[syn: notch, nick, snick]
VERB (2)
1. cut or make a notch into;
- Example: "notch the rope"
2. notch a surface to record something;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched (n[o^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Notching.]
1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by
notches; as, to notch a stick.
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2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
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God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Notch \Notch\ (n[o^]ch), n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw.
nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.]
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1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
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And on the stick ten equal notches makes. --Swift.
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2. A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close
pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
notch
n 1: a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
2: the location in a range of mountains of a geological
formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got
through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass,
mountain pass, notch]
3: a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a
surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his
revolver"
4: a small cut [syn: notch, nick, snick]
v 1: cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"
2: notch a surface to record something
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
238 Moby Thesaurus words for "notch":
Vandyke, abysm, abyss, accomplish, achieve, alveolation, alveolus,
amount, arroyo, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch,
box canyon, brand, breach, break, caliber, canyon, caste mark,
cavity, chalk, chalk up, chap, chasm, check, check off, checkmark,
chimney, chink, chop, cicatrix, cicatrize, cleft, cleuch, clough,
col, compass, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crenellate,
crenulate, crevasse, crevice, crimp, cut, cwm, dapple, dash,
defile, define, degree, delimit, dell, demarcate, dent, depress,
dike, dimple, dint, discolor, discoloration, ditch, donga, dot,
draw, earmark, engrave, engraving, excavation, extent, fault,
fissure, flaw, fleck, flick, flume, fracture, freckle, furrow,
gain, gap, gape, gash, gorge, gouge, gradation, grade, graving,
groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hack, hatch, height, hole, honeycomb,
impress, impression, imprint, incise, incision, indent,
indentation, indention, indenture, interval, jag, joint, jot,
kloof, knurl, leak, leap, lentigo, level, line, machicolate,
macula, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, measure,
mill, moat, mole, mottle, nevus, nick, nock, nuance, nullah,
opening, pas, pass, passage, patch, peg, pencil, pepper, period,
picot, pink, pit, pitch, plane, plateau, pock, pockmark, point,
polka dot, press in, prick, print, proportion, punch, punch in,
punctuate, puncture, range, ratio, ravine, reach, recess, register,
remove, rent, riddle, rift, rime, round, rung, rupture, scale,
scallop, scar, scarification, scarify, scissure, scope, score,
scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, serrate, set back, set in,
shade, shadow, slash, slit, slot, space, speck, speckle, splash,
split, splotch, spot, stage, stain, stair, stamp, standard, step,
stigma, stigmatize, stint, strawberry mark, streak, striate,
stripe, sunken part, tamp, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick, tick off,
tittle, tooth, trace, tread, trench, underline, underscore, valley,
void, wadi, watermark, win