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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

work go
activity directed toward making or doing something

labor, labour, toil go
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

manual labor, manual labour go
labor done with the hands

application, coating, covering
the work of applying something

noun.act

17 Subcategories

anointing, anointment go
the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
fumigation go
the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it
foliation go
the work of coating glass with metal foil
galvanization, galvanisation go
either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting
lubrication go
an application of a lubricant to something
paving, pavage go
the act of applying paving materials to an area
painting go
the act of applying paint to a surface
spraying go
the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
tinning, tin-plating go
the application of a protective layer of tin
tinning go
the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them
papering, paperhanging go
the application of wallpaper
plastering, daubing go
the application of plaster
plating go
the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
scumble go
the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
tiling go
the application of tiles to cover a surface
waxing go
the application of wax to a surface
lining, facing go
providing something with a surface of a different material