poke
To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
To rummage; to feel or grope around.
To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
To penetrate in sexual intercourse.

poked
simple past and past participle of poke

pokes
third-person singular simple present indicative of poke

poking
present participle and gerund of poke

pokings
plural of poking

pole
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
A type of basic fishing rod.
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
A pole position.
A rifle.
A penis.
A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.

poled
Marked with poles.

poles
plural of pole

polestar
Alternative form of pole star.

polestars
plural of polestar

poling
present participle and gerund of pole

polings
plural of poling

polyblast
A macrophage exuded by some ameboids

polyblasts
plural of polyblast

pontificate
The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.

pontificated
simple past and past participle of pontificate

pontificates
plural of pontificate

pontificating
present participle and gerund of pontificate

pontificatings
plural of pontificating

popcorn
A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
A serving of popcorn.
A piece of popcorn.
A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
Entertainment for observers.
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.

popcorned
simple past and past participle of popcorn

popcorning
A sporadic pronking behaviour in guinea pigs.
An accidental chain reaction in which one explosion sets off others
Vocal fry.

popcorns
plural of popcorn

porpoised
simple past and past participle of porpoise

porpoising
present participle and gerund of porpoise

positure
Obsolete form of posture.

positures
plural of positure

posterise
Non-Oxford British spelling of posterize.

posterize
To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in (a photograph or other image), changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another.
To score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them; also (by extension, sports, slang), to score a goal, a point, etc., in some other sport against (one or more opposing players) in a spectacular manner.
To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in a photograph or other image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another.

posterized
simple past and past participle of posterize

posterizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of posterize

posterizing
present participle and gerund of posterize

posture
The way a person holds and positions their body.
A situation or condition.
One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

postured
simple past and past participle of posture

postures
plural of posture

posturing
The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
The behavior of some birds as a means of signalling etc.

posturings
plural of posturing

pounce
A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.

pounced
simple past and past participle of pounce

pounces
third-person singular simple present indicative of pounce

pouncet
Alternative form of pounce (“powder for sprinkling over ink to dry it”).

pouncets
plural of pouncet

pouncing
present participle and gerund of pounce

pouncings
plural of pouncing

powerbock
To take part in an activity involving running, jumping and performing various acrobatics with the aid of vertically mounted curved springs attached to one's legs for exercise, pleasure or entertainment purposes.

powerbocked
simple past and past participle of powerbock

powerbocking
present participle and gerund of powerbock

powerbocks
third-person singular simple present indicative of powerbock

praeconise
Alternative form of preconize.

prance
To spring forward on the hind legs.
To strut about in a showy manner.

pranced
simple past and past participle of prance

prances
plural of prance

prancing
present participle and gerund of prance

prancings
plural of prancing

pray
To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
To implore, to entreat, to request.

prayed
simple past and past participle of pray

praying
An act of saying a prayer.

prayings
plural of praying

prechop
To chop beforehand, as in food preparation.
To carry out mechanical nucleofracture prior to phacoemulsification in cataract surgery.

prechopped
chopped in advance

prechopping
present participle and gerund of prechop

prechops
third-person singular simple present indicative of prechop

preconise
Alternative form of preconize.

preconize
To proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop.

preconized
simple past and past participle of preconize

preconizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of preconize

preconizing
present participle and gerund of preconize

present
Relating to now, for the time being; current.
Located in the immediate vicinity.
Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
Not delayed; immediate; instant.
Ready; quick in emergency.
Favorably attentive; propitious.
Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
Attentive; alert; focused.
Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)

presented
Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties.

presenting
present participle and gerund of present

presents
plural of present

presolve
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.

presolved
simple past and past participle of presolve

presolves
third-person singular simple present indicative of presolve

presolving
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.

procession
The act of progressing or proceeding.
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.

processioned
simple past and past participle of procession