To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The beginning of active operations on anything.
The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
To convert into a stable or available form.
To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
To mend, to repair.
To prepare (food or drink).
To map a (point or subset) to itself.
fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
A repair or corrective action.
A determination of location.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.