Definition of counters Counters
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Wiktionary 
- counters (Noun)
Plural of counter.
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| counter - table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted | ||
| table a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" | ||
| bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | ||
| checkout counter, checkout a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases | ||
| countertop the top side of a counter | ||
| meat counter counter where meats are displayed for sale | ||
| notions counter counter where notions are sold | ||
| counter - a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens | ||
| tabulator | ||
| calculating machine, calculator a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations | ||
| counter - a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot" | ||
| heel counter | ||
| piece of leather a separate part consisting of leather | ||
| shoe footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material | ||
| counter - game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games | ||
| game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | ||
| counter - (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) | ||
| register a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device | ||
| computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | ||
| counter - a person who counts things | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| counter - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" | ||
| rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback | ||
| reply, response the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" | ||
| counter - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | ||
| buffet, sideboard | ||
| article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" | ||
| dining-room, dining room a room used for dining | ||
| credenza, credence a kind of sideboard or buffet | ||
| drawer a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | ||
| cellaret, minibar sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | ||
| counter - a return punch (especially by a boxer) | ||
| counterpunch, parry | ||
| biff, lick, punch, clout, poke, slug touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" | ||
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| counter - speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments" | ||
| reply, respond, answer respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy" | ||
| counter - act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | ||
| anticipate, foresee, forestall | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
Adverb |
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| counter - in the opposite direction; "run counter" | ||
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Wiktionary
- counter (Noun)
An object now especially a small disc used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. - counter (Noun)
Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. - counter (Noun)
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. - counter (Noun)
One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner. - counter (Noun)
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. - counter (Noun)
The prison attached to a city court; a Counter. - counter (Noun)
A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English e. g. "20 head of cattle", they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. - counter (Noun)
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place. - counter (Noun)
A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent. - counter (Noun)
A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count. - counter (Noun)
A hit counter . - counter (Noun)
The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline. - counter (Noun)
By extension The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot above the heel of the shoe/boot. - counter (Verb)
To contradict, oppose. - counter (Verb)
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. - counter (Verb)
To take action in response to; to respond. - counter (Adverb)
Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. - counter (Adjective)
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- counter (adv.)
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. - counter (v. t.)
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner. - counter (v. t.)
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. - counter (v. t.)
Money; coin; -- used in contempt. - counter (v. t.)
A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London. - counter (v. t.)
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. - counter (v. t.)
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured. - counter (adv.)
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go. - counter (adv.)
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter. - counter (adv.)
At or against the front or face. - counter (a.)
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. - counter (adv.)
The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. - counter (adv.)
