cricket vs fair

cricket

noun
  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

fair

noun
  • Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). 

  • A fair woman; a sweetheart. 

  • A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English). 

  • An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. 

  • A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. 

  • An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. 

adj
  • Favorable to a ship's course. 

  • Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. 

  • Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair. 

  • Just, equitable. 

  • Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 

  • Not a no ball. 

  • Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased. 

  • Between the baselines. 

  • Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. 

  • Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent. 

  • Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc. 

  • Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player. 

verb
  • To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness. 

  • To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). 

  • To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). 

  • To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance. 

adv
  • clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably 

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