(transitive, intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game. / (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch. / (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.

(idiomatic, transitive) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay. / (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).

(law) In tort law, the degree of caution that a reasonable person should exercise in a given situation so as to avoid causing injury.

(law) The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to introduce enough evidence relating to an assertion of fact to have the issue be considered by the fact-finder rather than summarily dismissed or decided; part of the burden of proof.

(law) The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to persuade the fact-finder to decide for that party on an assertion of fact; part of the burden of proof, sometimes loosely used as synonym for that term.

(law) The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.

Initialism of Old French. / Initialism of Old Frisian. / (Internet) Abbreviation of OnlyFans.

(baseball) Abbreviation of outfield. / (baseball) Abbreviation of outfielder.

A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass. / (rare) A very small amount of something.

A terminal degree similar to an Ed.D. or a Ph.D., but with a focus on content speciality; it may be conferred as a prestigious honorary doctorate with the added designation of "honoris causa". Commonly abbreviated DA.