| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
analyse or analyze (ˈænəˌlaɪz) ![]() | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc |
| 2. | to break down into components or essential features: to analyse a financial structure |
| 3. | to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of |
| 4. | another word for psychoanalyse |
| [C17: back formation from | |
| analyze or analyze | |
| —vb | |
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| ana'lysable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| ana'lyzable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| analy'sation or analyze | |
| —n | |
| analy'zation or analyze | |
| —n | |
| 'analyser or analyze | |
| —n | |
| 'analyzer or analyze | |
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