|
English to English noun
| 1 |
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. |  | source: webster1913
| 3 |
A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 4 |
be a mystery or bewildering to |  | Example: This beats me! Got me--I don't know the answer! a vexing problem This question really stuck me
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |  | Example: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge foil your opponent
source: wordnet30
| 6 |
check the emission of (sound) |  | source: wordnet30
| 7 |
To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. |  | source: webster1913
| 8 |
To practice deceit. |  | source: webster1913
|