(Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity. / (intransitive) To ascend.

Bound with the hide of an animal. / (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.

(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. / (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).

Haste; diligence.

(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

Pertaining to a hierarchy. / Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order. / Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

hierarchal

(religion) One of the titles of God. Supreme, most magnificent. / The 87th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

(US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. / (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.