The meaning of Club

noun

The state or process of affiliating or being affiliated.

Usage examples:

The group has no affiliation to any preservation society

noun

The relationship between two companies that are officially connected to each other

Usage examples:

And that's exactly what's behind our new affiliation: growing the business.

noun

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

Usage examples:

A defensive alliance between australia and new zealand

noun

A group of countries, political parties, or people who work together because of shared interests or aims, or the act of forming such a group

Usage examples:

[ c ] switzerland does not belong to any military alliance., [ u ] alliance against our common enem…

noun

An agreement to work with another person, organization, etc. to try to achieve the same thing

Usage examples:

A business/economic/marketing alliance, forge/form/enter into an alliance with sb/sth the company w…

noun

A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

Usage examples:

Debate continued among nato allies

verb

Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Usage examples:

He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen

noun

Variant spelling of alley2.

noun

(often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose.

Usage examples:

The national association of probation officers

noun

A group of people united in an organization because of their common interests

Usage examples:

The aarp, the american association of retired persons, is a huge organization with millions of memb…

noun

A group of people or organizations who work together for a particular purpose, often used in the names of particular organizations

Usage examples:

The creation of more part-time jobs is supported by the employers' association., a business/profess…

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 long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

verb

Strike hard and violently.

Usage examples:

They bashed him over the head with a blunt object

noun

A heavy blow.

Usage examples:

A bash on the head

verb

Pour fat or juices over (meat) during cooking in order to keep it moist.

Usage examples:

Slip herbs under the skin and baste the chicken constantly

verb

Tack with long, loose stitches in preparation for sewing.

Usage examples:

Baste the zip under the edges so that it is concealed

verb

Beat (someone) soundly; thrash.

Usage examples:

Go baste him one!

noun

An implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis.

Usage examples:

A cricket bat

verb

(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball.

Usage examples:

Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat

noun

A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.

Usage examples:

Small and furry, bats are the only mammals to have achieved powered flight.

noun

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He waved a hand in the air like he was holding a baton and conducting an orchestra.

noun

Any of various specially designed sticks used in races, to lead a group of musicians, or thrown in the air by people who are marching

Usage examples:

She twirls a baton as the parade passes by., he waves his fork like a conductor’s baton.

verb

Strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

noun

A semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying.

Usage examples:

Pancake batter

noun

(in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting.

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Attack (someone) physically or verbally.

Usage examples:

Bernard was belabouring jed with his fists

noun

A tin or enamel cooking pot with a lid and a wire handle, for use when camping.

Usage examples:

Roger had our fire going and the billy boiling

noun

Short for billy goat.

noun

A metal container used for cooking outside over a fire

noun

A gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more.

Usage examples:

The site offers slots, roulette and animated card games including poker and blackjack.

noun

A type of card game played for money

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

noun

The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.

Usage examples:

It's important to keep your body in good condition

verb

Give material form to something abstract.

Usage examples:

He bodied forth the traditional prussian remedy for all ills

noun

A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).

Usage examples:

Draw a circle with a compass

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

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

verb

Hit (someone) hard.

Usage examples:

If he does that i'll clobber him!

noun

Clothing, personal belongings, or equipment.

Usage examples:

I found all his clobber in the locker

verb

Add enamelled decoration to (porcelain).

Usage examples:

The hateful practice of clobbering oriental porcelain, already begun, pointed a cheap and easy way …

noun

A heavy blow with the hand or a hard object.

Usage examples:

A clout round the ear

verb

Short for clout nail.

noun

Power and influence over other people or events

Usage examples:

The small firms banded together so they would have more clout in washington.

noun

A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.

Usage examples:

A coalition between liberals and conservatives

noun

A group formed of different organizations or people who agree to act together, usually temporarily, to achieve something

Usage examples:

A governing coalition, the national coalition on black voter participation

noun

A group of two or more political parties working together to win an election or govern an area

Usage examples:

Form/build/assemble a coalition with no party having gained overall control in the election, the tw…

verb

Work jointly on an activity or project.

Usage examples:

He collaborated with him on numerous hotel projects

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A commercial business.

Usage examples:

A shipping company

verb

Associate with; keep company with.

Usage examples:

These men which have companied with us all this time

noun

An organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

He owns part of a company that manufactures software for personal computers., it was a long trip an…

noun

An association, typically of several companies.

Usage examples:

It would move the commissioning of care to local authorities, giving democratic control of the heal…

noun

A thick, heavy stick or bar used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The defendants deny having a self-loading pistol and a telescopic cosh

verb

Hit (someone) on the head with a cosh.

Usage examples:

The other coshed him and he fell unconscious

abbreviation

Hyperbolic cosine.

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 group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.

Usage examples:

He was one of nine members of the crew killed when the plane went down

verb

Provide (a craft or vehicle) with a group of people to operate it.

