Table

1. (n) (countable) Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. 2. (n) An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. 3. (n) The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts. 4. (n) A flat tray which can be used as a table. 5. (n) A supply of food or entertainment. 6. (n) (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair. 7. (n) A service of Holy Communion. 8. (n) (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table. 9. (n) A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over. 10. (n) A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game. 11. (n) (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table. 12. (n) (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign. 13. (n) (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables. 14. (n) A two-dimensional presentation of data. 15. (n) A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. 16. (n) A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. 17. (n) (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors. 18. (n) (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period. 19. (n) (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate. 20. (n) The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond. 21. (n) A flat gravestone supported on pillars. 22. (v) To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. 23. (v) (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. 24. (v) (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). 25. (v) (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display. 26. (v) To put on a table. 27. (v) (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown. 28. (v) (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope. 29. (n) (obsolete, biblical) A writing tablet. 30. (v) (now rare) To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. 31. (v) (obsolete) To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. 32. (v) (carpentry, obsolete) To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.