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| n. (attribute) | 1. degree, grade, level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
| ~ caliber, calibre, quality | a degree or grade of excellence or worth.; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ intensiveness, intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense. |
| ~ grind | the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground.; "a coarse grind of coffee" |
| ~ depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity. |
| ~ highness | a high degree (of amount or force etc.).; "responsible for the highness of the rates" |
| ~ high | a lofty level or position or degree.; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" |
| ~ low | a low level or position or degree.; "the stock market fell to a new low" |
| ~ lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.).; "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates" |
| ~ extreme | the furthest or highest degree of something.; "he carried it to extremes" |
| ~ amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude. |
| ~ moderation, moderateness | quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes. |
| ~ immoderateness, immoderation | the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation. |
| ~ spf, sun protection factor | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun. |
| n. (state) | 2. grade, level, tier | a relative position or degree of value in a graded group.; "lumber of the highest grade" |
| ~ biosafety level | the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities. |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| ~ a level | the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level). |
| ~ gcse, general certificate of secondary education, o level | the basic level of a subject taken in school. |
| ~ college level | the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained. |
| n. (state) | 3. degree, level, point, stage | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress.; "he climbed the career ladder" |
| ~ acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, elevation, height, pinnacle, superlative, peak, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ extent | the point or degree to which something extends.; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" |
| ~ resultant, end point | the final point in a process. |
| ~ standard of life, standard of living | a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group.; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system" |
| ~ plane | a level of existence or development.; "he lived on a worldly plane" |
| ~ state of the art | the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time.; "the state of the art in space travel" |
| ~ ultimacy, ultimateness | the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance,.; "the ultimacy of these social values" |
| ~ quickening | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus. |
| ~ climax | the most severe stage of a disease. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. level | height above ground.; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level" |
| ~ altitude, height | elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface.; "the altitude gave her a headache" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. level, spirit level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid. |
| ~ carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it. |
| ~ indicator | a device for showing the operating condition of some system. |
| ~ mason's level | a level longer than a carpenter's level. |
| ~ surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of land. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. horizontal surface, level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line.; "park the car on the level" |
| ~ floor, flooring | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure).; "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent" |
| ~ paved surface | a level horizontal surface covered with paving material. |
| ~ platform | a raised horizontal surface.; "the speaker mounted the platform" |
| ~ surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. layer, level, stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth.; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" |
| ~ place | an abstract mental location.; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. floor, level, storey, story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.; "what level is the office on?" |
| ~ basement, cellar | the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ first floor, ground floor, ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building. |
| ~ attic, garret, loft | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. |
| ~ loft | floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space. |
| ~ entresol, mezzanine floor, mezzanine | intermediate floor just above the ground floor. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| v. (competition) | 9. level | aim at.; "level criticism or charges at somebody" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| v. (creation) | 10. dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground.; "The building was levelled" |
| ~ bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer. |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (contact) | 11. even, even out, flush, level | make level or straight.; "level the ground" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ grade | level to the right gradient. |
| ~ strickle, strike | smooth with a strickle.; "strickle the grain in the measure" |
| ~ strickle | level off with a strickle in a measuring container.; "strickle sand" |
| v. (competition) | 12. charge, level, point | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| v. (communication) | 13. level | talk frankly with; lay it on the line.; "I have to level with you" |
| ~ talk, speak | exchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| v. (change) | 14. level, level off | become level or even.; "The ground levelled off" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| adj. | 15. flat, level, plane | having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" |
| ~ even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| adj. | 16. level, unwavering | not showing abrupt variations.; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look" |
| ~ steady | not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" |
| adj. | 17. level | being on a precise horizontal plane.; "a billiard table must be level" |
| ~ horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line.; "a horizontal surface" |
| adj. | 18. level | oriented at right angles to the plumb.; "the picture is level" |
| ~ even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| adj. | 19. even, level, tied | of the score in a contest.; "the score is tied" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
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| n. (linkdef) | 1. horizontal | something that is oriented horizontally. |