Usage examples:

Normally the boat is crewed by five people

verb

Past of crow2.

noun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

verb

Beat with a cudgel.

Usage examples:

They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

noun

(in south asia) a large stick used as a weapon by a policeman or guard.

Usage examples:

The watchman beat the walls with his danda

noun

A club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music.

Usage examples:

On friday evenings, he often attended a disco with school friends

verb

Attend or dance at a disco.

Usage examples:

She filled every hour of the day playing tennis, or discoing with friends

noun

A place where people dance to recorded music for entertainment

Usage examples:

Disco dancing

noun

A club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music.

noun

A style of pop music intended mainly for dancing to, typically soul-influenced and melodic with a regular bass beat, popular particularly in the late 1970s.

Usage examples:

The music hops from one genre to another – electropop and post-punk, but also disco, hip-hop, and s…

noun

A disco

noun

A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs.

Usage examples:

The russian federation

noun

A group of organizations, states, etc., that have united to form a larger organization or government

Usage examples:

Canada is a federation of provinces and territories.

noun

A group of organizations, regions, countries, etc. that have joined together to form a larger organization or government

Usage examples:

A federation of states/companies/trade unions, etc. the united states is a federation of 50 individ…

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 medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.

Usage examples:

The right model for the teacher unions is the medieval craftsman guilds, the hallmarks of which wer…

noun

An organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests

Usage examples:

The screen actors guild

verb

Bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

The woman hit the mugger with her umbrella

noun

An instance of striking or being struck.

Usage examples:

Few structures can withstand a hit from a speeding car

verb

Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

noun

A place where war or other fighting is likely to happen

Usage examples:

The border has become a major hotspot., the manhattan is one of the best hotspots in town., there a…

noun

An organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose.

Usage examples:

An academic institution

noun

A short stick with a knob at the top, traditionally used as a weapon by some indigenous peoples of south africa.

Usage examples:

It was a cold morning on ray street on 9 february 1955 when 2000 policemen, armed with guns, knobke…

noun

(in south asia) a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by police.

Usage examples:

A lathi charge

noun

A long, heavy stick, especially one used as a weapon by police officers

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.

idiom

Form a line

phrasal verb

Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row.

Usage examples:

An officer lined them up and gave them a short speech

phrasal verb

Have someone or something ready or prepared.

Usage examples:

Have you got any work lined up?

noun

A staff of office, especially that which lies on the table in the house of commons when the speaker is in the chair, regarded as a symbol of the authority of the house.

Usage examples:

The mace symbolises the authority of the speaker of the national assembly and its presence in the c…

noun

The reddish fleshy outer covering of the nutmeg, dried as a spice.

Usage examples:

Among the spices specified are ginger, nutmeg, mace, cloves, and saffron; caraway seeds seem always…

verb

Spray (someone) with mace.

Usage examples:

Three individuals were maced by an unknown male

noun

An entertainment venue that is open from the evening until early morning, having facilities such as a bar and disco or other entertainment.

Usage examples:

Bars, clubs, nightclubs, sports and shopping facilities are also featured.

noun

A place where people go in the evening to eat and drink, dance, listen to music, or watch entertainment

noun

A police officer's truncheon.

Usage examples:

Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms.

noun

A thick heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Usage examples:

A research organization

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

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.

noun

A thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in ireland, typically as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads,

noun

A position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.

Usage examples:

A town on the other side of the river

verb

Support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate.

Usage examples:

He felt that max had betrayed him by siding with beatrice

noun

The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Usage examples:

Drugs, crime, and other dangers to society

noun

People considered as a group, or a group of people who live together in a particular social system

Usage examples:

[ u ] society is changing little by little., [ c ] societies change over the course of time., [ u ]…

noun

People in general living together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things, and sharing the work that needs to be done

Usage examples:

Society cannot expect perfection in products and services, but it can expect that corporations will…

noun

A small group of people having a particular task.

Usage examples:

An assassination squad

noun

All the people employed by a particular organization.

Usage examples:

A staff of 600

verb

Another term for stave (sense 2).

noun

A mixture of plaster of paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.

Usage examples:

Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed.

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Usage examples:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

noun

A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Usage examples:

Dockers voted for an all-out strike

verb

Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

noun

A group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.

Usage examples:

The village cricket team

verb

Come together as a team to achieve a common goal.

Usage examples:

He teamed up with the band to produce the disc

noun

A number of people who act together as a group, either in a sport or in order to achieve something

Usage examples:

A baseball/basketball/football team, the legal/medical team, my favorite team is the new york giant…

noun

A group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues.

Usage examples:

A dance troupe

noun

A group of performers, such as actors or dancers, who perform and travel together

noun

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Usage examples:

Rowan and mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.

noun

The action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.

Usage examples:

He was opposed to closer political or economic union with europe

noun

The act or the state of being joined together

noun

An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers

Usage examples:

"no date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning., t…