(transitive) To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.

faint-hearted

timid people considered as a group

Alternative spelling of short order

(of food) Prepared and served quickly.

An order of food that can be prepared and served quickly.

(idiomatic) A situation where either choice results in a negative outcome.

(UK, informal) A custody dispute, a dispute concerning which of two separated parents should have custody of one or more children.

The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it. For example, something that is 2 orders of magnitude larger is 100 times larger, something that is 3 orders of magnitude larger is 1000 times larger, and something that is 6 orders of magnitude larger is a million times larger, because 10² = 100, 10³ = 1000, and 10⁶ = a million.

(idiomatic) One's innermost private feelings.