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The endowed fund will reach term next year.

The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry. This hospital was endowed by the citizens of Strasbourg in the 16th century.

Some lucky people are endowed with both brains and beauty. Sardinia is generously endowed with prehistoric sites.

The city is well endowed with modern medical facilities.

He's very well endowed!

She turned off the light and crept through the door.

Making coffee for the boss again? You creep!

He was such a creep - he was always staring at me in the canteen.

Gasoline price creep has been noticeable recently.

We were creeping along in rush-hour traffic.

slow movement, especially at a steady but almost imperceptible pace.

She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry. The glacier is an imperceptibly slow-moving river of jagged ice.

imperceptibly - ADVERB

The past year has seen a perceptible improvement in working standards.

a jagged cut/tear jagged rocks a jagged line/edge; a jagged piece of glass

jaggedly - ADVERB - She offered me a jaggedly opened tin of tuna and a spoon. The drama moves jaggedly between tragedy and farce.

We're giving them a canteen of cutlery as a wedding present.

Expanding our objectives will only result in mission creep and huge amounts of extra expense.

Close the door carefully, don't slam it. He slammed the brakes on (= used them quickly and with force) when a child ran in front of his car.; I had to stop suddenly, and the car behind me slammed into the back of me.

shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly.; The wind made the door/window slam (shut).

Although the reviewers slammed the play, the audience loved it.

a poetry slam

Murray won his first slam in 2013.

The wrestler body slammed foes in front of record crowds.

in tennis and golf, the act of winning all of a series of important competitions

a shot in which a player thrusts the ball forcefully down through the basket.

She dunked a biscuit in her coffee.

The kids in the pool kept dunking one another.

Although he's a strong candidate, he's not a slam dunk.

She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me. She thrust the papers at me (= towards me). The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman.; she thrust her hands into her pockets

The main thrust of her argument was that women are compromised by the demands of childcare.

The thrust (= main point) of her argument was the schools need improvement.

he drove the blade upward with one powerful thrust He thrust at me with a stick.

the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models

He suddenly lunged at her with a broken bottle. He made a lunge for the ball. The goalkeeper lunged at the ball and knocked it away. John lunged forward and grabbed him by the throat

a sudden forward thrust of the body, typically with an arm outstretched to attack someone or seize something.

They were doing squats and lunges.

She squatted on the ground and warmed her hands by the fire. He squatted down and examined the front wheel of his bike.; He squatted down and picked up some pebbles.

They squatted (in) an old house in King's Cross when their money ran out.

the place that you live in when you are squatting: They're living in a damp squat with no electricity.

he was muscular and squat a row of ugly, squat houses Mickey was a squat, dark man with a ragged beard.

She shouldn't talk - she doesn't know squat about it. His opinion isn't worth squat.

This part of the coast has pebble beaches.

a pebbled beach a pebbled courtyard; The pebbled walls were colored by leeching minerals. This is a captivating village with pebbled streets, a pretty square and a church. They had $300 loafers with pebbled rubber soles.

someone who avoids doing any work:

He was wearing a blazer, a tie, slacks, and penny loafers.