| article | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. article | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication. |
| ~ editorial, newspaper column, column | an article giving opinions or perspectives. |
| ~ feature article, feature | a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine.; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" |
| ~ magazine article | an article published in a magazine. |
| ~ news article, news story, newspaper article | an article reporting news. |
| ~ piece | an artistic or literary composition.; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" |
| ~ offprint, separate, reprint | a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. |
| ~ paper | a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses.; "he has written many scientific papers" |
| ~ think piece | an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts. |
| ~ nonfiction, nonfictional prose | prose writing that is not fictional. |
| n. (tops) | 2. article | one of a class of artifacts.; "an article of clothing" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ article of commerce | an article that is offered for sale. |
| ~ breakable | an article that is fragile and easily broken.; "pack the breakables separately" |
| ~ knickknack, novelty | a small inexpensive mass-produced article. |
| ~ notion | (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items.; "buttons and needles are notions" |
| ~ ware | articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'. |
| n. (communication) | 3. article, clause | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ arbitration clause | a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract. |
| ~ deductible | a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount. |
| ~ double indemnity | a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death. |
| ~ escalator, escalator clause | a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index). |
| ~ joker | an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent.; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract" |
| ~ reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration.; "the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club" |
| ~ rider | a clause that is appended to a legislative bill. |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| n. (communication) | 4. article | (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ determinative, determiner | one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases. |
| ~ definite article | a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference. |
| ~ indefinite article | a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference. |
| v. (communication) | 5. article | bind by a contract; especially for a training period. |
| ~ oblige, obligate, bind, hold | bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" |
| item | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. item, point | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" |
| ~ list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ agenda item | one of the items to be considered. |
| ~ incidental | an item that is incidental. |
| ~ inventory item | an item listed in an inventory. |
| ~ line item | an item in an appropriation bill.; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets" |
| ~ news item | an item in a newspaper. |
| ~ position, place | an item on a list or in a sequence.; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. detail, item, particular | a small part that can be considered separately from the whole.; "it was perfect in all details" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| ~ high spot, highlight | the most interesting or memorable part.; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. item | a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection.; "they reduced the price on many items" |
| ~ whole, unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" |
| ~ custom-built, custom-made | an item made to the customer's specifications. |
| ~ disposable | an item that can be disposed of after it has been used. |
| ~ piece | an item that is an instance of some type.; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. detail, item, point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ minutia | a small or minor detail.; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code" |
| ~ nook and cranny, nooks and crannies | something remote.; "he explored every nook and cranny of science" |
| ~ regard, respect | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point.; "it differs in that respect" |
| ~ sticking point | a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal. |
| ~ technicality, trifle, triviality | a detail that is considered insignificant. |
| n. (communication) | 5. item, token | an individual instance of a type of symbol.; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" |
| ~ postage stamp, postage, stamp | a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid. |
| ~ trading stamp | a token resembling a stamp given by a retailer to a buyer; the token is redeemable for articles on a special list. |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| adv. | 6. item | (used when listing or enumerating items) also.; "a length of chain, item a hook" |
| matter | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. affair, matter, thing | a vaguely specified concern.; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" |
| ~ concern | something that interests you because it is important or affects you.; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" |
| ~ least | something that is of no importance.; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. issue, matter, subject, topic | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ area | a subject of study.; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." |
| ~ blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment.; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" |
| ~ remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with.; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" |
| ~ res adjudicata, res judicata | a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again. |
| n. (tops) | 3. matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ physical entity | an entity that has physical existence. |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| ~ substance | a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties.; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man" |
| ~ sediment, deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process. |
| ~ ylem | (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements. |
| ~ dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force. |
| ~ antimatter | matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances. |
| ~ glop | any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant. |
