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ratchet
| ratchet down
| ratchet screwdriver
| ratchet wheel
| rate
| rate of attrition
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ratchet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ratchet has 1 sense
- ratchet(n = noun.artifact) rachet, ratch - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction; Array is a kind of mechanical device
has parts: click, detent, dog, pawl, ratchet wheel
is a part of ratchet screwdriver, spiral ratchet screwdriver
Derived form verb ratchet1
Verb ratchet has 1 sense
- ratchet(v = verb.motion) rachet up, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" is one way to advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Derived form noun ratchet1
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
ratchet, n. [Properly a diminutive from the same word as rack: cf. F. rochet. See 2d Ratch, Rack the instrument.].
- A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See
Ratchet wheel , below, and 2d Ratch. [1913 Webster]" In the cut, the moving pawl c slides over the teeth in one direction, but in returning, draws the wheel with it, while the pawl d prevents it from turning in the contrary direction." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ratchet, n. & v.
--n.
1 a set of teeth on the edge of a bar or wheel in which a device engages to ensure motion in one direction only.
2 (in full ratchet-wheel) a wheel with a rim so toothed.
--v. (ratcheted, ratcheting)
1 tr. a provide with a ratchet. b make into a ratchet.
2 tr. & intr. move as under the control of a ratchet.
--n.
1 a set of teeth on the edge of a bar or wheel in which a device engages to ensure motion in one direction only.
2 (in full ratchet-wheel) a wheel with a rim so toothed.
--v. (ratcheted, ratcheting)
1 tr. a provide with a ratchet. b make into a ratchet.
2 tr. & intr. move as under the control of a ratchet.
Etymology
F rochet blunt lance-head, bobbin, ratchet, etc., prob. ult. f. Gmc
THESAURUS
ratchet
cog, comb, crag, fang, harrow, jag, peak, pecten, projection, rake, sawtooth, snag, snaggle, spire, sprocket, spur, steeple, toothROGET THESAURUS
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Connection
N connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.Sharpness
N sharpness, acuity, acumination, spinosity, point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum, needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin, prick, prickle, spur, rowel, barb, spit, cusp, horn, antler, snag, tag thorn, bristle, Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca, nib, tooth, tusk, spoke, cog, ratchet, crag, crest, arete, cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille, spire, pyramid, steeple, beard, chevaux de frise, porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle, comb, awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose, grass, hairif, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel, heckle, wedge, knife edge, cutting edge, blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor, scalpel, bistoury, lancet, plowshare, coulter, colter, hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill, billhook, cleaver, cutter, scythe, sickle, scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter, sword, bodkin, belduque, bowie knife, paring knife, bushwhacker, drawing knife, drawing shave, microtome, chisel, screwdriver blade, flint blade, guillotine, sharpener, hone, strop, grindstone, whetstone, novaculite, steel, emery, sharp, keen, acute, acicular, aciform, aculeated, acuminated, pointed, tapering, conical, pyramidal, mucronate, mucronated, spindle shaped, needle shaped, spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated, cornute, cornuted, cornicultate, prickly, spiny, spinous, spicular, thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary, craggy, snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform, dentiform, denticulated, toothed, odontoid, starlike, stellated, stelliform, sagittate, sagittiform, arrowheaded, arrowy, barbed, spurred, acinaciform, apiculate, apiculated, aristate, awned, awny, bearded, calamiform, cone-shaped, coniform, crestate, echinate, gladiate, lanceolate, lanciform, awl, awl-shaped, lance-shaped, awl- shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped, setarious, spinuliferous, subulate, tetrahedral, xiphoid, cutting, sharp edged, knife edged, sharp as a razor, keen as a razor, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, sharpened, set.
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