(law) the case title for a cause of action/lawsuit; a description of the parties involved, such as Johnson v. Smith.

(idiomatic, transitive) To come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.

(idiomatic) The first moment of daylight; before sunrise.

(baseball, dated, slang, 1800s) To throw a curve ball.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, tea. A cup or mug with tea in it. / (idiomatic, singular only) Whatever suits or interests one. / (bingo) three

(computing) A system using multiple hard drives for the sharing or replication of data in order to increase data integrity, fault-tolerance or throughput.

(Britain) A form of civil protection (using closed-circuit television, control zones and restricted access) that effectively seals off city centres and financial districts; used in Northern Ireland and the City.

(idiomatic) To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.

An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.

(idiomatic, cricket) of a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman.