To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
To create (a mark) on a surface.
To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
To record that (someone) has a particular status.
To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
To create an indication of (a location).
To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
To be typical or characteristic of (something).
To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
A score for a sporting achievement.
A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
A sign or brand on a person.
A target for shooting at with a projectile.
Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
The model number of a device; a device model.
A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
Attention.
Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
A characteristic feature.
A written character or sign.
A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
Limit or standard of action or fact.
A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
To make a sharp noise.
To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
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 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.