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| verb: | | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" |
| noun: | | a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" |
| verb: | | give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance |
| noun: | | a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" |
| verb: | | utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" |
| verb: | | order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" |
| verb: | | utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" |
| verb: | | demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" |
| verb: | | call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" |
| noun: | | a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" |
| verb: | | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" |
| noun: | | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" |
| noun: | | a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" |
| verb: | | order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| verb: | | lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" |
| verb: | | make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" |
| noun: | | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" |
| verb: | | rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| verb: | | ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" |
| verb: | | indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" |
| verb: | | consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" |
| noun: | | a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" |
| verb: | | declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" |
| verb: | | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" |
| verb: | | send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" |
| verb: | | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" |
| verb: | | read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" |
| verb: | | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" |
| noun: | | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" |
| verb: | | order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" |
| noun: | | a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" |
