nom (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
pad nom A mousepad.
pad nom (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
pad nom (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
pad nom (Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad. path
pad nom (Britain, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
pad nom (Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods. cart
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
pad verbe (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) (transitive, cooking) To stuff, to fill with seasoning.
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to load goods into (a container) for transport.
pad verbe (transitive, used in the passive) To stuff, to sate.
pad verbe (takes a reflexive pronoun) To stuff, to eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
pad verbe (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To stuff, to break; to destroy.
pad verbe (transitive, vulgar, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To stuff, to sexually penetrate.
pad verbe (informal) To stuff, to heavily defeat or get the better of.
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
pad verbe To stuff, to preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin. backup data
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
pad verbe (transitive) To stuff, to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
pad verbe (transitive, dated) To stuff, to crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
pad verbe (transitive, computing) To stuff, to compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
pad verbe (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding. rembourrer, capitonner, ouater
pad verbe (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler. resource allocation
pad verbe (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant. imprégner d'un mordant
pad verbe (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.). browse a file hierarchy
pad verbe (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
pad verbe (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
pad verbe (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
pah nom Dated form of pa, a fortified Maori settlement of pre-European and early European times
pah nom Dated form of pa, an unfortified Maori village or settlement; a kainga
pal nom (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
pal verbe Be friends with, hang around with.
pam verbe (obsolete) To pan a camera in order to show a panorama.
pan nom A part; a portion. pan an element of a whole, a subsequence of a series
pan nom A leaf of gold or silver.
pan nom (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
pan nom A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. poêle
pan nom The contents of such a receptacle. poêlé content
pan nom A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. casserole
pan nom (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
pan nom A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water. filter
pan nom (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
  • A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
  • (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
  • (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
  • Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
bassin basin, pool, pond, pelvis, dock
pan nom (geology, obsolete South Africa) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
pan nom Strong adverse criticism.
pan nom A loaf of bread. miche de pain
pan nom (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
pan nom (slang) A human face, a mug.
pan nom (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
pan nom A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
pan nom The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
pan nom The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan. container of knowledge
pan nom (figuratively) The brain, seen as one's intellect
pan nom (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
pan verbe (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). égoutter filter
pan verbe (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely. dénigrer
pan verbe (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful. bien marcher shape
pan verbe (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
pan verbe (informal) To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
pan verbe (intransitive) Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
tourner en vue panoramique
pan verbe (intransitive, photography) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
pan verbe (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
pan verbe To join or fit together; to unite. merge
pap adjectif (slang, South Africa) Spineless, wet, without character.
pap adjectif (South African slang) Flat.
pap nom (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense.
pap nom (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.
pap nom The pulp of fruit. Something extracted from data
pap nom (informal) pa; father 'pa parent node
pap verbe (transitive, obsolete) To feed with pap.
pap verbe (informal, usually passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
par 1. An amount or level considered to be average; a standard: performing up to par; did not yet feel up to par.2. An equality of status, level, or value; equal footing: a local product on a par with the best foreign makes.
par préposition By; with. par, avec
par nom Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
par nom Equality of condition or circumstances.
par nom (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
par nom (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
par nom (Britain) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
par verbe (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
pas nom A pace; a step, as in a dance or in marching. pas step of an iteration
pas nom (obsolete) The right of going foremost; precedence. le droit de prendre le pas sur, priorité, préséance
pat adverbe Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way. tout prêt, à propos by the way, opportunely, in time, aptly, at the right moment, pat
pat adverbe Perfectly. complétement, parfaitement, par cœur restitute bit for bit, without any further treatment beyond integrity control of the restitution by heart, through and through
pat adjectif Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken. tout prêt, tout fait value available as is, without further computation
pat adjectif Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality. simpliste, banal, naïf, commun quick and dirty code, naivie implementation, or at least, code lacking any treat of conceptual elegance, often leading to a far less flexible component than what a careful implementation could provide simplistic, naive, superficial, unsophisticated, facile
pat nom A light tap or slap, especially with the hands petite tape touch a component in order to obtain a feedback, that in the same time is expected to cause no internal data destruction in the said component
pat nom A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung. motte, bouse element
pat verbe To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
pat verbe To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing. toper, tapoter perform a handshake in a communication protocole, initialize a network connection tap, strum, plump, thrum
pat verbe (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal). caresser
pat verbe To mold by tapping gently with the hands or a flat implement. apply a pattern, a model, transtype a variable, specialize a generic structure or procedure
pat verbe To gently rain. Let a data pakcet gently flow out of its storage accus, be it a data connection, an iterator, or a file
pat verbe To slap type, beat, slap, touch, clap
pat verbe To felicitate congratuler, complimenter send a signal or message that the requested operation was performed successfully compliment, congratulate, con
pat verbe to flatter faltter to provide all the data input that are expected to meet an interface requirement in order to pass its control, although the actual procedure behind it doesn't match the intended behavior flatter, gratify, pander to, soothe, encourage, paw
pau adjectif (Hawaii) done; over; finished fait, terminé, fini
pav nom Bread, food; sustenance; support of life, in general. pain
paw nom The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. patte the tool to make a step, an iterator
paw nom (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa. 'pa parent node
paw verbe (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. patouiller, patauger, vadrouiller browse, go through, iterate over each element of an unordered set mess around, slosh

Hypernym: handle

paw verbe (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw. donner doucement un coup de patte interact lightly with an object so it triggers supperficial changes on the object, like updating the last date of access in its metadata Hypernym: touch
paw verbe (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. gratter, déterré extract data from the mass where they are burried, as in a extract, transform, load operation scratch, scrape, strum, pick, brush
paw verbe (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something. creuser, fouiller, fouir dig, excavate, burrow, delve, bore, scrape
paw verbe (transitive, dated) To flatter. flatter see pat flatter, gratify, pander to, soothe, encourage, pat
pax nom (informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers. pax, passager d'un avion
pax nom (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function). pax, client, invité guest, in the guest/host duo
pax nom (Britain, dated, school slang) Friendship; truce.
pay adjectif Operable or accessible on deposit of coins. payant
pay adjectif Pertaining to or requiring payment. payant
pay nom Money given in return for work; salary or wages. paie, paye payroll, wages, wage
pay nom payroll, wages, wage salaire salary, wage, wages, reward, earning
pay nom traitement treatment, processing, handling, salary, dealing
pay nom solde balance, clearance, remnant sale
pay nom gage wages, wage
pay nom appointements stipend
pay verbe (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. calfeutrer
pay verbe (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. payer meet, defray, shell out, pay down, treat
pay verbe (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. verser pour, remit, shed, tip, empty
pay verbe (transitive) To be profitable for. être avantageux
pay verbe (transitive) To give (something else than money). donner yield
pay verbe (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort. rapporter report, relate, bring back, return, yield
pay verbe (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt. acquitter discharge, acquit, clear, exonerate back
pay verbe (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
pay verbe (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
pay verbe To reimburse rembourser repay, reimburse, refund, pay back, redeem
pay verbe To arrange a situation in a way that let everything clear, as opposed to what seemed régler adjust, settle, solve, fix, tune
pay verbe distribuer distribute, dispense, deliver, hand out, supply
pea nom (cooking) The edible seed of some of Pisum sativum plants. pois, petit pois cryptography, seed

data element that a process should consumate, with which a process is feed

pea nom (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity. network packet travelling fast
pea nom (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
pea nom (nautical) Alternative form of peak, the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
pea nom (nautical) Alternative form of peak, the narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
pea nom (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
ped nom (obsolete) A basket; a hamper; a pannier. container
ped nom A soil particle, aggregate of soil particles formed as a result of pedogenic processes element, aggregate
pee verbe (mildly vulgar, intransitive, colloquial) To drizzle. bruiner Make data slowly flow in a scattered fashion
pee verbe (euphemistic, intransitive, colloquial, often childish) To urinate. pisser Make dirty data flow
peg nom A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. cheville ankle
peg nom A protrusion used to hang things on. patère, porte-manteau handler hook
peg nom (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext. prétexte, excuse excuse, apology, plea, pretext, alibi
peg nom (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
peg nom (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold Régime de change fixe
peg nom (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. Apéritif, apéro. shot
peg nom (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot. pied, jambe branch or leaf of a tree structure
peg nom A step; a degree. pas, degré iteration
peg nom (Britain, New Zealand) Short for clothes peg, an object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry. pince à linge
peg nom (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed. a subject of a process, an object that can be changed on the fly by adding new methods and attributes
peg nom (cricket, slang) A stump, one of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball. piquet stake, picket, pole, piquet, stump
peg nom (climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

