| access | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. access, accession, admission, admittance, entree | the right to enter. |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ door | anything providing a means of access (or escape).; "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (communication) | 4. access, access code | 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.). |
| ~ code | a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy. |
| ~ backdoor, back door | an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. access, memory access | (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information. |
| ~ disk access | memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ operation | (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction).; "it can perform millions of operations per second" |
| n. (act) | 6. access | the act of approaching or entering.; "he gained access to the building" |
| ~ coming, approach, approaching | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ back door, backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position).; "he got his job through the back door" |
| v. (possession) | 7. access | obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ recover, regain, retrieve, find | get or find back; recover the use of.; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" |
| ~ address | access or locate by address. |
| ~ log-in, log in, log on | enter a computer.; "Have you logged in lately?" |
| v. (motion) | 8. access, get at | reach or gain access to.; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| entrance | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ archway, arch | a passageway under a curved masonry construction.; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" |
| ~ doorway, room access, door, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ gateway | an entrance that can be closed by a gate. |
| ~ hatchway, scuttle, opening | an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship. |
| ~ pithead | the entrance to a coal mine. |
| ~ portal | a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically).; "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" |
| ~ porte-cochere | a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard. |
| ~ servant's entrance, service door, service entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse. |
| ~ stage door | an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel. |
| ~ vomitory | an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium. |
| n. (event) | 2. entering, entrance | a movement into or inward. |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ encroachment, intrusion, invasion | any entry into an area not previously occupied.; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" |
| n. (act) | 3. entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress | the act of entering.; "she made a grand entrance" |
| ~ arrival | the act of arriving at a certain place.; "they awaited her arrival" |
| ~ incursion | the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers).; "the incursion of television into the American living room" |
| ~ intrusion | entrance by force or without permission or welcome. |
| ~ irruption | a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in.; "the recent irruption of bad manners" |
| ~ entree | the act of entering.; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" |
| ~ enrollment, enrolment, registration | the act of enrolling. |
| ~ penetration | the act of entering into or through something.; "the penetration of upper management by women" |
| ~ admission, admittance | the act of admitting someone to enter.; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ hold | hold the attention of.; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" |
| ~ attract, appeal | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| ~ work | gratify and charm, usually in order to influence.; "the political candidate worked the crowds" |
| v. (body) | 5. entrance, spellbind | put into a trance. |
| ~ hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize | induce hypnosis in. |
| passage | | |
| n. (act) | 1. passage, transition | the act of passing from one state or place to the next. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ fossilisation, fossilization | becoming inflexible or out of date. |
| ~ segue | the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another. |
| n. (communication) | 2. passage | a section of text; particularly a section of medium length. |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| ~ excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger work.; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
| ~ locus classicus | an authoritative and often-quoted passage. |
| ~ place | the passage that is being read.; "he lost his place on the page" |
| ~ purple passage | a passage full of ornate and flowery language. |
| ~ transition | a passage that connects a topic to one that follows. |
| ~ text | a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon.; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. passage | a way through or along which someone or something may pass. |
| ~ adit | a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine. |
| ~ aisle | a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods). |
| ~ channel | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through.; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" |
| ~ conduit | a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass.; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" |
| ~ cul, cul de sac, dead end | a passage with access only at one end. |
| ~ fish ladder | a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam. |
| ~ passageway | a passage between rooms or between buildings. |
| ~ right of way | the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass. |
| ~ shaft | a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel. |
| ~ throat | a passage resembling a throat in shape or function.; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (act) | 4. enactment, passage | the passing of a law by a legislative body. |
| ~ lawmaking, legislating, legislation | the act of making or enacting laws. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 5. passage, transit | a journey usually by ship.; "the outward passage took 10 days" |
| ~ journey, journeying | the act of traveling from one place to another. |
| ~ lockage | passage through a lock in a canal or waterway. |
| n. (communication) | 6. musical passage, passage | a short section of a musical composition. |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ allegro | a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner. |
| ~ allegretto | a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro. |
| ~ andante | a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow. |
| ~ intro | a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music. |
| ~ musical phrase, phrase | a short musical passage. |
| ~ cadence | the close of a musical section. |
| ~ cadenza | a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music. |
| ~ largo | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner. |
| ~ adagio | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully).; "they played the adagio too quickly" |
| ~ recitative | a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech. |
| ~ modulation, transition | a musical passage moving from one key to another. |
| ~ impromptu | a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation. |
| n. (body) | 7. passage, passageway | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass.; "the nasal passages" |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ birth canal | a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth. |
| ~ meatus | a natural body passageway. |
| ~ orifice, porta, opening | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" |
