| about | | |
| about, astir | (adj.) | on the move.; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" |
| about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some | (adv.) | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" |
| about, around | (adv.) | all around or on all sides.; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" |
| about, around | (adv.) | in the area or vicinity.; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" |
| about, around | (adv.) | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction.; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" |
| about, around | (adv.) | in or to a reversed position or direction.; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" |
| about | (adv.) | in rotation or succession.; "turn about is fair play" |
| about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (adv.) | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
| band | | |
| band, circle, lot, set | (n.) | an unofficial association of people or groups.; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" |
| band | (n.) | instrumentalists not including string players. |
| band, banding, stria, striation | (n.) | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color.; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" |
| band, banding, stripe | (n.) | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. |
| band, dance band, dance orchestra | (n.) | a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing. |
| band | (n.) | a range of frequencies between two limits. |
| band | (n.) | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body). |
| band, isthmus | (n.) | a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure. |
| band, ring | (n.) | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" |
| band | (n.) | a driving belt in machinery. |
| band | (n.) | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration. |
| band, ring | (n.) | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration). |
| band | (n.) | a restraint put around something to hold it together. |
| band | (v.) | bind or tie together, as with a band. |
| band, ring | (v.) | attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" |
| bounce | | |
| bounce, bounciness | (n.) | the quality of a substance that is able to rebound. |
| bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring | (n.) | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. |
| bounce, bouncing | (n.) | rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts). |
| bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | (v.) | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| bounce | (v.) | hit something so that it bounces.; "bounce a ball" |
| bounce, jounce | (v.) | move up and down repeatedly. |
| bounce | (v.) | come back after being refused.; "the check bounced" |
| bounce | (v.) | leap suddenly.; "He bounced to his feet" |
| bounce | (v.) | refuse to accept and send back.; "bounce a check" |
| bounce | (v.) | eject from the premises.; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" |
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