filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"
feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"
a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome"
the state of being welcome; "don't outstay your welcome"
giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us"
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
break violently or noisily; smash;
cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
the process of gradually becoming inferior
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"