| ~ duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance.; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" |
| ~ sinusoid | tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ. |
| ~ carpal tunnel | a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass. |
| ~ root canal | the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity. |
| ~ esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, gorge | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach. |
| ~ epicardia | the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach. |
| ~ fauces | the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx. |
| ~ sinus, fistula | an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface. |
| ~ shunt | a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.; "an arteriovenus shunt" |
| n. (act) | 8. passage, passing | a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another.; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" |
| ~ response, reaction | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent.; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" |
| n. (event) | 9. passage, passing | the motion of one object relative to another.; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (act) | 10. handing over, passage | the act of passing something to another person. |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ relay | the act of passing something along from one person or group to another.; "the relay was successful" |
| passageway | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. passageway | a passage between rooms or between buildings. |
| ~ aisle, gangway | passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores. |
| ~ arcade | a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side. |
| ~ areaway | a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement. |
| ~ corridor | an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it. |
| ~ heading, drift, gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" |
| ~ gangway | a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site). |
| ~ gate | passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark. |
| ~ passage | a way through or along which someone or something may pass. |
| ~ shaft | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator). |
| ~ tunnel | a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars).; "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection" |
| ~ walk-through | a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building. |
| pathway | | |
| n. (body) | 1. nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain. |
| ~ optic radiation, radiatio optica | a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex. |
| ~ commissure | a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord. |
| ~ cerebral peduncle, peduncle | a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain. |
| ~ substantia alba, white matter | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. footpath, pathway | a trodden path. |
| ~ path | a way especially designed for a particular use. |
| thoroughfare | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ artery | a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic. |
| ~ blind alley, dead-end street, cul de sac, impasse | a street with only one way in or out. |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ street | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" |
| ~ street | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.; "be careful crossing the street" |
| handwriting | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. hand, handwriting, script | something written by hand.; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" |
| ~ handwriting | the activity of writing by hand.; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis" |
| ~ shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy | a method of writing rapidly. |
| ~ cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper. |
| ~ writing | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language.; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
| ~ calligraphy, chirography, penmanship | beautiful handwriting. |
| ~ cacography, scrawl, scribble, scratch | poor handwriting. |
| n. (act) | 2. handwriting | the activity of writing by hand.; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis" |
| ~ committal to writing, writing | the activity of putting something in written form.; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" |
| ~ stenography | the act or art of writing in shorthand.; "stenography is no longer a marketable skill" |
| ~ subscription | the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document).; "the deed was attested by the subscription of his signature" |
| ~ legibility, readability | a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read. |
| ~ illegibility | the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered. |
| ~ handwriting, script, hand | something written by hand.; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" |
| ~ left-slanting, backhand | (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward. |
| result | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| ~ phenomenon | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning. |
| ~ offspring, materialisation, materialization | something that comes into existence as a result.; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" |
| ~ aftereffect | any result that follows its cause after an interval. |
| ~ aftermath, wake, backwash | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ bandwagon effect | the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity.; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate" |
| ~ brisance | the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion. |
| ~ butterfly effect | the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago. |
| ~ by-product, byproduct | a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence. |
| ~ change | the result of alteration or modification.; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains" |
| ~ coattails effect | (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party.; "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election" |
| ~ coriolis effect | (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. |
| ~ dent | an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).; "it made a dent in my bank account" |
| ~ domino effect | the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall). |
| ~ harvest | the consequence of an effort or activity.; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love" |
| ~ wallop, impact | a forceful consequence; a strong effect.; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" |
| ~ influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another.; "the influence of mechanical action" |
| ~ knock-on effect | a secondary or incidental effect. |
| ~ offshoot, outgrowth, branch, offset | a natural consequence of development. |
| ~ product | a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue" |
| ~ placebo effect | any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs. |
| ~ position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome. |
| ~ repercussion, reverberation | a remote or indirect consequence of some action.; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" |
| ~ response | a result.; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" |
| ~ fallout, side effect | any adverse and unwanted secondary effect.; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" |
| ~ spillover | (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure. |
| n. (communication) | 2. answer, resolution, result, solution, solvent | a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ denouement | the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work. |
