What is the meaning of ACTIVE. Phrases containing ACTIVE
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Fixed signal regulating railroad traffic, usually referred to as slow board., order board., clear board (for clear tracks) or red board (stop). Do not confuse this with extra board or spare board, colloquially known as slow board or starvation list, usually containing names of qualified train or enginemen not in regular active service who are called to work in emergencies. These names are listed in order of seniority, the man hired most recently being the last one called to service
NATO codeword for an active shipborne sonar.
To formally take a naval vessel out of active service, after which the vessel is said to be out of commission or decommissioned.
Someone who was sexually active
Retire from active participation in an activity. Originally a term used in hockey
Position for anal intercourse: laying with legs thrown over the head in the air exposing the ass-end to the active partner. [This position lets one kiss his partner.]
Attractive young woman actively hunting for a rich man
well in health; neat, very active
Likes to be the partner who licks in Australian sex.
A person who engages in sex.
Homosexual. Not just practicing but extremely active and skilled.
Active pedophile.
Using the a-buck position for anal intercourse; laying with legs thrown over the head in the air exposing the ass-end to the active partner.
Mode of thought found in some cultures in which, in male-male sexual activity, the only one who is perverted is the bottom. In this mode of thought, a man who would allow himself to get fucked is thought weak and womanish, whereas the top retains his manhood because he is doing the fucking.
A technique used to turn passive anti-submarine sonobuoys into active sonar by dropping explosive charges into the water.
To transmit on active sonar, or the sound or signal made by sonar.
1. To formally place a naval vessel into active service, after which the vessel is said to be in commission. 2. An official document issued by the government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an Officer.
The act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service. The ceremonies involved are often rooted in centuries old naval tradition.
Someone perceived to be active on a particular scene, whether social, gambling, industrial or whatever. Similarly can used for someone with multiple partners (male or female).
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Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
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In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
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Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
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Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
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In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
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The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
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Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
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Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
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Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
v. i.
To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
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Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
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Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
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Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
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Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.
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Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
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Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
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In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
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Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
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Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
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