(anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.

(intransitive) To happen or to occur. / (obsolete) To take precedence or priority. / (obsolete) To take effect; to prevail. / (obsolete) To sit in a particular location, take one's place.

An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

(transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location. / (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition. / (intransitive, racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

Alternative form of place mat

(pharmacology) The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.

A protective table mat, usually heat-resistant, for a single setting of plates and dishes.

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

(idiomatic) Not in the proper situation or arrangement, or inappropriate for the circumstances.