| fortunate | | |
| adj. | 1. fortunate | having unexpected good fortune.; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" |
| ~ better off | in a more fortunate or prosperous condition.; "she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching"; "is better off than his classmate" |
| ~ felicitous, happy | marked by good fortune.; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome" |
| ~ fortuitous | occurring by happy chance.; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials" |
| ~ well, good | resulting favorably.; "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well" |
| ~ heaven-sent, providential, miraculous | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" |
| ~ lucky | occurring by chance.; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess" |
| ~ well-off | fortunately situated.; "doesn't know when he's well-off" |
| ~ lucky | having or bringing good fortune.; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man" |
| ~ privileged | blessed with privileges.; "the privileged few" |
| ~ successful | having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome.; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" |
| adj. | 2. fortunate, golden | supremely favored.; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" |
| ~ blessed, blest | highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).; "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" |
| adj. | 3. fortunate, rosy | presaging good fortune.; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" |
| ~ auspicious | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" |
| Lansium domesticum | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. langsat, langset, lanseh tree, lansium domesticum | East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry. |
| ~ lansa, lansat, lanseh, lanset | East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit. |
| ~ genus lansium | a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceae. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| foam | | |
| n. (object) | 1. foam, froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
| ~ shaving foam | toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving. |
| ~ bubble | a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide). |
| ~ head | the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container.; "the beer had a large head of foam" |
| ~ lather | the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse). |
| ~ lather, soapsuds, suds | the froth produced by soaps or detergents. |
| ~ spume | foam or froth on the sea. |
| ~ white water, whitewater | frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls. |
| n. (substance) | 2. foam | a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture. |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ styrofoam | a light resilient foam of polystyrene. |
| ~ foam rubber | spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery. |
| v. (change) | 3. effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle | become bubbly or frothy or foaming.; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" |
| ~ lather | form a lather.; "The shaving cream lathered" |
| ~ bubble | form, produce, or emit bubbles.; "The soup was bubbling" |
| ~ seethe | foam as if boiling.; "a seething liquid" |
| froth | | |
| v. (change) | 1. froth, spume, suds | make froth or foam and become bubbly.; "The river foamed" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (body) | 2. froth | exude or expel foam.; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ lather | exude sweat or lather.; "this unfit horse lathers easily" |
| lather | | |
| n. (object) | 1. lather, soapsuds, suds | the froth produced by soaps or detergents. |
| ~ shaving cream, shaving soap | toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving. |
| ~ foam, froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
| n. (state) | 2. fret, lather, stew, sweat, swither | agitation resulting from active worry.; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" |
| ~ agitation | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance. |
| n. (person) | 3. lather | a workman who puts up laths. |
| ~ working man, working person, workingman, workman | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor. |
| n. (object) | 4. lather | the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse). |
| ~ foam, froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
| v. (contact) | 5. flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip | beat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ flagellate, scourge | whip.; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" |
| ~ leather | whip with a leather strap. |
| ~ horsewhip | whip with a whip intended for horses. |
| ~ switch | flog with or as if with a flexible rod. |
| ~ cowhide | flog with a cowhide. |
| ~ cat | beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails. |
| ~ birch | whip with a birch twig. |
| v. (change) | 6. lather | form a lather.; "The shaving cream lathered" |
| ~ effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle | become bubbly or frothy or foaming.; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" |
| v. (body) | 7. lather | exude sweat or lather.; "this unfit horse lathers easily" |
| ~ froth | exude or expel foam.; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth" |
| v. (body) | 8. lather, soap | rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning. |
| ~ cleanse, clean | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" |
| ~ lave, wash | cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. |
| heave | | |
| n. (event) | 1. heave, heaving | an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).; "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" |
| ~ rising, ascension, ascent, rise | a movement upward.; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
| n. (event) | 2. heave | (geology) a horizontal dislocation. |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (act) | 3. heave, heaving | the act of lifting something with great effort. |
| ~ ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| n. (act) | 4. heave, retch | an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.; "a bad case of the heaves" |
| ~ spasm | (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel). |
| n. (act) | 5. heave, lift, raise | the act of raising something.; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| n. (act) | 6. heave, heaving | throwing something heavy (with great effort).; "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (communication) | 7. heave | utter a sound, as with obvious effort.; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (contact) | 8. heave | throw with great effort. |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (motion) | 9. billow, heave, surge | rise and move, as in waves or billows.; "The army surged forward" |
| ~ inflate, blow up | fill with gas or air.; "inflate a balloons" |
| v. (contact) | 10. heave, heave up, heft, heft up | lift or elevate. |
| ~ upheave | lift forcefully from beneath. |
| ~ weigh anchor, weigh the anchor | heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing. |
| ~ lift | take hold of something and move it to a different location.; "lift the box onto the table" |
| v. (motion) | 11. heave | move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position.; "The vessel hove into sight" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (body) | 12. gasp, heave, pant, puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (change) | 13. buckle, heave, warp | bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ lift | rise upward, as from pressure or moisture.; "The floor is lifting slowly" |
| v. (body) | 14. gag, heave, retch | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. |
| bola | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bola, bola tie, bolo, bolo tie | a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. |
| ~ necktie, tie | neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bola | a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin. |
| ~ rope | a strong line. |
| drawing | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. drawing | an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper.; "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7" |
| ~ artwork, graphics, nontextual matter, art | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" |
| ~ frame | a single drawing in a comic_strip. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. 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" |
| ~ charcoal | a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material. |
| ~ limning, line drawing, delineation, depiction | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects. |
| ~ diagram | a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts. |
| ~ mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,. |
| ~ pen-and-ink | a drawing executed with pen and ink. |
| ~ architectural plan, plan | scale drawing of a structure.; "the plans for City Hall were on file" |
| ~ rendering | perspective drawing of an architect's design. |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| ~ doodle, scrabble, scribble | an aimless drawing. |
| ~ silhouette | a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color. |
| ~ silverpoint | a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries). |
| ~ sketch, study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration.; "he made several studies before starting to paint" |
| ~ stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines. |
| ~ tracing, trace | a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image. |
| n. (act) | 3. drafting, draftsmanship, drawing | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.; "he learned drawing from his father" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ pyrography | the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame. |
| ~ tracing | the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline. |
| n. (act) | 4. drawing, lottery | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots. |
| ~ tombola | a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum. |
| ~ gambling game, game of chance | a game that involves gambling. |
| ~ lucky dip | a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random. |
| ~ numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers | an illegal daily lottery. |
| ~ raffle | a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money. |
| ~ sweepstakes | a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants. |
| n. (act) | 5. drawing, drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source.; "the drawing of water from the well" |
| ~ derivation | drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation. |
| ~ derivation | drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body. |
| ~ drain | a gradual depletion of energy or resources.; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" |
| n. (act) | 6. draft, draught, drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling. |
| ~ pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
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