| junk | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. debris, detritus, dust, junk, rubble | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. |
| ~ rubbish, trash, scrap | worthless material that is to be disposed of. |
| ~ slack | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. junk | any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails. |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| ~ lugsail, lug | a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast. |
| v. (possession) | 3. junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, fling, toss | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| underdog | | |
| n. (person) | 1. underdog | one at a disadvantage and expected to lose. |
| ~ nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure | a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently. |
| give up | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive | lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ lapse | let slip.; "He lapsed his membership" |
| v. (possession) | 2. abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never claiming again.; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
| ~ foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit | turn away from; give up.; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
| v. (competition) | 3. chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
| v. (stative) | 4. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ leave off | stop using.; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" |
| ~ sign off | cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations. |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing.; "The government pulled the plug on spending" |
| ~ close off, shut off | stem the flow of.; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
| ~ cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ call it a day, call it quits | stop doing what one is doing.; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (possession) | 5. dispense with, give up, part with, spare | give up what is not strictly needed.; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| v. (possession) | 6. free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | 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" |
| ~ derequisition | release from government control. |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| v. (social) | 7. give up, renounce, resign, vacate | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ abdicate, renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (possession) | 8. cede, deliver, give up, surrender | relinquish possession or control over.; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ yield up | surrender, as a result of pressure or force. |
| ~ sell | give up for a price or reward.; "She sold her principles for a successful career" |
| ~ sign away, sign over | formally assign ownership of.; "She signed away her rights" |
| v. (competition) | 9. give up, surrender | give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" |
| ~ abnegate | surrender (power or a position).; "The King abnegated his power to the ministers" |
| ~ yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ concede | acknowledge defeat.; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose" |
| ~ capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ ease up, give way, move over, yield, give | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (social) | 11. allow, give up | allow the other (baseball) team to score.; "give up a run" |
| v. (consumption) | 12. give up, kick | stop consuming.; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" |
| ~ foreswear, forgo, waive, dispense with, forego, relinquish | do without or cease to hold or adhere to.; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
| leave | | |
| n. (time) | 1. 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" |
| ~ time off | a time period when you are not required to work.; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral" |
| ~ furlough | a temporary leave of absence from military duty. |
| ~ pass | (military) a written leave of absence.; "he had a pass for three days" |
| ~ compassionate leave | (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death. |
| ~ sabbatical, sabbatical leave | a leave usually taken every seventh year. |
| ~ shore leave, liberty | leave granted to a sailor or naval officer. |
| ~ sick leave | a leave of absence from work because of illness. |
| ~ terminal leave | final leave before discharge from military service. |
| n. (communication) | 2. leave | permission to do something.; "she was granted leave to speak" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| n. (act) | 3. farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting | the act of departing politely.; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| ~ valediction | the act of saying farewell. |
| v. (motion) | 4. go away, go forth, leave | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ go out | leave the house to go somewhere.; "We never went out when our children were small" |
| ~ desert | leave behind.; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" |
| ~ take leave, quit, depart | go away or leave. |
| ~ pop off | leave quickly. |
| ~ walk away, walk off | go away from.; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off" |
| ~ hightail | leave as fast as possible.; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in" |
| ~ walk out | leave abruptly, often in protest or anger.; "The customer that was not served walked out" |
| ~ come away | leave in a certain condition.; "She came away angry" |
| ~ vamoose, decamp, skip | leave suddenly.; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" |
| ~ bugger off, buzz off, scram, fuck off, get | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out, bolt | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
| ~ ride away, ride off | ride away on a horse, for example. |
| ~ go out | take the field.; "The soldiers went out on missions" |
| ~ tarry, linger | leave slowly and hesitantly. |
| ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| ~ pull out, get out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ rush away, rush off | depart in a hurry. |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away | leave furtively and stealthily.; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" |
| ~ vacate, abandon, empty | leave behind empty; move out of.; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| ~ forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally.; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" |
| ~ jilt | cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.; "jilt a lover or a bride" |
| ~ desert, desolate, forsake, abandon | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children" |
| v. (stative) | 6. leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (change) | 7. leave, leave alone, leave behind | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
| ~ let | leave unchanged.; "let it be" |
| ~ refrain, forbear | resist doing something.; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" |
| ~ leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| v. (motion) | 8. exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ depart, go away, go | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ pop out | exit briefly.; "He popped out for a quick coffee break" |
| ~ file out | march out, in a file. |
| ~ hop out, get off | get out of quickly.; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" |
| ~ fall out | leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation.; "the soldiers fell out" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ get off | leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.. |
| ~ step out | go outside a room or building for a short period of time. |
| ~ eject | leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule. |
| ~ undock | move out of a dock.; "We docked at noon" |
| ~ log off, log out | exit a computer.; "Please log off before you go home" |
| v. (stative) | 9. allow, allow for, leave, provide | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ admit, allow | afford possibility.; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
| v. (stative) | 10. 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. (social) | 11. depart, leave, pull up stakes | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ drop out | leave school or an educational program prematurely.; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program" |
| v. (possession) | 12. entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | 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" |
| v. (possession) | 13. bequeath, leave, will | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| ~ leave behind, leave | be survived by after one's death.; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ devise | give by will, especially real property. |
| ~ pass on | give to or transfer possession of.; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" |
| ~ impart, pass on, give, leave | transmit (knowledge or skills).; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" |
| ~ remember | show appreciation to.; "He remembered her in his will" |
| ~ fee-tail, entail | limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs. |
| v. (stative) | 14. leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| ~ leave alone, leave behind, leave | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
| ~ have | have left.; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire" |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (change) | 15. leave, leave behind | be survived by after one's death.; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | 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" |
| ~ widow | cause to be without a spouse.; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" |
| ~ leave behind | depart and not take along.; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe" |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| v. (possession) | 16. give, impart, leave, pass on | transmit (knowledge or skills).; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| v. (cognition) | 17. forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally.; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" |
| ~ leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| ~ lose | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
| relinquish | | |
| v. (social) | 1. dispense with, forego, foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive | do without or cease to hold or adhere to.; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
| ~ kick, give up | stop consuming.; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" |
| v. (possession) | 2. foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce | turn away from; give up.; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
| ~ disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to. |
| ~ abandon, give up | give up with the intent of never claiming again.; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
| v. (contact) | 3. let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| ~ muster out, discharge | release from military service. |
| ~ unclasp | release from a clasp.; "She clasped and unclasped her hands" |
| ~ pop | release suddenly.; "pop the clutch" |
| ~ toggle | release by a toggle switch.; "toggle a bomb from an airplane" |
| ~ unhand | remove the hand from. |
| ~ bring out, let out | bring out of a specific state. |
| ~ unleash | release or vent.; "unleash one's anger" |
| ~ let loose, loose, unleash | turn loose or free from restraint.; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| ~ unleash | release from a leash.; "unleash the dogs in the park" |
| ~ disengage, withdraw | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" |
| vacate | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. abandon, empty, vacate | leave behind empty; move out of.; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| v. (communication) | 2. annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.; "She backed out of her promise" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
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