| n. (event) | 3. final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ denouement | the outcome of a complex sequence of events. |
| ~ deal | the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement).; "he got a good deal on his car" |
| ~ decision | the outcome of a game or contest.; "the team dropped three decisions in a row" |
| ~ decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred.; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent" |
| ~ aftermath, consequence | the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual. |
| ~ just deserts, poetic justice | an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically). |
| ~ separation | the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal). |
| ~ sequel, subsequence | something that follows something else. |
| ~ worst | the least favorable outcome.; "the worst that could happen" |
| n. (communication) | 4. result, resultant role | the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause. |
| ~ participant role, semantic role | (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause. |
| v. (stative) | 5. ensue, result | issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.; "result in tragedy" |
| ~ come | happen as a result.; "Nothing good will come of this" |
| ~ prove, turn out, turn up | be shown or be found to be.; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" |
| ~ be due, flow from | be the result of. |
| ~ fall out, follow | come as a logical consequence; follow logically.; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" |
| ~ come after, follow | come after in time, as a result.; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" |
| v. (stative) | 6. lead, leave, result | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ lead | tend to or result in.; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
| ~ leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| ~ leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| v. (change) | 7. result | come about or follow as a consequence.; "nothing will result from this meeting" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| track record | | |
| n. (act) | 1. track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack.; "the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is 2 minutes 24 seconds held by Secretariat since 1973" |
| ~ record | an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport).; "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record" |
| n. (act) | 2. record, track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments.; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| wake | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. aftermath, backwash, wake | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (location) | 2. wake, wake island | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. |
| ~ battle of wake, battle of wake island | in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ pacific, pacific ocean | the largest ocean in the world. |
| n. (event) | 3. backwash, wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (act) | 4. viewing, wake | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" |
| ~ vigil, watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival). |
| v. (body) | 5. wake | be awake, be alert, be there. |
| ~ sit up, stay up | not go to bed.; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" |
| v. (body) | 6. arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken | stop sleeping.; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
| ~ catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ ferment | work up into agitation or excitement.; "Islam is fermenting Africa" |
| v. (communication) | 8. wake | make aware of.; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" |
| ~ alert, alarm | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" |
| v. (body) | 9. arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ reawaken | awaken once again. |
| ~ bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | return to consciousness.; "These pictures bring back sad memories" |
| ~ call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call.; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| pass | | |
| n. (act) | 1. base on balls, pass, walk | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls.; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (time) | 2. pass | (military) a written leave of absence.; "he had a pass for three days" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ leave, leave of absence | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" |
| n. (act) | 3. pass, passing, passing game, passing play | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team. |
| ~ aerial, forward pass | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. |
| ~ lateral, lateral pass | a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer. |
| ~ spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does. |
| n. (object) | 4. mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ brenner pass | an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions. |
| ~ col, gap | a pass between mountain peaks. |
| ~ cumberland gap | a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west. |
| ~ defile, gorge | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains). |
| ~ donner pass | a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died. |
| ~ khyber pass | a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India. |
| ~ chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain | a series of hills or mountains.; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" |
| ~ saddleback, saddle | a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). |
| n. (communication) | 5. pass, passport | any authorization to pass or go somewhere.; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| ~ safe-conduct, safeguard | a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war. |
| n. (communication) | 6. laissez passer, pass | a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions.; "the media representatives had special passes" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| ~ boarding card, boarding pass | a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane. |
| ~ hall pass | written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school. |
| ~ ticket-of-leave | a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions. |
| n. (act) | 7. pass | a flight or run by an aircraft over a target.; "the plane turned to make a second pass" |
| ~ flying, flight | an instance of traveling by air.; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| n. (state) | 8. pass, strait, straits | a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs. |
| ~ desperate straits, dire straits | a state of extreme distress. |
| ~ situation | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" |
| n. (event) | 9. head, pass, straits | a difficult juncture.; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| ~ juncture, occasion | an event that occurs at a critical time.; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" |
| n. (event) | 10. pass | one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer).; "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ oscillation, cycle | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" |
| n. (communication) | 11. bye, pass | you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent.; "he had a bye in the first round" |
| ~ conceding, concession, yielding | the act of conceding or yielding. |
| n. (communication) | 12. liberty chit, pass | a permit to enter or leave a military installation.; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" |
| ~ license, permit, licence | a legal document giving official permission to do something. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (communication) | 13. pass | a complimentary ticket.; "the star got passes for his family" |
