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Word: lateral
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- anatomy Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
- botany Pertaining to the girth of an organ, rather than its thickness or length.
- linguistics Pertaining to sounds that are generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for the air passage.
- To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
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Noun:
- American football a lateral pass
- an object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else
- linguistics a sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in ''lateral'')
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Verb:
- American football To execute a lateral pass
- To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction
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