| ~ fluid | continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas. |
| ~ goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge | any thick, viscous matter. |
| ~ system | (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium.; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide" |
| ~ residue | matter that remains after something has been removed. |
| ~ solid | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure. |
| ~ solute | the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state. |
| ~ emanation | something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.). |
| ~ vegetable matter | matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. matter | a problem.; "is anything the matter?" |
| ~ trouble, problem | a source of difficulty.; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. matter | (used with negation) having consequence.; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" |
| ~ consequence, moment, import | having important effects or influence.; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" |
| n. (communication) | 6. matter | written works (especially in books or magazines).; "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" |
| ~ piece of writing, written material, writing | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect).; "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" |
| ~ dictation | matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage.; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ text | the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.).; "pictures made the text easier to understand" |
| ~ typescript | typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript. |
| ~ front matter, prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book. |
| ~ back matter, end matter | written matter following the main text of a book. |
| ~ soft copy | (computer science) matter that is in a form that a computer can store or display it on a computer screen.; "he sent them soft copy of the report" |
| ~ hard copy | (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper.; "he ran off a hard copy of the report" |
| ~ addendum, supplement, postscript | textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end. |
| ~ recitation | written matter that is recited from memory. |
| v. (stative) | 7. count, matter, weigh | have weight; have import, carry weight.; "It does not matter much" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ press, weigh | to be oppressive or burdensome.; "weigh heavily on the mind"; "Something pressed on his mind" |
| object | | |
| n. (tops) | 1. object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ physical entity | an entity that has physical existence. |
| ~ whole, unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ good luck charm, charm | something believed to bring good luck. |
| ~ curio, curiosity, oddment, oddity, peculiarity, rarity | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting. |
| ~ draw, lot | anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random.; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" |
| ~ film | a thin coating or layer.; "the table was covered with a film of dust" |
| ~ hoodoo | something believed to bring bad luck. |
| ~ je ne sais quoi | something indescribable. |
| ~ keepsake, souvenir, relic, token | something of sentimental value. |
| ~ makeweight, filler | anything added to fill out a whole.; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights" |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| ~ prop, property | any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie.; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" |
| ~ snake | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake. |
| ~ stuff | miscellaneous unspecified objects.; "the trunk was full of stuff" |
| ~ small beer, trivia, trifle, triviality | something of small importance. |
| ~ paring | (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel.; "she could peel an apple with a single long paring" |
| ~ catch | anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching).; "he shared his catch with the others" |
| ~ commemorative | an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person. |
| ~ discard | anything that is cast aside or discarded. |
| ~ finding | something that is found.; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaeological findings" |
| ~ floater | an object that floats or is capable of floating. |
| ~ fomite, vehicle | any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another. |
| ~ geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth. |
| ~ growth | something grown or growing.; "a growth of hair" |
| ~ hail | many objects thrown forcefully through the air.; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets" |
| ~ head | a rounded compact mass.; "the head of a comet" |
| ~ ice | the frozen part of a body of water. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ land, soil, ground | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use).; "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" |
| ~ moon | any object resembling a moon.; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases" |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | a nearby object of the same kind.; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" |
| ~ remains | any object that is left unused or still extant.; "I threw out the remains of my dinner" |
| ~ ribbon, thread | any long object resembling a thin line.; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" |
| ~ shiner | something that shines (with emitted or reflected light). |
| ~ vagabond | anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place.; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea" |
| ~ wall | anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall" |
| ~ web | an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. aim, object, objective, target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).; "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ grail | the object of any prolonged endeavor. |
| ~ business | an immediate objective.; "gossip was the main business of the evening" |
| ~ point | the object of an activity.; "what is the point of discussing it?" |
| ~ thing | a special objective.; "the thing is to stay in bounds" |
| n. (communication) | 3. object | (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon.; "the object of the verb" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ object of a preposition, prepositional object | the object governed by a preposition. |
| ~ direct object, object of the verb | the object that receives the direct action of the verb. |
| ~ indirect object | the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb. |
| ~ retained object | an object in a passive construction. |
| ~ grammatical constituent, constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ antipathy | the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided.; "cats were his greatest antipathy" |
