(computing, historical) A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.

(idiomatic, colloquial, UK) Used to terminate unwelcome lines of discussion

(politics, advertising) Publicitiy for political campaigns gained through newspaper articles, TV news stories, web news, letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, and "fast polls" on TV and the Web.

(physics) The splitting of single spectral lines into three (or more) in the presence of a magnetic field.

(idiomatic) To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete.

The ability (or the difficulty) of focusing one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.

(colloquial) That is as much as I know, am prepared to reveal or am willing to say about the subject. / (colloquial) That is the definitive fact; there can be no argument.

Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.

Do not dedicate all your resources to one project. / Do not count on any one thing to safeguard what is valuable.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.