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66 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • span n. The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an…
  • span n. Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan…
  • span n. (By extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
  • span n. A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
  • span n. (Architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam…
  • span n. (Architecture, construction) The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
  • span n. (Nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope…
  • span n. (US, Canada) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when…
  • span n. (Mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.
  • span n. (Computing) The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i…
  • span n. Wingspan of a plane or bird.
  • span v. (Transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
  • span v. (Transitive) To extend through (a time period).
  • span v. (Transitive) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing…
  • span v. (Mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
  • span v. (Intransitive, US, dated) To be matched, as horses.
  • span v. (Transitive) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
  • span v. (Archaic, now nonstandard) simple past tense of spin.
  • Span prop.n. A surname.
  • SPAN prop.n. Acronym of Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network.
  • SPAN prop.n. (Computing) Acronym of Switched Port Analyzer, a Cisco technology.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Aromanian
    • spãn adj. Hairless, glabrous.
    • spãn adj. Unable to grow facial hair.
    • spãn adj. Bald.
  • Danish
  • Livonian
  • Middle english
    • span n. Alternative form of spanne.
  • Norman
    • spàn n. (Guernsey) greenhouse.
  • Romanian
    • spân adj. Hairless, glabrous.
    • spân adj. Unable to grow facial hair.
    • șpan adj. Obsolete form of zbanghiu.
    • Șpan prop.n. A surname.
  • Serbo-croatian
    • špan n. Feudal supervisor.
  • Sranan tongo
  • Swedish
    • span n. (Colloquial) an act of spying (something).
    • span n. (Colloquial) stakeout.
    • spån n. (Often in the plural) a thin planed- or ground off piece of wood or (more rarely) iron or the like; a shaving, a chip.
    • spån n. (Often in the plural) a wood shingle (used to cover a roof or wall).
    • spån n. (Chiefly in compounds, often in the plural) something with a shape reminiscent of the above.
    • spån n. (Slang) an idiot.
  • West frisian
    • span n. Span, team (pair of draught animals in a team).
    • span n. Pair, couple.
— English word, defined in German —
  • span V. Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs spin.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • span w. Verleden tijd enkelvoud en meervoud van spin.
— English words, defined in French —
  • span n. Portée d’une poutre, du tablier d’un pont. De manière générale, longueur d’une pièce entre deux appuis.
  • span n. Durée.
  • span n. (Métrologie) Empan (unité de longueur).
  • span v. Chevaucher.
  • span v. Recouvrir (Une aire géographique, un domaine de connaissances, etc.).
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • span s. Palmo.
  • span s. Período.
  • span v. Cobrir.
  • span v. Abranger.
— In German —
  • span V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spanen.
  • span V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spanen.
  • Span S. Kleines Stück Material, das als Abfall beim Sägen, Hobeln…
  • spän V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spänen.
  • spän V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spänen.
  • span. Abk. Spanisch.
— In Dutch —
  • span n. O twee of meer trekdieren die samen zijn aangespannen.
  • span n. O duo, koppel, paar, stel, tweetal.
  • span n. M /v een oude (niet-metrische) lengtemaat zijnde de afstand…
  • span w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van spannen.
  • span w. Gebiedende wijs van spannen.
  • span w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van spannen.
183 English words from 43 English definitions

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26 English words from 23 foreign definitions

aire als appuis das des die domaine duo een entre etc longueur Material meer paar Palmo past Person simple simple␣past Singular spin tablier twee van Verbs

1 foreign word from 43 English definitions

spanne

63 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

Abfall Abranger afstand Aktiv beim Bij Chevaucher Cobrir connaissances De␣manière deux Durée Eerste Eerste␣persoon Empan enkelvoud entre␣deux Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs générale géographique Hobeln Imperativ Indikativ inversie Kleines koppel lengtemaat manière meervoud metrische Métrologie niet oude Período persoon pièce pont Portée poutre Präsens Präteritum Recouvrir Sägen samen spänen Spanisch spannen stel Stück tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd trekdieren tweede tweede␣persoon tweetal une unité Verleden Verleden␣tijd wijs zijn zijnde

331 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

spane spang Spang spank Spano spans spaned spanes Spånga spange spangs Spangs spanin spanko spanks spanky Spanos spancel Spandau Spander spandex spanged Spangel spanger spanges spangle Spangle spangly spaniel spaning spanins spanish Spanish spanked spankee spanker spankin' spankos spanned spannel spanner span-new spancels spandite spandrel spandril spanemia spanemic spaneria spangers +281 words

246 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Espana cospans dispand Espanas Hispano hispano- Hispano- inspans armspans arm␣spans crispant dispands endspans Espanish Espanola Española eyespans Hispania Hispanic Hispanos legspans midspans outspans uitspans ant's␣pants bespangle crispants dispanded espantoon handspans Hispanian Hispanics Hispanism Hispanist hispanize Hispanize inspanned knot␣spans lifespans life␣spans linkspans mainspans makespans overspans palmspans pisspants timespans unspanked unspanned Uspanteca +196 words

48 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

C-SPAN VSPAN cospan inspan armspan arm␣span endspan eyespan forspan legspan midspan outspan subspan uitspan chef's␣pan drawspan gerospan Grunspan Grynspan handspan knot␣span lifespan life␣span linkspan long-span mainspan makespan overspan palmspan timespan wakespan widespan wingspan clearspan Greenspan Gruenspan pentaspan sarcospan supraspan tetraspan healthspan linear␣span memory␣span spic-and-span spic␣and␣span spick-and-span spick␣and␣span attention␣span

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pan Pan PAN pan- Pan. spa Spa SpA SPA

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

APs APS nap NAP -nap naps

11 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ANPs naps NPAS NSPA pans Pans PANs PNAs PNAS snap SNAP

85 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

apans APAns APRNs aspen Aspen aspin cap'ns C-SPAN IP␣SAN knaps napas napes NAPEs Napps NAPTs napus narps NASPA NCAPs neaps nipas NSDAP NSPAs paans pains Pains PAINs PAINS Panas panes Panes pangs Pangs PANHs panks Panks panos Panos pansy pants Pants -pants panus pasan pawns peans phans Phans pinas piñas +35 words

51 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ANP ans Ans ANS ans. APs APS ASN asp ASP nap NAP -nap NAs NAS NPA NPs NPS NSA pan Pan PAN pan- Pan. pas Pas PAs PAS PNA PNs PNS PsA PSA Psa. PSN san San SAn SAN -san sap SAP s.ap. SNA SNP spa Spa SpA SPA spn SPN

50 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

apan APAn CPAN Saan scan sean Sean shan Shan Sian slan s.l.a.n. SPAB Spac SPAC spad SpAd SPAD spae spag SPAG Spak spam Spam SPAM spar Spar SPAR spas SpAs SPAs spat spaw Spaw spay spaz spin spun stan Stan 'stan -stan stan' 'Stan -Stan Svan swan Swan Syan WPAN

16 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pan Pan PAN pan- Pan. san San SAn SAN -san spa Spa SpA SPA spn SPN

9 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

sapan Sapan Spahn Spain spawn Spawn spean Spean Supan


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