| ~ bugbear, hobgoblin | an object of dread or apprehension.; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" |
| ~ execration | the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated. |
| ~ center of attention, centre of attention, center, centre | the object upon which interest and attention focuses.; "his stories made him the center of the party" |
| ~ hallucination | an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode.; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination" |
| ~ infatuation | an object of extravagant short-lived passion. |
| ~ love, passion | any object of warm affection or devotion.; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. object | (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer.; "in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| v. (communication) | 6. object | express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent.; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" |
| ~ disapprove, reject | deem wrong or inappropriate.; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" |
| ~ demur, except | take exception to.; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" |
| ~ take exception, challenge | raise a formal objection in a court of law. |
| ~ carp, cavil, chicane | raise trivial objections. |
| ~ mind | be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by.; "I don't mind your behavior" |
| ~ remonstrate | argue in protest or opposition. |
| ~ make a stink, raise a stink, raise hell | take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent.; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again" |
| v. (stative) | 7. object | be averse to or express disapproval of.; "My wife objects to modern furniture" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| stuff | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. 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" |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| ~ ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. |
| ~ bedding material, bedding, litter | material used to provide a bed for animals. |
| ~ rind | the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating). |
| ~ precursor | a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction). |
| ~ corpuscle, mote, particle, atom, molecule, speck | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything. |
| ~ ammunition | any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction. |
| ~ floc, floccule | a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid. |
| ~ hazmat | an abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL" |
| ~ aggregate | material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster. |
| ~ raw material, staple | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing. |
| ~ sorbate | a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption. |
| ~ sorbent, sorbent material | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption. |
| ~ diamagnet | a substance that exhibits diamagnetism. |
| ~ mineral | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. |
| ~ rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust.; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" |
| ~ adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together. |
| ~ sealing material | any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface. |
| ~ animal material | material derived from animals. |
| ~ fluff | any light downy material. |
| ~ bimetal | material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals. |
| ~ abradant, abrasive, abrasive material | a substance that abrades or wears down. |
| ~ chemical, chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. |
| ~ composite material | strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically. |
| ~ conductor | a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat. |
| ~ dielectric, insulator, nonconductor | a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity. |
| ~ contaminant, contamination | a substance that contaminates. |
| ~ particulate, particulate matter | a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant). |
| ~ dust | free microscopic particles of solid material.; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" |
| ~ elastomer | any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed). |
| ~ earth, ground | the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface.; "they dug into the earth outside the church" |
| ~ emission, discharge | a substance that is emitted or released. |
| ~ detritus | loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks. |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| ~ fiber, fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. |
| ~ filling, fill | any material that fills a space or container.; "there was not enough fill for the trench" |
| ~ foam | a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture. |
| ~ homogenate | material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed).; "liver homogenate" |
| ~ humate | material that is high in humic acids. |
| ~ impregnation | material with which something is impregnated.; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue" |
| ~ paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. |
| ~ packing, packing material, wadding | any material used especially to protect something. |
| ~ coloring material, colour, colouring material, color | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ plant material, plant substance | material derived from plants. |
| ~ radioactive material | material that is radioactive. |
| ~ thickener, thickening | any material used to thicken.; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" |
| ~ toner | a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image. |
| ~ translucent substance, transparent substance | a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material. |
| ~ undercut | the material removed by a cut made underneath. |
| ~ builder, detergent builder | a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action. |
| ~ vernix, vernix caseosa | a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus. |
| ~ wad | a small mass of soft material.; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. stuff | miscellaneous unspecified objects.; "the trunk was full of stuff" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, gimmick | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" |
| ~ etcetera | additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same.; "his report was full of etceteras" |
| ~ sundries | miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified. |
| n. (possession) | 3. clobber, stuff | informal terms for personal possessions.; "did you take all your clobber?" |
| ~ personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate). |