piton piton, bolt
peg verbe (transitive) To fasten using a peg. enfoncer, cheviller, pitonner
peg verbe (transitive) To affix or pin. fixer, épingler, punaiser pin, nab, pin on
peg verbe (transitive) To fix a value or price. fixer une valeur, fixer un prix set, fix, secure, determine, fasten, pin
peg verbe (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
peg verbe (transitive, slang) To throw. lancer avec force
peg verbe (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.) cataloguer comme, mettre sur le dos categorize, attribute, tag
peg verbe (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
peg verbe (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
peg verbe (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
peg verbe To lock down using a pen. freeze a value, lock a variable block, lock, jam, obstruct, clog
pel nom (dated) pixel
pen nom An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. enclos container, scope, encapsulation
pen nom (slang) A prison cell. cellule container
pen nom (baseball) The bullpen, an enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
container
pen nom A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. stylo, plume
pen nom (figuratively) A writer, or his style. plume a code turnure that enables to categorize or identify its author

CSS

pen nom (colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen. rendered output
pen nom (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen. structure
pen nom (now rare, poetic, dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc. plume structure
pen nom (poetic) A wing. aile structure
pen verbe (transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.). render, log, print spell, drop
pen verbe (transitive) To enclose in a pen. parquer, enclore corral
pep nom Energy, high spirits. peps, tonus, punch, entrain energy, high spirits, vim
pep verbe (transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm. ravigoter, énergiser, revigorer
per adjectif (rare) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
per préposition For each. par
per préposition To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units). à, au, par
per préposition (medicine) By the, by means of the, via the, through the. par, via, par voie
per préposition In accordance with. selon, suivant, d'après
per pronom (rare) They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
per pronom (rare) Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
pes nom the foot of a human
pes nom the hoof of a quadruped
pes nom (medicine) clubfoot, a congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.


pied bot
pes nom talipes, the ankle and foot, or clubfoot
pes nom (music) a neume representing two notes ascending dual incrementation
pet adjectif Favourite; cherished. préféré A prefered element, one which is given a preferential treatement, which is kept as a first element to analyse before any other. Something that will most likely at hand, stay in cache, be frequently accessed, a starred element. favorite, darling, favourite
pet adjectif Kept or treated as a pet. apprivoisé tamed
pet adjectif Cute mignon adorable, lovable, friendly, winning
pet nom An animal kept as a companion. animal familier, animal de compagnie
pet nom (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
pet nom One who is excessively loyal to a superior. chouchou
pet nom Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
pet verbe (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal). câliner wheedle, spoil, dandle, kiss and cuddle
pet verbe (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. peloter grope, paw, touch, touch off
pet verbe (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously. embrasser embrace, kiss, hug, take up, caress
pet verbe (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
bichonner titivate, doll up, smarten
pet verbe (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet. être le toutou
pet verbe (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk. être grincheux, grognon, boudeur to run a process in an annoying way which complaints about everything not strictly matching some specification
pew nom An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family. banc d’œuvre (fr) m, banc de l’œuvre buffer, container
pew nom Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold. banc d’œuvre, banc de l’œuvre container, location where an object can momently reside, such as a cache for data
pew nom (colloquial, humorous) A chair; a seat. chaise bench, seat, slip, stall
pew verbe To furnish with pews.
phi nom (mathematics) The golden ratio.
phi nom A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
pia nom (anatomy) The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord
pib nom (music) pibgorn, a Welsh single-reed wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.
pic nom A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
pie nom (figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts. gâteau a data collection about to be segmented in order to be consumed by different agents, threads, etc.
pie nom (letterpress typography) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
pie nom (derogatory) a gluttonous person. glouton Greedy algorithm
pie nom A pie chart. diagramme circulaire, fromage, camembert
pie verbe (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
entarter
pie verbe (transitive) To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
pie verbe (transitive) (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble, to mix up
pig nom (informal) A difficult problem.
pig nom (countable and uncountable) A block of cast metal. lingo something resulting from spetialization or instanciation of a generic object, such as a class, a pattern, or any abstraction
pig nom The mold in which a block of metal is cast. moule a pattern, a model, a template, and so on
pig nom (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress. a debugger
pig nom (Scotland) earthenware, or an earthenware shard faïence, ou un éclat de terre cuite A piece of broken element
pig verbe (of swine) to give birth. mettre bas generate, create a child node
pig verbe (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food). consume data with a greedy algorithm
pig verbe (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed. store data as it comes at a single place without further classification or arrangement accumulate, pile, amass, cumulate, deck, huddle
pig verbe (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device). to debug
pin nom A sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
épingle pointer scarf-pin
pin nom A small nail with a head and a sharp point. punaise bug, thumbtack, bedbug, tack, pinup
pin nom A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
pin nom (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
pin nom A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling. quille keel, skittle, tenpin, nog, tenpins
pin nom (informal, in the plural) A leg. patte structure, thin branch
pin nom (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
pin nom (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc. pin's, épinglette, broche
pin nom (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack. clouage
pin nom (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole drapeau de trou repair point, breakpoint for debugger
pin nom (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
pin nom (dated) A mood, a state of being.
pin nom One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
pin nom A thing of small value; a trifle.
bagatelle, broutille a negligeable value, an accepted margin of error
pin nom (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
pin nom The tenon of a dovetail joint.
pin nom A bolt with a thread on each end, screwed into a fixed part at one end, receiving a nut upon the other. goujon stud, stud bolt, dowel, gudgeon
pin nom
  • (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
  • (US) A split pin, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.
  • (Britain) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together; a cotter.
goupille cotter, cotter pin, piston pin
pin nom An index card, piece of heavy paper stock used to record information to be stored in an index. fiche plug, card, pin, peg, chip, card index
pin verbe (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin. épingler, cheviller, punaiser nab, pin on
pin verbe clouer nail, nail down, tack, spike, imbed
pin verbe goupiller cotter
pin verbe (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
pin verbe (wrestling) To pin down (someone), to hold the opponent back-first so both his or her shoulders touch the mat.
pin verbe To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
pin verbe (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
pin verbe (computing, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified. set, fix, secure, determine, fasten
pin verbe Alternative form of peen, to shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
pin verbe To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.

