approaching

Manner of approaching or accosting

n the right to enter n the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) n a way of entering or leaving n a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) n (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information n the act of approaching or entering v obtain or retrieve from a storage device

A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color

a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path n

n the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired n a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine n a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path n a miscalculation that recoils on its maker v come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect v emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire v set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire