Bunt vs False - What's the difference?
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The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
(baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
(baseball, softball) The act of bunting
(aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
A fungus (Ustilago foetida ) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
(baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
(baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
(aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
(nautical) To swell out.
(rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun bunt
is the middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.As a verb bunt
is (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.bunt
English
Noun
(en noun)- The bunt of the sail was green.
- The bunt was fielded cleanly.
- The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
See also
* ("bunt" on Wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- Jones bunted the ball.
- Jones bunted .
- We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out.
- The sail bunts .
false
English
Adjective
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