A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
An end or conclusion.
A grapple in wrestling.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
A double bar marking the end.
A street that ends in a dead end.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To make a sale.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
To obstruct (an opening).
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To turn off; to switch off.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Marked, evident.
Intimate; well-loved.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
At a little distance; near.
Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
Narrow; confined.
Short.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
A quadriplegic person.
A skate with four wheels.
A quadcopter.
A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
Quadruplex videotape.
The quadriceps muscle.
A quadrupel beer.
A quad bike (from quadricycle)
The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
A quadruplet (infant).
A serving of four shots of espresso.
A quadrilateral.
A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
to ride a quad bike
Of or relating to quads.
Having four shots of espresso.