| backwash | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. airstream, backwash, race, slipstream, wash | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. |
| ~ flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. aftermath, backwash, wake | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (event) | 3. backwash, wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| bring | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ fetch | take away or remove.; "The devil will fetch you!" |
| ~ bring | be accompanied by.; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ transit | cause or enable to pass through.; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" |
| ~ ferry | transport from one place to another. |
| ~ bring back, take back, return | bring back to the point of departure. |
| ~ tube | convey in a tube.; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail" |
| ~ whisk | move somewhere quickly.; "The President was whisked away in his limo" |
| ~ channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| ~ land | bring ashore.; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" |
| v. (contact) | 2. bring | cause to come into a particular state or condition.; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (creation) | 3. bring, make for, play, work, wreak | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ work, act | have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected.; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" |
| v. (contact) | 4. bring, convey, fetch, get | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ retrieve | run after, pick up, and bring to the master.; "train the dog to retrieve" |
| ~ retrieve | go for and bring back.; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ deliver | bring to a destination, make a delivery.; "our local super market delivers" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (change) | 5. bring, land | bring into a different state.; "this may land you in jail" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (contact) | 6. bring | be accompanied by.; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (creation) | 7. bring, institute | advance or set forth in court.; "bring charges"; "institute proceedings" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (possession) | 8. add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ factor | be a contributing factor.; "make things factor into a company's profitability" |
| ~ instill, transfuse | impart gradually.; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" |
| ~ tinsel | impart a cheap brightness to.; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" |
| ~ throw in | add as an extra or as a gratuity. |
| v. (possession) | 9. bring, bring in, fetch | be sold for a certain price.; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| v. (emotion) | 10. bring | attract the attention of.; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" |
| ~ bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| v. (communication) | 11. bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| ~ bring | attract the attention of.; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" |
| carry | | |
| n. (act) | 1. carry | the act of carrying something. |
| ~ transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ backpacking, packing | carrying something in a pack on the back.; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" |
| ~ piggyback | the act of carrying something piggyback. |
| ~ fireman's carry | the act of carrying a person over your shoulder. |
| ~ portage | carrying boats and supplies overland. |
| ~ porterage | the transportation of burdens by porters. |
| v. (contact) | 2. carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ shoulder | carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.; "shoulder the burden" |
| ~ port | carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons.; "port a rifle" |
| ~ carry | propel or give impetus to.; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" |
| ~ bear | move while holding up or supporting.; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" |
| ~ bucket | carry in a bucket. |
| ~ return | make a return.; "return a kickback" |
| ~ pipe in | transport to a destiny through pipes.; "We have to pipe in oil" |
| ~ port | carry, bear, convey, or bring.; "The small canoe could be ported easily" |
| ~ porter | carry luggage or supplies.; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists" |
| ~ pack | carry, as on one's back.; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ cart | transport something in a cart. |
| ~ fly | transport by aeroplane.; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" |
| ~ haul | transport in a vehicle.; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market" |
| ~ lug, tote, tug | carry with difficulty.; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ chariot | transport in a chariot. |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (stative) | 3. carry, pack, take | have with oneself; have on one's person.; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ carry | have or possess something abstract.; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance" |
| v. (motion) | 4. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| ~ convey, express, carry | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| ~ wash up | carry somewhere (of water or current or waves).; "The tide washed up the corpse" |
| ~ pipe in | bring in through pipes.; "Music was piped into the offices" |
| ~ bring in | transmit.; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" |
| ~ retransmit | transmit again. |
| ~ carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
| v. (communication) | 5. carry, convey, express | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| v. (contact) | 6. carry | bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" |
| ~ hold up, support, sustain, hold | be the physical support of; carry the weight of.; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" |
| ~ carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.; "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
| ~ carry | keep up with financial support.; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" |
| v. (contact) | 7. bear, carry, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
| ~ sling | hold or carry in a sling.; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm" |
| ~ stoop | carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane" |
| ~ piggyback | support on the back and shoulders.; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show" |
| ~ balance, poise | hold or carry in equilibrium. |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| v. (stative) | 8. bear, carry, contain, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ retain | hold back within.; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water" |
| ~ hold in, enclose, confine | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| v. (social) | 9. carry | extend to a certain degree.; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme" |
| ~ effect | act so as to bring into existence.; "effect a change" |
| v. (change) | 10. carry, extend | continue or extend.; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" |
| ~ continue | exist over a prolonged period of time.; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" |
| ~ prolong, protract, draw out, extend | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" |
| ~ extend | prolong the time allowed for payment of.; "extend the loan" |
| v. (stative) | 11. carry | be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" |