| n. (communication) | 4. hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense | senseless talk.; "don't give me that stuff" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. stuff | unspecified qualities required to do or be something.; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| n. (communication) | 6. stuff | information in some unspecified form.; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. stuff | a critically important or characteristic component.; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| v. (contact) | 8. stuff | cram into a cavity.; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" |
| ~ chock up, cram, jampack, wad, ram, jam | crowd or pack to capacity.; "the theater was jampacked" |
| ~ overstuff | stuff too much.; "The pillow was overstuffed" |
| ~ pad, fill out | line or stuff with soft material.; "pad a bra" |
| ~ cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled.; "cram books into the suitcase" |
| v. (motion) | 9. shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust | press or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (contact) | 10. block, choke up, lug, stuff | obstruct.; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
| ~ clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| v. (consumption) | 11. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| v. (change) | 12. stuff | treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting.; "stuff a bearskin" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ tan | treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. |
| v. (change) | 13. stuff | fill tightly with a material.; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
| ~ farce, stuff | fill with a stuffing while cooking.; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" |
| ~ cork | stuff with cork.; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| v. (change) | 14. farce, stuff | fill with a stuffing while cooking.; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ stuff | fill tightly with a material.; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| thing | | |
| n. (state) | 1. thing | a special situation.; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| n. (act) | 2. thing | an action.; "how could you do such a thing?" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. thing | a special abstraction.; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" |
| ~ abstract, abstraction | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. thing | an artifact.; "how does this thing work?" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ flagship | the chief one of a related group.; "it is their flagship newspaper" |
| ~ pill | something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size. |
| ~ snorter | something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent.; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter" |
| ~ standby | something that can be relied on when needed. |
| ~ variation | an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard.; "he patented a variation on the sandal" |
| ~ wobbler | something that wobbles. |
| n. (event) | 5. thing | an event.; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ feast | something experienced with great delight.; "a feast for the eyes" |
| n. (communication) | 6. thing | a statement regarded as an object.; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. thing | an entity that is not named specifically.; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" |
| ~ entity | that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving). |
| ~ change | a thing that is different.; "he inspected several changes before selecting one" |
| ~ freshener | anything that freshens. |
| ~ horror | something that inspires dislike; something horrible.; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" |
| ~ crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey | something excellent of its kind.; "the bike was a jimdandy" |
| ~ pacifier | anything that serves to pacify. |
| ~ security blanket | anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety. |
| ~ stinker | anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar). |
| ~ whacker, whopper | something especially big or impressive of its kind. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. thing | any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence.; "the thing I like about her is ..." |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| n. (cognition) | 9. thing | a special objective.; "the thing is to stay in bounds" |
| ~ objective, aim, object, target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).; "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
| n. (feeling) | 10. thing | a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion.; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| n. (tops) | 11. thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ physical entity | an entity that has physical existence. |
| ~ depicted object, subject, content | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ inessential, nonessential | anything that is not essential.; "they discarded all their inessentials" |
| ~ essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement | anything indispensable.; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| ~ reservoir, source | anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival" |
| ~ building block, unit | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.; "units of nucleic acids" |
| ~ variable | something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation.; "the weather is one variable to be considered" |
| lay | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ballad, lay | a narrative song with a recurrent refrain. |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ minstrelsy | ballads sung by minstrels. |
| n. (communication) | 2. ballad, lay | a narrative poem of popular origin. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ edda | either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology. |
| v. (contact) | 3. lay, place, pose, position, put, set | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ put in, inclose, insert, stick in, introduce, enclose | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| ~ docket | place on the docket for legal action.; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" |
| ~ cock | set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. |
| ~ postpose | place after another constituent in the sentence.; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" |
| ~ prepose | place before another constituent in the sentence.; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" |
| ~ step | place (a ship's mast) in its step. |
| ~ put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
| ~ stratify | form, arrange, or deposit in layers.; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" |
| ~ plant | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive.; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" |
