To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
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.
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.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
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 draw off liquid from a vessel.
To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To put a new sole or heel on.
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
To furnish with taps.
To exploit.
To cadge, borrow or beg.
To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
To strike lightly.
To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
To cut an internal screw thread.
To make a sharp noise.
To intercept a communication without authority.
To force (an opponent) to submit.
A device used to dispense liquids.
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
An interception of communication by authority.
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
An Indian malarial fever.
The act of touching a touch screen.
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.