drag in | | |
v. (stative) | 1. drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
implicate | | |
v. (stative) | 1. implicate | bring into intimate and incriminating connection.; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
v. (stative) | 2. entail, implicate | impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.; "What does this move entail?" |
| ~ lead | tend to or result in.; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
employer | | |
n. (person) | 1. employer | a person or firm that employs workers. |
| ~ leader | a person who rules or guides or inspires others. |
| ~ hirer, boss | a person responsible for hiring workers.; "the boss hired three more men for the new job" |
| ~ master | directs the work of others. |
| ~ mistress | a woman master who directs the work of others. |
| ~ padrone | an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.. |
| ~ simon legree, slave driver | a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees. |
chimpanzee | | |
n. (animal) | 1. chimp, chimpanzee, pan troglodytes | intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests. |
| ~ great ape, pongid | any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae. |
| ~ genus pan, pan | chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids. |
| ~ pan troglodytes verus, western chimpanzee | masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species. |
| ~ eastern chimpanzee, pan troglodytes schweinfurthii | long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees. |
| ~ central chimpanzee, pan troglodytes troglodytes | black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees. |
| ~ bonobo, pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee | small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species. |
master | | |
n. (person) | 1. maestro, master | an artist of consummate skill.; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" |
| ~ artist, creative person | a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination. |
| ~ old master | a great European painter prior to 19th century. |
n. (person) | 2. lord, master, overlord | a person who has general authority over others. |
| ~ feudal lord, seigneur, seignior | a man of rank in the ancient regime. |
| ~ ruler, swayer | a person who rules or commands.; "swayer of the universe" |
n. (person) | 3. master, superior, victor | a combatant who is able to defeat rivals. |
| ~ battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper | someone who fights (or is fighting). |
| ~ conqueror, vanquisher | someone who is victorious by force of arms. |
n. (person) | 4. master | directs the work of others. |
| ~ employer | a person or firm that employs workers. |
| ~ postmaster | the person in charge of a post office. |
| ~ spymaster | someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities. |
| ~ station agent, stationmaster | the person in charge of a railway station. |
n. (person) | 5. headmaster, master, schoolmaster | presiding officer of a school. |
| ~ housemaster | teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse. |
| ~ head teacher, school principal, principal, head | the educator who has executive authority for a school.; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" |
n. (artifact) | 6. master, master copy, original | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. |
| ~ creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
n. (person) | 7. captain, master, sea captain, skipper | an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. |
| ~ ship's officer, officer | a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel.; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" |
| ~ captain kidd, kidd, william kidd | Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701). |
n. (person) | 8. master | someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution. |
| ~ bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines. |
n. (person) | 9. master, professional | an authority qualified to teach apprentices. |
| ~ authority | an expert whose views are taken as definitive.; "he is an authority on corporate law" |
| ~ past master | someone who was formerly a master. |
n. (artifact) | 10. master, master key, passe-partout, passkey | key that secures entrance everywhere. |
| ~ key | metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated. |
| ~ skeleton key | a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks. |
v. (cognition) | 11. get the hang, master | be or become completely proficient or skilled in.; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" |
| ~ know | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ practice, drill, practise, exercise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
v. (competition) | 12. get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount | get on top of; deal with successfully.; "He overcame his shyness" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ bulldog | throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo. |
v. (social) | 13. dominate, master | have dominance or the power to defeat over.; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" |
| ~ command | be in command of.; "The general commanded a huge army" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| ~ subjugate, subject | make subservient; force to submit or subdue. |
v. (cognition) | 14. control, master | have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.; "Do you control these data?" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ know | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| ~ cinch | get a grip on; get mastery of. |
| ~ control, operate | handle and cause to function.; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
adj. | 15. chief, main, master, primary, principal | most important element.; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
baboon | | |
n. (animal) | 1. baboon | large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles. |
| ~ catarrhine, old world monkey | of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together. |
| ~ chacma, chacma baboon, papio ursinus | greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa. |
| ~ mandrill, mandrillus sphinx | baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters. |
| ~ mandrillus leucophaeus, drill | similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. |
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