| ~ intersperse | place at intervals in or among.; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" |
| ~ snuggle, nestle | position comfortably.; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" |
| ~ pile | place or lay as if in a pile.; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ superimpose, lay over, superpose | place on top of.; "can you superimpose the two images?" |
| ~ superpose | place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide. |
| ~ park | place temporarily.; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" |
| ~ ensconce, settle | fix firmly.; "He ensconced himself in the chair" |
| ~ dispose | place or put in a particular order.; "the dots are unevenly disposed" |
| ~ emplace | put into place or position.; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" |
| ~ emplace | provide a new emplacement for guns. |
| ~ ship | place on board a ship.; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" |
| ~ underlay | put (something) under or beneath.; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" |
| ~ trench | set, plant, or bury in a trench.; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" |
| ~ pigeonhole | place into a small compartment. |
| ~ shelve | place on a shelf.; "shelve books" |
| ~ jar | place in a cylindrical vessel.; "jar the jam" |
| ~ repose | to put something (eg trust) in something.; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" |
| ~ sign | place signs, as along a road.; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" |
| ~ middle | put in the middle. |
| ~ parallelize | place parallel to one another. |
| ~ butt | place end to end without overlapping.; "The frames must be butted at the joints" |
| ~ recess | put into a recess.; "recess lights" |
| ~ reposition | place into another position. |
| ~ throw, thrust | place or put with great energy.; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" |
| ~ tee, tee up | place on a tee.; "tee golf balls" |
| ~ rack up | place in a rack.; "rack pool balls" |
| ~ coffin | place into a coffin.; "her body was coffined" |
| ~ bed | put to bed.; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" |
| ~ appose | place side by side or in close proximity. |
| ~ place down, put down, set down | cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place.; "set down your bags here" |
| ~ sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
| ~ misplace | place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position.; "misplaced modifiers" |
| ~ juxtapose | place side by side.; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" |
| ~ set down | put or settle into a position.; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" |
| ~ bottle | put into bottles.; "bottle the mineral water" |
| ~ bucket | put into a bucket. |
| ~ barrel | put in barrels. |
| ~ ground | place or put on the ground. |
| ~ pillow, rest | rest on or as if on a pillow.; "pillow your head" |
| ~ mislay, misplace, lose | place (something) where one cannot find it again.; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
| ~ upend | set, turn, or stand on end.; "upend the box and empty the contents" |
| ~ seat, sit down, sit | show to a seat; assign a seat for.; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" |
| ~ seat | place in or on a seat.; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| ~ place upright, stand up, stand | put into an upright position.; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" |
| ~ recline | cause to recline.; "She reclined her head on the pillow" |
| ~ plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
| ~ instal, install, put in, set up | set up for use.; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink" |
| ~ posit, situate, deposit, fix | put (something somewhere) firmly.; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" |
| ~ ladle | put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle.; "ladle soup into the bowl" |
| ~ poise | cause to be balanced or suspended. |
| ~ lean | cause to lean or incline.; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" |
| ~ clap | put quickly or forcibly.; "The judge clapped him in jail" |
| ~ rest | put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying.; "Rest your head on my shoulder" |
| ~ perch | cause to perch or sit.; "She perched her hat on her head" |
| ~ load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance.; "load the bags onto the trucks" |
| ~ cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled.; "cram books into the suitcase" |
| ~ set | put into a position that will restore a normal state.; "set a broken bone" |
| ~ siphon | move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action.; "siphon gas into the tank" |
| ~ seat | place or attach firmly in or on a base.; "seat the camera on the tripod" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ position | cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. |
| ~ glycerolise, glycerolize | place in glycerol. |
| ~ space | place at intervals.; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates" |
| ~ marshal | place in proper rank.; "marshal the troops" |
| ~ settle, settle down | settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.; "dust settled on the roofs" |
| ~ throw | to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly.; "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse" |
| ~ imbricate | place so as to overlap.; "imbricate the roof tiles" |
| v. (contact) | 4. lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ rail | lay with rails.; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" |
| ~ lay | lay eggs.; "This hen doesn't lay" |
| ~ blow | lay eggs.; "certain insects are said to blow" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury | place in a grave or tomb.; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" |
| ~ rebury | bury again.; "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot" |
| v. (creation) | 5. lay | prepare or position for action or operation.; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" |
| ~ machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up | arrange by systematic planning and united effort.; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
| v. (contact) | 6. lay | lay eggs.; "This hen doesn't lay" |
| ~ spawn | lay spawn.; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| v. (possession) | 7. lay | impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.; "lay a responsibility on someone" |
| ~ levy, impose | impose and collect.; "levy a fine" |
| adj. | 8. laic, lay, secular | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" |
| ~ profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
| adj. | 9. lay | not of or from a profession.; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" |
| ~ nonprofessional | not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain.; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors" |
