To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media. / To begin with silence in a song and slowly increase the volume of music until the song's intro is done.

(UK, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A policeman. / (UK, air force slang, dated) A member of the air force.

Alternative form of storm in a teacup: synonym of tempest in a teapot

An image or metaphor that runs throughout and determines the form or nature of a literary work.

(slang) Fully acquainted with the details of something; up to speed.

(informal, computing) Having had certain characteristics generated or installed.

(of a young plant) firmly established in a place where it can grow and develop

simple past tense and past participle of bed in

(informal) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.

To have in great numbers or quantities; to possess in abundance.