| ~ orientation | position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. |
| adj. | 2. horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line.; "a horizontal surface" |
| ~ crosswise | in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross. |
| ~ flat | horizontally level.; "a flat roof" |
| ~ level | being on a precise horizontal plane.; "a billiard table must be level" |
| ~ naiant, swimming | applied to a fish depicted horizontally. |
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| n. (artifact) | 1. aeroplane, airplane, plane | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
| ~ circumnavigation | traveling around something (by ship or plane).; "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" |
| ~ accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve.; "he stepped on the gas" |
| ~ airliner | a commercial airplane that carries passengers. |
| ~ amphibious aircraft, amphibian | an airplane designed to take off and land on water. |
| ~ biplane | old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other. |
| ~ bomber | a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight. |
| ~ defroster, deicer | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane). |
| ~ delta wing | an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle. |
| ~ escape hatch | hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency. |
| ~ attack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter | a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air. |
| ~ fuselage | the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo). |
| ~ hangar queen | an airplane with a bad maintenance record. |
| ~ heavier-than-air craft | a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it. |
| ~ cowl, cowling, bonnet, hood | protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine.; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" |
| ~ dip circle, inclinometer | a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane). |
| ~ jet, jet-propelled plane, jet plane | an airplane powered by one or more jet engines. |
| ~ landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground. |
| ~ monoplane | an airplane with a single wing. |
| ~ multiengine airplane, multiengine plane | a plane with two or more engines. |
| ~ navigation light | light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip. |
| ~ fuel pod, pod | a detachable container of fuel on an airplane. |
| ~ propeller plane | an airplane that is driven by a propeller. |
| ~ radar dome, radome | a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves. |
| ~ reconnaissance plane | a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy. |
| ~ roll-on roll-off | a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination. |
| ~ hydroplane, seaplane | an airplane that can land on or take off from water.; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" |
| ~ ski-plane | an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield. |
| ~ tanker plane | an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire. |
| ~ windscreen, windshield | transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle. |
| ~ wing | one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane. |
| ~ log | a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane). |
| ~ seat, place | a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).; "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" |
| ~ highjacker, hijacker | someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination. |
| ~ passenger, rider | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it. |
| ~ drift | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane). |
| ~ leeway | (of a ship or plane) sideways drift. |
| ~ atomic number 22, ti, titanium | a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite. |
| ~ prang | crash. |
| ~ hunt | yaw back and forth about a flight path.; "the plane's nose yawed" |
| ~ astern | (of a ship or an airplane) behind.; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |
| n. (shape) | 2. plane, sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ cartesian plane | a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates. |
| ~ facet plane | the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube). |
| ~ midline, midplane | the median plane of the body (or some part of the body). |
| ~ orbital plane | (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting. |
| ~ picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work. |
| ~ tangent plane | the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface. |
| n. (state) | 3. plane | a level of existence or development.; "he lived on a worldly plane" |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. plane, planer, planing machine | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood. |
| ~ power tool | a tool driven by a motor. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. carpenter's plane, plane, woodworking plane | a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood.; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" |
| ~ beading plane | a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork. |
| ~ block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood. |
| ~ bullnose, bullnosed plane | a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front. |
| ~ chamfer plane | a plane that makes a beveled edge. |
| ~ circular plane, compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces. |
| ~ combination plane | a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes. |
| ~ dovetail plane | a woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints. |
| ~ edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge). |
| ~ fore plane | a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane. |
| ~ hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands. |
| ~ jack plane | a carpenter's plane for rough finishing. |
| ~ jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane | a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together. |
| ~ match plane, tonguing and grooving plane | a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards. |
| ~ openside plane, rabbet plane | a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets. |
| ~ router plane | a woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms. |
| ~ scrub plane | a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock. |
| ~ smooth plane, smoothing plane | a small plane for finish work. |
| ~ spokeshave | a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes). |
| v. (contact) | 6. plane, shave | cut or remove with or as if with a plane.; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (motion) | 7. plane, skim | travel on the surface of water. |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ aquaplane | ride on an aquaplane. |
| ~ aquaplane | rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road.; "the car aquaplaned" |
| v. (contact) | 8. plane | make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane.; "plane the top of the door" |
| ~ smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
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