Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: law
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verb
To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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verb
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: plug, secure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: close, fill up
Narrower terms: stopper, stopple, tampon, chink, cork, cork up
History
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Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