| put | | |
| n. (act) | 1. put, put option | the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. |
| ~ straddle, span | the act of sitting or standing astride. |
| ~ option | the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited. |
| v. (contact) | 2. put | cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ put to sleep | help someone go to bed.; "Mother put the baby to sleep" |
| v. (communication) | 3. cast, couch, frame, put, redact | formulate in a particular style or language.; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" |
| ~ give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate | put into words or an expression.; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. assign, put | attribute or give.; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ repose | put or confide something in a person or thing.; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" |
| v. (possession) | 5. commit, invest, place, put | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ fund | invest money in government securities. |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ roll over | re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security.; "She rolled over her IRA" |
| ~ shelter | invest (money) so that it is not taxable. |
| ~ tie up | invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes.; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments" |
| ~ job, speculate | invest at a risk.; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" |
| ~ buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. place, put, set | estimate.; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| v. (perception) | 7. put | cause (someone) to undergo something.; "He put her to the torture" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| v. (creation) | 8. put | adapt.; "put these words to music" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ arrange, set | adapt for performance in a different way.; "set this poem to music" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. arrange, order, put, set up | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| ~ contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.; "synchronize biblical events" |
| ~ phrase | divide, combine, or mark into phrases.; "phrase a musical passage" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| set | | |
| n. (group) | 1. set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ teeth, dentition | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal. |
| ~ volume | a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ singleton | a set containing a single member. |
| ~ pair, brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ triad, triple, triplet, trio | a set of three similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ quadruple, quartette, quadruplet, quartet | a set of four similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ quintuple, quintette, quintuplet, quintet | a set of five similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ sextette, sestet, sextet | a set of six similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ septette, septet | a set of seven similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ octette, octet | a set of eight similar things considered as a unit. |
| ~ chess set | checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess. |
| ~ manicure set | a set of implements used to manicure. |
| ~ join, sum, union | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets.; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" |
| ~ cartesian product, intersection, product | the set of elements common to two or more sets.; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things" |
| ~ field | all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event. |
| ~ field | all of the horses in a particular horse race. |
| ~ field | (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information. |
| ~ bracket | a category falling within certain defined limits. |
| ~ conjugation | the complete set of inflected forms of a verb. |
| ~ suite | a matching set of furniture. |
| ~ choir, consort | a family of similar musical instrument playing together. |
| ~ core, core group, nucleus | a small group of indispensable persons or things.; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" |
| ~ portfolio | a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers.; "the artist had put together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a portfolio of photographs" |
| ~ score | a set of twenty members.; "a score were sent out but only one returned" |
| ~ threescore | a set with 3 times 20 members. |
| ~ synset | a set of one or more synonyms. |
| n. (group) | 2. set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
| ~ abstract entity, abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ interval | a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints. |
| ~ mathematical group, group | a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse. |
| ~ domain of a function, domain | (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined. |
| ~ range of a function, image, range | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined.; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers" |
| ~ universal set | (mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration.; "all other sets are subsets of the universal set" |
| ~ locus | the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions.; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle" |
| ~ subset | a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set. |
| ~ null set | a set that is empty; a set with no members. |
| ~ mandelbrot set | a set of complex numbers that has a highly convoluted fractal boundary when plotted; the set of all points in the complex plane that are bounded under a certain mathematical iteration. |
| ~ mathematical space, topological space | (mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind.; "assume that the topological space is finite dimensional" |
| ~ field | (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1.; "the set of all rational numbers is a field" |
| ~ solution, root | the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation. |
| ~ diagonal | (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry. |
| ~ intersection | a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations. |
| n. (act) | 3. exercise set, set | several exercises intended to be done in series.; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" |
| ~ exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit.; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. set, stage set | representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production.; "the sets were meticulously authentic" |
