To evade doing something.
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To enter a place for a short moment.
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To bow.
A long-necked medical urinal for men.
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
Trousers made of such material.
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
The flesh of a duck used as food.
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
A cairn used to mark a trail.
A playing card with the rank of two.
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
A desire, wish, longing.
Poverty.
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Lack, absence, deficiency.
A mole (Talpa europea).