Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
Brisk; lively.
Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
(of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
Requiring or implying action or exertion
Not passive.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
Implying or producing rapid action.
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).
(Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
A farm, especially a dairy farm.
A corner of the mouth or eye.
A maggot.
The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
The penis.
Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.