table

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Synonyms: able, sable, fable, stable, tale, gable, cable, mable, lable, tabla, hable

Antonyms: able, sable, fable, stable, tale, gable, cable, mable, lable, tabla, hable

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Noun

1. {{sid|en|Q14748}}{{lb|en|countable}} Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
2. A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table.
3. A two-dimensional [[presentation]] of data; an [[enumeration]] of data or contents.
4. Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface.

Verb

1. {{senseid|en|tabulate}} To [[tabulate]]; to put into a table or grid. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{senseid|en|give food to}} {{lb|en|now|rare}} To supply (a guest, client etc.) with [[food]] at a table; to [[feed]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
3. {{senseid|en|depict}} {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[delineate]]; to [[represent]], as in a picture; to [[depict]]. {{defdate|17th–19th c.}}
4. {{senseid|en|add to the agenda}} {{lb|en|non-US}} To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal [[discussion]] or [[consideration]], to put on the agenda. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
5. {{senseid|en|remove from the agenda}} {{lb|en|chiefly|US}} To remove from the agenda, to [[postpone]] dealing with; to [[shelve]] {{gloss|to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something}}. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|metonym}} To [[represent]] a company or organization (at an [[exposition]], fair, etc.), usually at a [[booth]] or [[display]].
7. {{senseid|en|join with coaks}} {{lb|en|carpentry|obsolete}} To [[join]] (pieces of timber) together using [[coak]]s. {{defdate|18th–19th c.}}
8. {{senseid|en|put onto a table}} To put on a table. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
9. {{lb|en|poker|colloquial}} To show one's cards face-up, especially during [[showdown]].
10. {{senseid|en|reinforce (sails)}} {{lb|en|nautical}} To make board [[hem#Etymology 2|hems]] in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the [[bolt-rope]].

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