| ~ involve, imply | have as a necessary feature.; "This decision involves many changes" |
| ~ carry | have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name" |
| v. (competition) | 12. carry | win in an election.; "The senator carried his home state" |
| ~ win | be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious.; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" |
| ~ carry | be successful in.; "She lost the game but carried the match" |
| ~ persuade, sway, carry | win approval or support for.; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| ~ include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| v. (social) | 14. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
| ~ fluster | be flustered; behave in a confused manner. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ put forward, assert | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.; "Women should assert themselves more!" |
| ~ deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
| ~ walk around | behave in a certain manner or have certain properties.; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend" |
| ~ posture, pose | behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" |
| v. (possession) | 15. carry, stock, stockpile | have on hand.; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| v. (creation) | 16. carry, run | include as the content; broadcast or publicize.; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
| ~ disseminate, circulate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, distribute, propagate | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| v. (contact) | 17. carry, dribble | propel,.; "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (communication) | 18. carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| v. (stative) | 19. carry | have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ carry | be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" |
| v. (stative) | 20. carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
| ~ channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| ~ range | have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun.; "This gun ranges over two miles" |
| v. (stative) | 21. carry | keep up with financial support.; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" |
| ~ maintain, sustain, keep | supply with necessities and support.; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" |
| ~ carry | bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" |
| v. (stative) | 22. carry | have or possess something abstract.; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ carry, pack, take | have with oneself; have on one's person.; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
| v. (stative) | 23. carry | be equipped with (a mast or sail).; "This boat can only carry a small sail" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (social) | 24. carry, persuade, sway | win approval or support for.; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" |
| ~ carry | win in an election.; "The senator carried his home state" |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| v. (social) | 25. carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.; "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
| ~ carry | bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" |
| ~ compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, correct, make up | adjust for.; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" |
| v. (social) | 26. carry | take further or advance.; "carry a cause" |
| ~ encourage, promote, further, boost, advance | contribute to the progress or growth of.; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" |
| v. (possession) | 27. carry | have on the surface or on the skin.; "carry scars" |
| ~ bear | have.; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" |
| v. (possession) | 28. carry | capture after a fight.; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" |
| ~ appropriate, conquer, seize, capture | take possession of by force, as after an invasion.; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" |
| v. (possession) | 29. carry, post | transfer (entries) from one account book to another. |
| ~ carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.; "put down 5 and carry 2" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| v. (motion) | 30. carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.; "put down 5 and carry 2" |
| ~ shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| ~ post, carry | transfer (entries) from one account book to another. |
| v. (motion) | 31. carry | pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" |
| ~ follow | to travel behind, go after, come after.; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
| v. (creation) | 32. carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ carry | be able to feed.; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| ~ farm, produce, raise, grow | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| v. (contact) | 33. carry | propel or give impetus to.; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
| v. (consumption) | 34. carry, hold | drink alcohol without showing ill effects.; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" |
| ~ booze, drink, fuddle | consume alcohol.; "We were up drinking all night" |
| v. (consumption) | 35. carry | be able to feed.; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| ~ farm animal, livestock, stock | any animals kept for use or profit. |
| ~ nourish, nurture, sustain | provide with nourishment.; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" |
| ~ carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| v. (competition) | 36. carry | have a certain range.; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" |
| ~ carry | cover a certain distance or advance beyond.; "The drive carried to the green" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (competition) | 37. carry | cover a certain distance or advance beyond.; "The drive carried to the green" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ carry | have a certain range.; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (competition) | 38. carry | secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).; "The motion carried easily" |
| ~ carry | be successful in.; "She lost the game but carried the match" |
| ~ obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
| v. (competition) | 39. carry | be successful in.; "She lost the game but carried the match" |
| ~ win | be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious.; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" |
| ~ carry | win in an election.; "The senator carried his home state" |
| ~ carry | secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).; "The motion carried easily" |
| v. (communication) | 40. carry | sing or play against other voices or parts.; "He cannot carry a tune" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| v. (body) | 41. bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| conduct | | |
| n. (act) | 1. behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ aggression | deliberately unfriendly behavior. |
| ~ bohemianism | conduct characteristic of a bohemian. |
| ~ dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike. |
| ~ dirty tricks | underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ easiness | the quality of being easy in behavior or style.; "there was an easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner" |
| ~ the way of the world, the ways of the world | the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen.; "the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world"; "she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil"; "he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people. |
| ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
| ~ manners | social deportment.; "he has the manners of a pig" |
| ~ citizenship | conduct as a citizen.; "award for good citizenship" |
| ~ swashbuckling | flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior. |
| ~ correctitude, properness, propriety | correct or appropriate behavior. |
| ~ improperness, impropriety | an improper demeanor. |
| ~ personal manner, manner | a way of acting or behaving. |
| v. (social) | 3. carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ racketeer | carry on illegal business activities involving crime. |
| v. (creation) | 4. conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" |
| v. (motion) | 5. conduct, direct, guide, lead, take | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| ~ beacon | guide with a beacon. |
| ~ hand | guide or conduct or usher somewhere.; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" |
| ~ misguide, mislead, lead astray, misdirect | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" |
| ~ usher, show | take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.; "The usher showed us to our seats" |
| v. (creation) | 6. conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" |
| ~ conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
| transport | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. conveyance, transport | something that serves as a means of transportation. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted. |
| ~ horsebox | a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses. |
| ~ instrumentation, instrumentality | an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
| ~ litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers. |
| ~ mail | a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. |
| ~ public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight. |
| ~ roll-on roll-off | a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination. |
| ~ cargo ships, merchant vessels, merchant marine, shipping | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry. |
| ~ sidecar | conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle. |
| ~ ski lift, ski tow, lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. |
| ~ telfer, telpher | one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage. |
| ~ trailer | a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor. |
| ~ aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| n. (process) | 2. transport | an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes. |
| ~ active transport | transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy. |
| ~ diffusion | (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration. |
| ~ passive transport | transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required. |
| n. (act) | 3. shipping, transport, transportation | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ air transport, air transportation | transportation by air. |
| ~ navigation | ship traffic.; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" |
| ~ hauling, trucking, truckage | the activity of transporting goods by truck. |
| ~ freight, freightage | transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates. |
| ~ expressage, express | rapid transport of goods. |
| ~ ferrying, ferry | transport by boat or aircraft. |
| ~ on-line, online | on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system.; "on-line industries" |
| ~ off-line | not on a regular route of a transportation system.; "an off-line ticket office" |
| n. (state) | 4. ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport | a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture" |
| ~ emotional state, spirit | the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection).; "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. tape drive, tape transport, transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder. |
| ~ mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function. |
| ~ tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system. |
| ~ tape machine, tape recorder | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape. |
| n. (act) | 6. conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| ~ transshipment | the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment. |
| ~ airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). |
| ~ connexion, connection | shifting from one form of transportation to another.; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland. |
| ~ carry | the act of carrying something. |
| ~ pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. |
| ~ lighterage | the transportation of goods on a lighter. |
| ~ relocation, resettlement | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). |
| ~ teleportation | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another. |
| v. (motion) | 7. transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ sluice | transport in or send down a sluice.; "sluice logs" |
| ~ float | set afloat.; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" |
| ~ ferry | transport by ferry. |
| ~ wheelbarrow | transport in a wheelbarrow. |
| ~ raft | transport on a raft.; "raft wood down a river" |
| ~ bus | send or move around by bus.; "The children were bussed to school" |
| ~ pipe | transport by pipeline.; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" |
| ~ freight | transport commercially as cargo. |
| ~ truck | convey (goods etc.) by truck.; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains" |
| ~ rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails.; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" |
| ~ sledge | transport in a sleigh. |
| ~ lighter | transport in a flatbottom boat. |
| ~ pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift.; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" |
| ~ wheel around, wheel | wheel somebody or something. |
| ~ carry over | transport from one place or state to another.; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal" |
| ~ advect | convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.; "energy advected from the environment" |
| ~ teleport | transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another. |
| v. (emotion) | 8. delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport | hold spellbound. |
| ~ delight, please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to.; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" |
| v. (motion) | 9. send, ship, transport | transport commercially. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ barge | transport by barge on a body of water. |
| ~ railroad | transport by railroad. |
| ~ despatch, dispatch, send off | send away towards a designated goal. |
| ~ forward, send on | send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit.; "forward my mail" |
| v. (contact) | 10. channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another. |
| ~ propagate | transmit.; "propagate sound or light through air" |
| ~ translate | bring to a certain spiritual state. |
| ~ release, turn | let (something) fall or spill from a container.; "turn the flour onto a plate" |
| ~ send out, send | to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place.; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" |
| ~ 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" |
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