To place in a position of trusting dependence: He pinned his faith on an absurdity

To hold fast; immobilize: He was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.

Electronics A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system

Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

épingler
pip nom Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. [from the 15th c.] pépie a virus, a malware, an infectious agent
pip nom (humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. pépie
pip nom (obsolete) a pippin, seed of any kind
pépin, graine
pip nom (US, colloquial) something or someone excellent, of high quality pépite
pip nom One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. couleur, point symbol standing for an attribute value, a quantity,
pip nom (military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
pip nom A spot; a speck. un point, un grain element
pip nom A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
pip nom A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation something related to a root piece
pip nom One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
pip nom (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading. increment of the smallest relevant degree for the concerned value type
pip verbe To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin battre beat, fight, defeat, strike, hit
pip verbe To hit with a gunshot atteindre d'une balle
pip verbe To peep, to chirp pépier chirp, twitter, peep, chirrup, pipe
pip verbe (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
pip verbe (transitif) stilling someone coiffer apply some style
pit nom A hole in the ground. trou container, trap hole, gap, aperture, vent, grave
pit nom creux hollow, trough, cavity, pit, hole, emptiness
pit nom A crater cratère
pit nom (motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. stand container stall
pit nom A mine. mine A source of data mine, lead, face, colliery, mien
pit nom (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement. fosse grave, fossa, trench
pit nom The bottom part of something. minimum value, the lowest element of a stack
pit nom (aviation) A luggage hold.
pit nom (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa. dépression depression, trough, depressiveness, dispiritedness
pit nom trappe hatch, trap, flap, trapdoor, drop, pit
pit nom The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. cicatrice scar, cicatrix, mark
pit nom marque brand, mark, make, label, score
pit nom The grave,
  • An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
  • Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
  • (by extension) Death, destruction.
tombe
pit nom The underworld:
  • (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
  • That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
  • (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.
pit nom An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. arène arena, bullring
pit nom Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
pit nom (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games. location
pit nom (law enforcement, usually used with "maneuver") A maneuver by which a police officer, by use of a police car, nudges the vehicle of a fleeing suspect enough for the suspect's vehicle to lose control and become disabled so the police officer can catch and apprehend the suspect.
pit nom A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. noyau, pépin crytography, seed
pit nom A shell in a drupe containing a seed. noyau container, shell core, kernel, nucleus, stone, nub
pit nom The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
pit verbe (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe. dénoyauter, épépiner
pit verbe (transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
mark
pit verbe To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting. add a bot in an environment
pit verbe (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else. opposer oppose, pit, put up, interpose, collide, demur
pit verbe (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
pit verbe creuser dig, excavate, burrow, delve, bore
pit verbe trouer bore a hole, wear through, holer
pit verbe marquer mark, score, tag, label, brand
pit verbe piqueter picket, stake out, wedge, peg, stud
pit verbe grêler hail
ply nom A layer of material.
ply nom plie fold, bend, crease, pleat, envelope
ply nom épaisseur thickness
ply nom feuille sheet, leaf, paper, slip, newspaper
ply nom brin strand, sprig, wisp, whit, grain
ply nom toron an assembly of threads strand
ply nom tendence trend, tendency, movement, bias, leaning
ply nom inclination inclination, tendency, disposition, slope, proclivity
ply nom
ply nom A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
ply nom (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
ply nom (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
ply verbe (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
ply verbe (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
ply verbe (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
ply verbe (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
ply verbe (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
ply verbe (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
ply verbe (transitive, intransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly. voyager beaucoup
ply verbe (intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently.
ply verbe (intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
naviguer sur, voguer sur
ply verbe manier handle, use, wield, operate, feel
ply verbe exercer exercise, exert, practice, carry on, pursue
ply verbe jouer play, act, perform, game, play out
pod A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.

to bear or produce pods To swell or fill.

capsule
pod nom (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. cosse, gousse container, wrap, envelop, encapsulation capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vessel
pod nom A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations. nacelle
pod nom (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bag; a pouch. poche, sacoche container pannier, pocket, bag, pouch, sac, crop
pod nom (collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami. pod group, collection, herd gam
pod nom A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose. section, division, container
pod nom A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates. container, BSD jail
pod nom A nicotine cartridge. cartouche a flux seizure container
pod verbe (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
pod verbe (transitive) To remove peas from their case. écosser take elements out of their container, pick off gin, shell, hull, shuck
pod verbe (transitive, intransitive) To put into a pod or to enter a pod.
pod verbe (intransitive) To swell or fill.
poe nom Another name for moon blocks (as used in the term 'poe divination', derived from the Hokkien 桮 (“poe”)), that is, wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to answer a yes or no question. A tool to harzardly respond to yes/no questions
poh interjection (dated) Indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration.
pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, pish
poh interjection (dated) Expressing disagreement or irritation tush, bah
poh interjection (dated) Expressing disgust or repulsion. bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck, yuck
poh interjection (dated) Designating astonishment or that one is impressed. wow, my, gee, goodness
poi nom (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.] poi a base element used to feed a process
poi nom (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; [from 19th c.]
poi nom a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of the eponymous ball. [from 19th c.] ritual, protocol
poo nom Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
poo nom (uncountable, childish) Feces.
popo
poo nom (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation. a piece of shitty code, the act of produce a dirty hack
poo nom Alternative spelling of pooh: performing the utterance of the interjection "poo" to express:
  • dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
  • disgust at an unpleasant smell.
poo verbe (intransitive, childish) To defecate. faire popo
poo verbe (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
pop nom (countable) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle, a shot with a firearm or a door closing loudly. bruit sec, pan, vlan tail, fold, pop, wham, smack
pop nom (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Britain) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
pop nom (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
pop nom A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
pop nom (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed, a portion, apiece.
pop nom Something that stands out or is distinctive, especially to the senses.
pop nom (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
pop nom (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
pop nom (colloquial) Affectionate form of father. parent node
pop verbe (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound. faire un bruit sec
pop verbe (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound. éclater burst, erupt, break, explode, flare
pop verbe (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
pop verbe (transitive, Britain) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement. placer put, place, apply, put on, do
pop verbe (intransitive, Britain, Canada, often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit. passer brusquement graph traversal
pop verbe (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
pop verbe (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
pop verbe (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
pop verbe (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack. jeter throw, cast, discard, throw away, toss
pop verbe (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money). mettre en gage, laisser en gage pledge, pawn, gage, hock
pop verbe (transitive, slang) To swallow (a tablet of a drug).
pop verbe (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
pop verbe (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
pop verbe (slang, intransitive) To die. crever die, burst, puncture, croak, peg out
pop verbe (transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. fourrer stick, cram, shove, poke, fill
pop verbe To occur, to happen, when referring to a situation, an event, or some general asbtract notion se passer happen, come to pass, go on, elapse, pass off
pot nom A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. pot, marmite, chaudron container, especiallay a place where data are thrown knowing that other processes will operate on whatever is placed there and transform them in a a consommable set jar, potty, jug, can, drink
pot nom A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot. (computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
pot nom casserole pan, saucepan, casserole, boiler
pot nom A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot.
pot nom A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
pot nom A crucible: a melting pot.
pot nom A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
pot nom A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
pot nom A perforated cask for draining sugar.
pot nom (obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor. chope mug, tankard
pot nom (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL). middy (New South Wales, Western Australia), schooner (South Australia)
pot nom (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot
pot nom (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
pot nom (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
pot nom (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
pot nom (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement. cagnote kitty, pool, jackpot
pot nom (Britain, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
pot nom (billiards) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
pot nom coupe cut, cutting, section, cup, haircut, pot
pot nom brioche brioche, bun
pot verbe To put (something) into a pot. mettre put, place, apply, put on, do
pot verbe To preserve by bottling or canning. mettre en pot
pot verbe faire cuire dans un pot
pot verbe faire de la poterie
pot verbe (cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
pot verbe (cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
pot verbe (transitive) To shoot with a firearm. abattre down, slaughter, kill, cut down, fell
pot verbe (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm. être abattu
pot verbe (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
pot verbe (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
pot verbe (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To tipple; to drink. picoler, boire to carelessly consume large quantity of data without any moderation, that is without any process to sanitize inputs
pot verbe (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
pot verbe (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
pot verbe (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
pow nom The sound of a violent impact.
pow nom The sound of an explosion.
pow nom (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Alternative form of poll
pow interjection The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch. bam
pow interjection The sound of an explosion. boum
pox nom A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. variole, vérole malware, virus
pox nom Syphilis.
pox nom (figuratively) A curse.
poy nom A support structure.
A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers.
A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.
pro nom An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). advantage, plus, upside

