The meaning of Cabal

noun

A flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration.

Usage examples:

Wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands

verb

Provide or fit (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, for reinforcement or decoration.

Usage examples:

Doors are banded with iron to make them stronger

verb

(of people or organizations) form a group to achieve a mutual objective.

Usage examples:

Local people banded together to fight the company

noun

A small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared purpose.

Usage examples:

A military camarilla that has lost any sense of political reality

noun

A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.

Usage examples:

Thousands of local residents face serious health problems in overcrowded refugee camps and temporar…

verb

Live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday.

Usage examples:

Holiday parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet

adjective

Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect.

Usage examples:

The movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome

noun

(in some us states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.

Usage examples:

Hawaii holds its nominating caucuses next tuesday

verb

Hold or form a legislative caucus.

Usage examples:

Republicans briefly caucused

noun

A small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps.

Usage examples:

The authorities locked all remaining inmates in their cells

noun

The smallest basic unit of a plant or animal

noun

Another word for cell phone

Usage examples:

Call me on my cell.

noun

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.

Usage examples:

His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes

noun

A small group of people who spend time together and do not want other people to join the group

noun

A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.

Usage examples:

The italian confederacy known as the lombard league

noun

The eleven southern states that left the us and fought against the north in the us civil war

noun

A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.

Usage examples:

A coterie of friends and advisers

noun

A small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them

Usage examples:

A coterie of writers

noun

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

The left-wing faction of the party

noun

A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.

Usage examples:

The current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history

combining form

In nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as liquefaction from liquefy ).

noun

An organized group of criminals.

Usage examples:

A gang of bank robbers

verb

(of a number of people) form a group or gang.

Usage examples:

Three banks ganged together to form a ‘virtual bank’

verb

Go; proceed.

Usage examples:

Gang to your bed, lass

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.

Usage examples:

The country's ruling military junta

noun

A small group, esp. of military officers, that rules a country after taking power by force

noun

A political grouping or faction, especially in 17th- and 18th-century britain.

Usage examples:

And from this time began an intrigue between his majesty and a junto of ministers maliciously bent …

noun

A small group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose, especially a small political group in britain in the 1600s and 1700s

Usage examples:

The earl of warwick and the earl of northumberland were at the centre of the junto that needed to d…

noun

A collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.

Usage examples:

The league of nations

verb

Join in a league or alliance.

Usage examples:

Oscar had leagued with other construction firms

noun

A former measure of distance by land, usually about three miles.

Usage examples:

In 1803 napoleon exiled her to twenty leagues, roughly fifty miles, from paris.

noun

A social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.

Usage examples:

An engagement party

verb

Enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music.

Usage examples:

Put on your glad rags and party!

adjective

Divided into parts of different tinctures.

Usage examples:

Party per fess, or, and azure

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

A small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority.

Usage examples:

A diamond ring

verb

Surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment.

Usage examples:

The courthouse was ringed with police

noun

An act of ringing a bell, or the resonant sound caused by this.

Usage examples:

There was a ring at the door

noun

A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Usage examples:

Christians had gone astray and corrupted the god's scriptures by dividing into different sects and …

abbreviation

Section.

noun

A religious group with beliefs that make it different from a larger or more established religion it has separated from

Usage examples:

A christian sect

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.