| ~ mise en scene, stage setting, setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted. |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| ~ scenery, scene | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.; "they worked all night painting the scenery" |
| ~ set decoration | a decoration used as part of the set of a theatrical or movie production. |
| n. (group) | 5. band, circle, lot, set | an unofficial association of people or groups.; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ car pool | a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers. |
| ~ clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. |
| ~ cohort | a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion). |
| ~ confederacy, conspiracy | a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose. |
| ~ four hundred | the exclusive social set of a city. |
| ~ horsey set, horsy set | a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing. |
| ~ jet set | a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure. |
| ~ party, company | a band of people associated temporarily in some activity.; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen" |
| n. (cognition) | 6. bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (act) | 7. set | the act of putting something in position.; "he gave a final set to his hat" |
| ~ locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position | the act of putting something in a certain place. |
| n. (time) | 8. set | a unit of play in tennis or squash.; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner" |
| ~ game | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves. |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (process) | 9. curing, hardening, set, solidification, solidifying | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization.; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" |
| ~ congealment, congelation | the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing. |
| ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| ~ plastination | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened.; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching" |
| n. (person) | 10. set, seth | evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris. |
| ~ egyptian deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. |
| n. (event) | 11. set | the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon.; "before the set of sun" |
| ~ descent | a movement downward. |
| n. (cognition) | 12. readiness, set | (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way.; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" |
| ~ cognitive state, state of mind | the state of a person's cognitive processes. |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. set | any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals.; "the early sets ran on storage batteries" |
| ~ communication equipment, communication system | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ receiver, receiving system | set that receives radio or tv signals. |
| ~ sender, transmitter | set used to broadcast radio or tv signals. |
| v. (cognition) | 14. determine, set | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| ~ identify, place | recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something.; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" |
| ~ date | assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of.; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" |
| ~ value | fix or determine the value of; assign a value to.; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" |
| ~ filiate | fix the paternity of.; "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock" |
| ~ format | determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science). |
| ~ charge | set or ask for a certain price.; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" |
| ~ initialise, initialize | assign an initial value to a computer program. |
| ~ tax, assess | set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine). |
| ~ price | determine the price of.; "The grocer priced his wares high" |
| v. (communication) | 15. define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify | decide upon or fix definitely.; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" |
| ~ quantify | use as a quantifier. |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ name | mention and identify by name.; "name your accomplices!" |
| ~ reset | set anew.; "They re-set the date on the clock" |
| ~ define | give a definition for the meaning of a word.; "Define `sadness'" |
| v. (communication) | 16. mark, set | establish as the highest level or best performance.; "set a record" |
| ~ lay down, establish, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| v. (change) | 17. set | put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.; "set the house afire" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ pitch | set to a certain pitch.; "He pitched his voice very low" |
| ~ keynote | set the keynote of.; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection" |
| v. (contact) | 18. set | fix in a border.; "The goldsmith set the diamond" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (change) | 19. fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ socialise, socialize | prepare for social life.; "Children have to be socialized in school" |
| ~ provide | take measures in preparation for.; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship" |
| ~ cram | prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam. |
| ~ precondition | put into the required condition beforehand. |
| ~ fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study. |
| ~ mount | fix onto a backing, setting, or support.; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" |
| ~ lay out, set up, set | get ready for a particular purpose or event.; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" |
| ~ winterise, winterize | prepare for winter.; "winterize cars"; "winterize your houses" |
| ~ summerise, summerize | prepare for summer.; "summerize your car"; "summerize a house" |
| ~ prime | insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing.; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine" |
| ~ crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ brace, poise | prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult. |
| v. (change) | 20. set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.; "set clocks or instruments" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ reset | set to zero.; "reset instruments and dials" |
| ~ set ahead, advance | move forward.; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward" |
| v. (creation) | 21. localise, localize, place, set | locate.; "The film is set in Africa" |
| ~ stage, present, represent | perform (a play), especially on a stage.; "we are going to stage `Othello'" |