antonyms: con, disadvantage, downside, minus

pro nom A person who supports a concept or principle. antonyms: anti
pro préposition In favor of.
pry nom The act of prying.
pry nom An excessively inquisitive person.
pry nom A lever. levier, manette
pry nom Leverage. influence, force, effet, force de levier, levage
pry verbe (intransitive) To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. s’immiscer
pry verbe (intransitive) To keep asking about something that does not concern one.
pry verbe (intransitive) To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). scruter, fureter, fouiller debug
pry verbe regarder fixement stare at, look hard at
pry verbe jeter un coup d’œil glance at, take a gander
pry verbe forcer
pry verbe To use leverage to open or widen. ouvrir prise, prize
psi nom (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
pst interjection (onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.
pst verbe (informal) To say pst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them. initialize a secure connection

To Pioneer a Secure Transmission (PST)

pub verbe (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.
pud nom (colloquial) Child's hand; child's fist.
pud nom A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds). poud pood
pug nom A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
  • A member of the crew of a barge.
  • A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
marinier
pug nom (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain elements rejected in a filtering process
pug nom An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
pug nom (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
pug nom (informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.
pug nom Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
pug nom A pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for art or brickmaking. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.
pug nom The pawprint or footprint of an animal trace, type
pug nom (obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]
pug verbe (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
pug verbe (transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.
pun nom A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.
pun nom (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun: a Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
pun verbe (transitive) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
pun verbe (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
pup nom A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals. chiot child node
pup nom A young, inexperienced person. a junior consultant
pup nom A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
pup verbe (intransitive) To give birth to pups. generate a child node
pur nom Dated form of purr, the low consistent rumble made by a cat in its throat when contented, or by an engine at slow speed ronron
pur verbe (intransitive) Dated form of purr, of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented. ronronner
pur verbe (transitive) Dated form of purr, to say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner.
pur verbe (intransitive) TDated form of purr, to make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure.
pur verbe (intransitive, of an engine) Dated form of purr, to make a low and consistent rumbling sound.
pus nom A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
pus verbe (rare) To emit pus.
put nom (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
put nom (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
put nom The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
put nom (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
put verbe To place something somewhere. placer, mettre, poser place, apply, do, keep
put verbe To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. placer place, position, seat, situate, site
put verbe (finance) To exercise a put option. poser pose, lay, place, set, rest
put verbe To express something in a certain manner. mettre
put verbe (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
put verbe To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
put verbe To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
put verbe To attach or attribute; to assign.
put verbe présenter present, introduce, offer, pose, table
put verbe soumettre commit submit, present, refer, subjugate, send in
put verbe dire say, tell, speak, state, mention
put verbe apposer affix, apply, append, subscribe
put verbe enfoncer push, sink, plunge, stick, thrust
put verbe évaluer evaluate assess, evaluate, rate, estimate, measure
put verbe (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
put verbe To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
put verbe (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
put verbe (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
puy nom Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the remains of extinct volcanos
puy nom (geology) Any similar conical structure of volcanic material
pye nom Archaic spelling of pie (the pastry food).
pyx nom A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. ciboire, pyxide container
pyx nom A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. container
pyx nom (nautical) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. container
pyx verbe (transitive) To test (sample coins) for the weight and fineness of metal before they are sent from the mint.