| ~ ticket | a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment). |
| n. (act) | 14. crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl | a usually brief attempt.; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| n. (act) | 15. flip, pass, toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.; "the pass was fumbled" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| n. (act) | 16. pass, passing, qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement.; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| v. (motion) | 17. go across, go through, pass | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ break through, crack | pass through (a barrier).; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" |
| ~ squeak through, squeak by | escape.; "She squeaked by me" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ transit | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place).; "The comet will transit on September 11" |
| ~ cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, pass over, track, cover | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ pass through, infiltrate | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. |
| ~ run | cover by running; run a certain distance.; "She ran 10 miles that day" |
| ~ move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ cut | pass directly and often in haste.; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
| ~ crash | move violently as through a barrier.; "The terrorists crashed the gate" |
| ~ muscle | make one's way by force.; "He muscled his way into the office" |
| ~ overstep, transgress, trespass | pass beyond (limits or boundaries). |
| ~ negotiate, negociate | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
| ~ lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway. |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ cycle | pass through a cycle.; "This machine automatically cycles" |
| ~ blunder, fumble | make one's way clumsily or blindly.; "He fumbled towards the door" |
| v. (motion) | 18. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
| v. (social) | 19. legislate, pass | make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation.; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" |
| ~ enact, ordain | order by virtue of superior authority; decree.; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" |
| v. (motion) | 20. elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by | pass by.; "three years elapsed" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ fell, vanish, fly | pass away rapidly.; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" |
| v. (possession) | 21. give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ give | leave with; give temporarily.; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ sneak, slip | pass on stealthily.; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
| ~ deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ relinquish, resign, give up, release, free | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| ~ entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| v. (stative) | 22. extend, go, lead, pass, run | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ come | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| ~ ray, radiate | extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" |
| ~ range, run | change or be different within limits.; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" |
| ~ go deep, go far | extend in importance or range.; "His accomplishments go far" |
| v. (motion) | 23. overhaul, overtake, pass | travel past.; "The sports car passed all the trucks" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ get by | pass or move in front of.; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race" |
| ~ top, clear | pass by, over, or under without making contact.; "the balloon cleared the tree tops" |
| v. (change) | 24. come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ recrudesce, develop, break | happen.; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" |
| ~ come up, arise | result or issue.; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" |
| ~ result | come about or follow as a consequence.; "nothing will result from this meeting" |
| ~ intervene | occur between other event or between certain points of time.; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" |
| ~ transpire | come about, happen, or occur.; "Several important events transpired last week" |
| ~ give | occur.; "what gives?" |
| ~ operate | happen.; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" |
| ~ supervene | take place as an additional or unexpected development. |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ anticipate | be a forerunner of or occur earlier than.; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| ~ recur, repeat | happen or occur again.; "This is a recurring story" |
| ~ come off, go over, go off | happen in a particular manner.; "how did your talk go over?" |
| ~ roll around, come around | happen regularly.; "Christmas rolled around again" |
| ~ materialise, materialize, happen | come into being; become reality.; "Her dream really materialized" |
| ~ bechance, befall, happen | happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance.; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" |
| ~ bechance, befall, betide | become of; happen to.; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" |
| ~ coincide, concur | happen simultaneously.; "The two events coincided" |
| ~ backfire, backlash, recoil | come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" |
| ~ chance | be the case by chance.; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" |
| ~ break | happen or take place.; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" |
| ~ fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ turn out | prove to be in the result or end.; "It turns out that he was right" |
| ~ contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | happen at the same time. |
| v. (social) | 25. clear, pass | go unchallenged; be approved.; "The bill cleared the House" |
| ~ clear | pass an inspection or receive authorization.; "clear customs" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (stative) | 26. pass, spend | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| ~ soldier | serve as a soldier in the military. |
| ~ slum | spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" |
| ~ weekend | spend the weekend. |
| ~ holiday, vacation | spend or take a vacation. |
| ~ serve, do | spend time in prison or in a labor camp.; "He did six years for embezzlement" |
| ~ while away, get through | spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time. |
| ~ sojourn | spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily. |
| ~ overwinter, winter | spend the winter.; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" |
| ~ summer | spend the summer.; "We summered in Kashmir" |
| v. (contact) | 27. draw, guide, pass, run | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ thread | pass through or into.; "thread tape"; "thread film" |
| ~ thread | pass a thread through.; "thread a needle" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| v. (communication) | 28. communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ implant, plant | put firmly in the mind.; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" |
| ~ send a message | give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally.; "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community" |
| ~ relay | pass along.; "Please relay the news to the villagers" |
| ~ get across, put over | communicate successfully.; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ receipt, acknowledge | report the receipt of.; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" |