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. - counter (adv.)
The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. - counter (adv.)
The back leather or heel part of a boot. - counter (n.)
An encounter. - counter (v. i.)
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns. Most are tied to a semantic class, such as "animals" or "long things". They are used in most East Asian languages, plus Bengali, as well as many Indigenous languages of the Americas near the Pacific coast. -
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A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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kownâ˛tÄr, adv. against: in opposition.âadj. contrary: opposite.ân. that which is counter of opposite: (mus.) the voice-part set in immediate contrast with the air: (fencing) a parry in which one foil follows the other in a small circle: the part of a horse's breast between the shoulders and under the neck: (naut.) the part of a ship between the water-line and the knuckle of the stern.âv.t. Counteractâ˛, to act counter or in opposition to: to hinder or defeat.ân. Counteracâ˛tion.âadj. Counteractâ˛ive, tending to counteract.ân. one who or that which counteracts.âadv. Counteractâ˛ively.âns. Counâ˛ter-agâ˛ent, anything which counteracts; Counâ˛ter-approachâ˛, a work thrown up outside a besieged place to command or check the approaches of the besieger; Counâ˛ter-attracâ˛tion, attraction in an opposite direction.âadj. Counâ˛ter-attractâ˛ive, attracting in an opposite direction.âv.t. Counterbalâ˛ance, to balance by weight on the opposite side: to act against with equal weight, power, or influence.âns. Counâ˛terbalance, an equal weight, power, or agency working in opposition; Counâ˛terbase (see Contrabass); Counâ˛ter-battâ˛ery (mil.), a battery erected to oppose another; Counâ˛ter-blast, something done in opposition to another thing; Counâ˛ter-bond, a bond to protect from contingent loss one who has given bond for another.âv.t. Counâ˛ter-brace (naut.), to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways.ân. the lee-brace of the fore-topsail-yard.ân. Counâ˛terbuff, a stroke that stops motion or causes a recoil.âv.t. to drive back by such.âns. Counâ˛ter-cast (Spens.), a contrary cast, counterplot, trick; Counâ˛ter-castâ˛er (Shak.), one who casts accounts: a book-keeperâused in contempt; Counâ˛ter-change, (Shak.), exchange, reciprocation.âp.adj. Counâ˛terchangedâ˛, exchanged: (her.) intermixed or set one against the other, as the colours of the field and charge.ân. Counâ˛ter-charge, a charge brought forward in opposition to another charge.âv.t. Counâ˛tercharm, to destroy or dissolve the effects of another charm.ân. that which destroys the effects of another charm.âv.t. Counâ˛ter-check, to check by some obstacle: to rebuke.âns. Counter-checkâ˛, a check in opposition to another: a rebuke; Counter-claim, kownâ˛tÄr-klÄm, n. a cross-demand brought forward as a partial or complete set-off against another claim.; Counâ˛ter-currâ˛ent, a current flowing in an opposite direction; Counâ˛ter-drain, a drain alongside a canal, &c., to carry off water oozing out.âv.t. Counâ˛terdraw, to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material.âns. Counâ˛ter-evâ˛idence, evidence brought forward in opposition to other evidence; Counâ˛terfoil, the corresponding part of a bank cheque, &c., retained by the giver; Counâ˛ter-force, an opposing force; Counâ˛ter-fort (fort.), a buttress, or arch behind the revetments or retaining walls of the ditches of permanent fortifications; Counâ˛ter-gauge, an adjustable scribing gauge for marking the measurements of a mortise on a piece to be tenoned; Counâ˛ter-guard (fort.), an outwork consisting of two lines of rampart running parallel to the faces of the bastion, to guard the bastion from being breached; Counâ˛ter-inâ˛fluence, an opposing influence; Counâ˛ter-irrâ˛itant, an agent or substance applied to the skin so as to redden, to vesicate, or to produce pustules, &c.; Counâ˛ter-irritÄâ˛tion, an artificial irritation produced in one part of the body to act in opposition to and remove already existing irritation; Counâ˛terlight (paint.), a light opposite to any object, disturbing the effect of its light.âv.i. Counâ˛termarch, to march back or in a direction contrary to a former one.ân. a marching backward or in a direction different from a former one: (mil.) an evolution by which a body of men change front, and still retain the same men in the front rank: change of measures.ân. Counâ˛termark, an additional mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants, so that it may not be opened except in the presence of all the owners: a mark put on standard metal by the London Goldsmiths' Company in addition to the artificer's: an artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses to disguise their age.âv.t. Counâ˛termine, to make a mine in opposition to: to oppose by means of a countermine: (fig.) to frustrate by secret working:âpr.p. counterminâ˛ing; pa.p. counterminedâ˛.âns. Counâ˛ter-mine (mil.), a mine or chamber excavated by the besieged to counteract or destroy the mines made by the besiegers: (fig.) any means of counteraction; Counâ˛ter-mĹâ˛tion, an opposite motion; Counâ˛ter-move, -moveâ˛ment, a contrary move, movement.âv.t. Counâ˛termure, to fortify a wall with another wall.âns. Counâ˛ter-Ĺâ˛pening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place; Counâ˛ter-pace, a step in opposition to another, a contrary measure.âadj. Counâ˛ter-paled (her.), divided equally, as an escutcheon, first palewise, then by a line fesswise, with two tinctures countercharged.âns. Counâ˛ter-paroleâ˛, a word in addition to the password; Counâ˛terpart, the part that answers to another part: that which fits into or completes another, having the qualities which another lacks, and so an opposite.âadj. Counâ˛ter-passâ˛ant (her.), denoting two animals in a coat of arms represented as passing each other the contrary way.ân. Counâ˛terplea, a replication to a plea or request.âv.t. Counterpleadâ˛, to plead the contrary of; Counâ˛terplotâ˛, to plot against in order to frustrate another plot:âpr.p. counterplotâ˛ting; pa.p. counterplotâ˛ted.ân. a plot or stratagem opposed to another plot.âv.t. Counâ˛terpoise, to poise or weigh against or on the opposite side: to act in opposition to with equal effect.ân. an equally heavy weight in the other scaleâ(Spens.) Counâ˛terpoys.âns. Counâ˛ter-poisâ˛on, a poison used as the antidote of another; Counâ˛ter-presâ˛sure, opposing pressure; Counâ˛ter-proof, an inverted impression obtained from a newly printed proof of an engraving, by laying it, while the ink is still wet, upon plain paper, and passing it through the press; Counâ˛ter-revolĹŤâ˛tion, a subsequent revolution counteracting the effect of a previous; Counâ˛ter-roll, a copy of the rolls relating to appeals, inquests, &c., serving as a check on another's roll; Counâ˛ter-round, a body of officers which goes to inspect the rounds.âadj. Counâ˛tersÄâ˛lient (her.), salient in opposite directions.ân. Counâ˛terscarp (fort.), the side of the ditch nearest to the besiegers and opposite to the scarp.âv.t. CountersealⲠ(Shak.), to seal along with others.âns. Counâ˛ter-securâ˛ity, security given to one who has become surety for another; Counâ˛ter-sense, an interpretation contrary to the real sense.âv.t. Countersignâ˛, to sign on the opposite side of a writing: to sign in addition to the signature of a superior, to attest the authenticity of a writing.âns. Counâ˛tersign, a military private sign or word, which must be given in order to pass a sentry: a counter-signature; Counâ˛ter-sigâ˛nal, a signal used as an answer
to another; Counâ˛ter-sigâ˛nature, a name
countersigned to a writing.âv.t. Counâ˛tersink, to bevel the edge of a hole, as
for the head of a screw-nail (a a in fig.)âit is
usually done by a Countersink-bit (b in fig.) in a
brace.âns. Counâ˛ter-stand, opposition, resistance;
Counâ˛ter-stateâ˛ment, a
statement in opposition to another statement; Counâ˛ter-stroke (Spens.), a stroke
given in return for another stroke; Counâ˛ter-talâ˛ly, a tally serving as a
check to another; Counâ˛ter-tenâ˛or, name applied to alto
when sung by a male voice (so called because a contrast to tenor);
Counâ˛ter-time, the resistance of a
horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manège:
resistance, opposition; Counâ˛terturn, a turn in a play different from
what was expected.âv.t. Countervailâ˛, to be of avail against: to act
against with equal effect: to be of equal value to: to compensate
[Counter and Avail].ân. Counâ˛ter-view, an opposing view: a posture in
which two persons face each other: opposition:
contrast.âv.t. Counâ˛ter-vote, to vote in opposition to;
Counâ˛ter-weigh, to weigh against,
counterbalance.âns. Counâ˛ter-weight, a weight in an opposite
scale.âv.i. Counâ˛ter-wheel, to wheel in an opposite
direction.ân. Counâ˛ter-work, a work raised in opposition to
another.âv.t. to work in opposition to.âp.adj.
Counâ˛ter-wrought. [Fr.,âL.
contra, against.]
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kownâ˛tÄr, n. (Spens.) encounter.âv.t. to encounter: to contradict
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine âď¸
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contre-arcasse, an arch or vault whose upper-part is terminated by the bottom of the stern, and the lower part by the wing-transom and buttock, being expressed by the letters KG, in the elevation, plate I. as likewise by the same letters in fig. 1, plate X. and the figure referred to from the article QUARTER.There is also another counter above, parallel to this, but not vaulted; it extends from the upper-part of the lower, or vaulted counter, to the moulding which terminates the windows of the cabin or ward-room below. This latter is usually called the upper or second counter.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book âľ
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A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies opposition, as counter-brace, counter-current, &c.--Counter of a ship, refers to her after-seat on the water: the counter above extends from the gun-deck line, or lower ribbon moulding of the cabin windows, to the water-line (or seat of water); the lower counter is arched below that line, and constitutes the hollow run. It is formed on the transom-buttocks.
