What is the meaning of EFFORT. Phrases containing EFFORT
See meanings and uses of EFFORT!Slangs & AI meanings
To visit a foreign port largely in an effort to meet and entertain local VIPs and distinguished individuals.
Refers to any seamanship task that requires special effort or co-ordination. A replenishment at sea or a taking another ship under tow are considered evolutions.
Someone who spends more time in sick bay than doing their job. A sailor that is seen to be heading to Sick Bay in an effort to avoid a task.
Dynamic Effort Training, such as using bands and other explosive exercises
1. To examine and repair. 2. To manually pull two blocks apart when the distance between them has been shortened. 3. To rake the embers of a fire in an effort to prevent the fire from re-flashing. 4. To overtake.
Used by blacks in an effort to help unify their race. Also used by non-black races to poke fun at or try to identify with the black race.
n 1. a. A person regarded as unattractive or uninteresting. b. Something of inferior or low quality. c. An investment that produces a low return or a loss. 2. dogs The feet. 3. A hot dog; a wiener.Idiomdog it To fail to expend the effort needed to do or accomplish something.
v 1. a. To smash or break, especially forcefully. b. To render inoperable or unusable. 2. To reduce in rank. 3. a. To place under arrest. b. To make a police raid on. v.intr. 1. a. To undergo breakage; become broken. b. To burst; break. 2. To become bankrupt or short of money. 3. To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21. n. 1. A failure; a flop. 2. A state of bankruptcy. 3. A time or period of widespread financial depression. 4. A punch; a blow. 5. A spree. a fraternity beer bust 6. a. An arrest. b. A raid. Idioms:bust (one's) butt/ass To make a strenuous effort; work very hard. bust (one's) nut 1. To eject semen in orgasm. 2. To orgasm.
A person putting in extra effort when an officer is in the area is said to be beating up. Derives from the sailing terminology where a ship under sail beats upwind; that is, is sailing against the wind, which requires more effort.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Money.
Kipper
Spit is American slang for rubbish, nonsense. Spit is American slang for nothing.
John Major is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pager.
In love with.
Marijuana
LSD
Silly
Castor and Pollux is London Cockney rhyming slang for the testicles (bollocks).
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To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
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That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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An effort; a violent sally.
v. i.
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
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The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.
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Making no effort.
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The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort.
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To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
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Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.
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A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
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Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
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To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
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To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
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To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
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To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
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The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.
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Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
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To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
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Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
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