| ~ carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ render, deliver, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ message | send as a message.; "She messaged the final report by fax" |
| ~ message | send a message to.; "She messaged the committee" |
| ~ transmit, communicate, convey | transfer to another.; "communicate a disease" |
| v. (change) | 29. blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass off | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (social) | 30. make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| ~ ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through, nail | succeed at easily.; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (stative) | 31. exceed, go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend | be superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" |
| ~ excel, surpass, stand out | distinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math" |
| v. (social) | 32. pass | accept or judge as acceptable.; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| v. (social) | 33. pass | allow to go without comment or censure.; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" |
| ~ allow, let, permit | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" |
| v. (possession) | 34. pass | transfer to another; of rights or property.; "Our house passed under his official control" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (motion) | 35. lapse, pass, sink | pass into a specified state or condition.; "He sank into nirvana" |
| ~ move | go or proceed from one point to another.; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
| v. (possession) | 36. pass | throw (a ball) to another player.; "Smith passed" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (possession) | 37. devolve, fall, pass, return | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| v. (motion) | 38. make pass, pass | cause to pass.; "She passed around the plates" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ cycle | cause to go through a recurring sequence.; "cycle the laundry in this washing program" |
| ~ pass off | cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity.; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed himself off as a secret agent" |
| ~ pass through | cause to move through.; "Pass a chemical through a solution" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| v. (communication) | 39. authorise, authorize, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ approbate | approve or sanction officially. |
| ~ certificate | authorize by certificate. |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ declare | authorize payments of.; "declare dividends" |
| ~ licence, license, certify | authorize officially.; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" |
| ~ commission | charge with a task. |
| ~ validate, formalise, formalize | declare or make legally valid. |
| v. (change) | 40. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ buy it, pip out | be killed or die. |
| ~ drown | die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.; "The child drowned in the lake" |
| ~ predecease | die before; die earlier than.; "She predeceased her husband" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ starve, famish | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| v. (body) | 41. egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ perspire, sudate, sweat | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.; "Exercise makes one sweat" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, urinate, puddle, make | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ urinate | pass after the manner of urine.; "The sick men urinated blood" |
| ~ void, empty, evacuate | excrete or discharge from the body. |
| ~ ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| ~ barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, cat, disgorge, spue, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| adj. | 42. pass, passing | of advancing the ball by throwing it.; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| trace | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. hint, suggestion, trace | a just detectable amount.; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ spark | a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger.; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" |
| n. (communication) | 2. shadow, tincture, trace, vestige | an indication that something has been present.; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" |
| ~ footprint | a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important.; "the footprints of an earlier civilization" |
| ~ indicant, indication | something that serves to indicate or suggest.; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" |
| n. (communication) | 3. ghost, touch, trace | a suggestion of some quality.; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. trace, tracing | a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image. |
| ~ drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. trace | either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree. |
| ~ harness | stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart. |
| ~ line | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.; "a washing line" |
| n. (communication) | 6. trace | a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle. |
| ~ print, mark | a visible indication made on a surface.; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. follow, trace | follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress" |
| ~ keep abreast, keep up, follow | keep informed.; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow | follow with the eyes or the mind.; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" |
| v. (contact) | 8. delineate, describe, draw, line, trace | make a mark or lines on a surface.; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ construct | draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.; "construct an equilateral triangle" |
| ~ inscribe | draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible. |
| ~ circumscribe | draw a line around.; "He drew a circle around the points" |
| ~ circumscribe | to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect. |
| ~ draw | engage in drawing.; "He spent the day drawing in the garden" |
| ~ draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (motion) | 9. retrace, trace | to go back over again.; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| v. (motion) | 10. hound, hunt, trace | pursue or chase relentlessly.; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" |
| ~ chase, dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag | go after with the intent to catch.; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" |
| ~ ferret | hound or harry relentlessly. |
| v. (perception) | 11. trace | discover traces of.; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" |
| ~ detect, discover, notice, observe, find | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" |
| v. (motion) | 12. trace | make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along.; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| v. (creation) | 13. trace | copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of.; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. decipher, trace | read with difficulty.; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| undergo | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
| ~ respire | undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide. |
| ~ labor, labour | undergo the efforts of childbirth. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ submit, take | accept or undergo, often unwillingly.; "We took a pay cut" |
| ~ experience, have, receive, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences).; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
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