| v. (motion) | 22. go down, go under, set | disappear beyond the horizon.; "the sun sets early these days" |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (creation) | 23. arrange, set | adapt for performance in a different way.; "set this poem to music" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ prearrange | arrange beforehand. |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ put | adapt.; "put these words to music" |
| ~ transpose | put (a piece of music) into another key. |
| ~ tabularise, tabularize, tabulate, table | arrange or enter in tabular form. |
| v. (contact) | 24. plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ root | plant by the roots. |
| ~ puddle | dip into mud before planting.; "puddle young plants" |
| ~ checkrow | plant in checkrows. |
| ~ bed | place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil. |
| ~ dibble | plant with a wooden hand tool.; "dibble Spring bulbs" |
| ~ afforest, forest | establish a forest on previously unforested land.; "afforest the mountains" |
| ~ replant | plant again or anew.; "They replanted the land"; "He replanted the seedlings" |
| ~ tree | plant with trees.; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" |
| v. (creation) | 25. set | apply or start.; "set fire to a building" |
| ~ initiate, originate, start | bring into being.; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
| v. (change) | 26. congeal, jell, set | become gelatinous.; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" |
| ~ solidify | become solid.; "The metal solidified when it cooled" |
| v. (creation) | 27. set, typeset | set in type.; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" |
| ~ print, impress | reproduce by printing. |
| v. (contact) | 28. set | put into a position that will restore a normal state.; "set a broken bone" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (contact) | 29. countersink, set | insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink). |
| ~ bury, sink | embed deeply.; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" |
| v. (contact) | 30. set | give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor. |
| ~ hone | sharpen with a hone.; "hone a knife" |
| v. (competition) | 31. set, sic | urge to attack someone.; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" |
| ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| v. (change) | 32. rig, set, set up | equip with sails or masts.; "rig a ship" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| v. (change) | 33. lay out, set, set up | get ready for a particular purpose or event.; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| v. (change) | 34. adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ proportion | adjust in size relative to other things. |
| ~ modulate | adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of. |
| ~ temper | adjust the pitch (of pianos). |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).; "My piano needs to be tuned" |
| ~ calibrate, fine-tune, graduate | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust for (better) functioning.; "tune the engine" |
| ~ time | adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
| ~ trim | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used. |
| ~ zero, zero in | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun).; "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" |
| ~ zero | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value. |
| ~ readjust, reset | adjust again after an initial failure. |
| ~ attune | adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with. |
| ~ time | regulate or set the time of.; "time the clock" |
| ~ set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.; "set clocks or instruments" |
| ~ regulate, modulate | fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" |
| ~ focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus | put (an image) into focus.; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" |
| ~ sync, synchronize, synchronise | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.; "Let's synchronize our efforts" |
| ~ pressurise, pressurize | increase the pressure in or of.; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| ~ match, fit | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| ~ plumb | adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical. |
| ~ ordinate, align, coordinate | bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" |
| ~ reconcile, harmonise, harmonize | bring into consonance or accord.; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" |
| ~ linearise, linearize | make linear or get into a linear form.; "a catalyst linearizes polyethylene" |
| ~ justify | adjust the spaces between words.; "justify the margins" |
| ~ citify | accustom to urban ways.; "Immigration will citify the country?" |
| v. (body) | 35. fructify, set | bear fruit.; "the apple trees fructify" |
| ~ procreate, reproduce, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| v. (body) | 36. arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set | arrange attractively.; "dress my hair for the wedding" |
| ~ bob | cut hair in the style of a bob.; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" |
| ~ wave | set waves in.; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" |
| ~ neaten, groom | care for one's external appearance.; "He is always well-groomed" |
| ~ groom, curry, dress | give a neat appearance to.; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" |
| adj. | 37. fit, primed, set | (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed.; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" |
| ~ ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress.; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" |
| adj. | 38. fixed, rigid, set | fixed and unmoving.; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"; "a face rigid with pain" |
| ~ nonmoving, unmoving | not in motion. |
| adj. | 39. located, placed, set, situated | situated in a particular spot or position.; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" |
| ~ settled | established in a desired position or place; not moving about.; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization" |
| adj. | 40. laid, set | set down according to a plan:.; "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" |
| ~ arranged, ordered | disposed or placed in a particular kind of order.; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace" |
| adj. | 41. set | being below the horizon.; "the moon is set" |
| ~ down | being or moving lower in position or less in some value.; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" |
| adj. | 42. determined, dictated, set | determined or decided upon as by an authority.; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" |
| ~ settled | established or decided beyond dispute or doubt.; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night" |
| adj. | 43. hardened, set | converted to solid form (as concrete). |
| ~ hard | resisting weight or pressure. |
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