1. a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
2. a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss in his family.
4. (in a video game or role-playing game) a powerful nonplayer character, often appearing at the end of a level or at the end of the game, who must be defeated in order for a player to move on to a new level or to win the game (often used attributively): Is there a trick to beating the final boss?Your objective for this boss-level event is to survive several waves of zombie attacks.

5. to be master of or over; manage; direct; control.
6. to order about, especially in an arrogant manner.

7. to be boss.
8. to be too domineering and authoritative.

9. chief; master.
10. first-rate.

1. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
2. a knoblike mass of rock, especially an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock.
3. an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.
4. Architecture.
• an ornamental, knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives.
• a stone roughly formed and set in place for later carving.
5. one of several pieces of brass or other metal inset into the cover of a book to protect the corners or edges or for decoration.
6. a small projection on a casting or forging.
7. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft.

8. to ornament with bosses.
9. to emboss.
10. (in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface.

1. a familiar name for a calf or cow.

1. hollow; empty.

1. a person in charge of or employing others
2. a professional politician who controls a party machine or political organization, often using devious or illegal methods

3. to employ, supervise, or be in charge of
4. to be domineering or overbearing towards (others)

5. excellent; fine

1. a knob, stud, or other circular rounded protuberance, esp an ornamental one on a vault, a ceiling, or a shield
2. any of various protuberances or swellings in plants and animals
• an area of increased thickness, usually cylindrical, that strengthens or provides room for a locating device on a shaft, hub of a wheel, etc
• a similar projection around a hole in a casting or fabricated component
4. an exposed rounded mass of igneous or metamorphic rock, esp the uppermost part of an underlying batholith

5. to ornament with bosses; emboss

1. a calf or cow

1. Bureau of State Security; a branch of the South African security police

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