| administer | | |
| v. (social) | 1. administer, administrate | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" |
| ~ pontificate | administer a pontifical office. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ oversee, superintend, supervise, manage | watch and direct.; "Who is overseeing this project?" |
| v. (possession) | 2. administer | perform (a church sacrament) ritually.; "administer the last unction" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| ~ insufflate | breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit. |
| ~ execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.; "In some states, criminals are executed" |
| v. (possession) | 3. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ reallot | allot again.; "They were realloted additional farm land" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| v. (body) | 4. administer, dispense | give or apply (medications). |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| ~ transfuse | give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to. |
| ~ digitalize | administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects. |
| ~ inject, shoot | give an injection to.; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| ~ give | give (as medicine).; "I gave him the drug" |
| v. (social) | 5. administer | direct the taking of.; "administer an exam"; "administer an oath" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| manage | | |
| v. (social) | 1. bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off | be successful; achieve a goal.; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (social) | 2. care, deal, handle, manage | 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" |
| ~ administer, administrate | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| ~ work | cause to operate or function.; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" |
| ~ come to grips, get to grips | deal with (a problem or a subject).; "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents" |
| ~ dispose of | deal with or settle.; "He disposed of these cases quickly" |
| ~ take care, mind | be in charge of or deal with.; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements" |
| ~ coordinate | bring into common action, movement, or condition.; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" |
| ~ juggle | deal with simultaneously.; "She had to juggle her job and her children" |
| ~ process | deal with in a routine way.; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" |
| ~ mismanage, misconduct, mishandle | manage badly or incompetently.; "The funds were mismanaged" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| ~ carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ touch | deal with; usually used with a form of negation.; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling" |
| v. (social) | 3. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ extemporize, improvise | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" |
| ~ fend | try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" |
| ~ hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" |
| ~ cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| v. (social) | 4. manage, oversee, superintend, supervise | watch and direct.; "Who is overseeing this project?" |
| ~ administer, administrate | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" |
| ~ build | order, supervise, or finance the construction of.; "The government is building new schools in this state" |
| v. (social) | 5. finagle, manage, wangle | achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods. |
| ~ achieve, attain, accomplish, reach | to gain with effort.; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| v. (social) | 6. do, manage | carry on or function.; "We could do with a little more help around here" |
| v. (contact) | 7. handle, manage, wield | handle effectively.; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ ply | wield vigorously.; "ply an axe" |
| ~ pump | operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.; "pump the gas pedal" |
| ~ swing out, swing, sweep | make a big sweeping gesture or movement. |
| direct | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. direct | command with authority.; "He directed the children to do their homework" |
| ~ order, enjoin, tell, say | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" |
| ~ stet | printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative). |
| v. (competition) | 2. aim, direct, place, point, target | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" |
| ~ address | direct a question at someone. |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ home in, range in, zero in | direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids. |
| v. (creation) | 3. direct | guide the actors in (plays and films). |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ stage direct | direct for the stage. |
| v. (social) | 4. direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ hold, give, have, throw, make | organize or be responsible for.; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ guide, steer | be a guiding or motivating force or drive.; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" |
| ~ head, lead | be in charge of.; "Who is heading this project?" |
| ~ operate, run | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" |
| ~ administer | direct the taking of.; "administer an exam"; "administer an oath" |
| 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. (motion) | 6. direct, send | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ cast, contrive, throw, project | put or send forth.; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ turn | channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium" |
| ~ turn | to send or let go.; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" |
| ~ divert | send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. |
| ~ route | send via a specific route. |
| ~ refer | send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision.; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" |
| ~ airt, redirect | channel into a new direction.; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" |
| ~ blow | cause air to go in, on, or through.; "Blow my hair dry" |
| v. (competition) | 7. aim, direct, take, take aim, train | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ target, direct, aim, place, point | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" |
| ~ draw a bead on | aim with a gun.; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" |
| ~ hold | aim, point, or direct.; "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames" |
| ~ turn | direct at someone.; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" |
| ~ swing | hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement.; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee" |
| ~ point, level, charge | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ level | aim at.; "level criticism or charges at somebody" |
| ~ position | cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. |
| ~ sight | take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device). |
| v. (creation) | 8. 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. (communication) | 9. direct | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction.; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
| ~ talk down | direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio.; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill" |
| ~ point the way | indicate the right path or direction.; "The sign pointed the way to London" |
| ~ apprise, apprize, instruct | make aware of.; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. aim, calculate, direct | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public. |
| ~ destine, intend, designate, specify | design or destine.; "She was intended to become the director" |
| v. (motion) | 11. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ dock | maneuver into a dock.; "dock the ships" |
| ~ sheer | cause to sheer.; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
| ~ pull over | steer a vehicle to the side of the road.; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" |
| ~ helm | be at or take the helm of.; "helm the ship" |
| ~ crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. |
| ~ navigate | direct carefully and safely.; "He navigated his way to the altar" |
| ~ stand out | steer away from shore, of ships. |
| ~ starboard | turn to the right, of helms or rudders. |
| ~ conn | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane. |
| ~ navigate, pilot | act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" |
| ~ canalise, canalize, channel | direct the flow of.; "channel information towards a broad audience" |
| ~ tree, corner | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
| ~ park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (communication) | 12. address, direct | put an address on (an envelope). |
| ~ misaddress, misdirect | put a wrong address on.; "misdirect the letter" |
| ~ instrument | address a legal document to. |
| ~ re-address | put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding. |
| ~ label | assign a label to; designate with a label.; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize | plan and direct (a complex undertaking).; "he masterminded the robbery" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ choreograph | plan and oversee the development and details of.; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed" |
| adj. | 14. direct | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short.; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" |
| ~ door-to-door | (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination.; "the limousine offers door-to-door service" |
| ~ nonstop | (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops.; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta" |
| ~ point-blank | close enough to go straight to the target.; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot" |
| ~ straightforward | pointed directly ahead.; "a straightforward gaze" |
| ~ undeviating, unswerving | going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside.; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands" |
| ~ through | (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes.; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic" |
| ~ straight | having no deviations.; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" |
| adj. | 15. direct, unmediated | having no intervening persons, agents, conditions.; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote" |
| ~ immediate | having no intervening medium.; "an immediate influence" |
| adj. | 16. direct | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
| ~ bluff | bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader" |
| ~ candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, outspoken, plainspoken, blunt | characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" |
| ~ brutal | disagreeably direct and precise.; "he spoke with brutal honesty" |
| ~ flat-footed | without reservation.; "a flat-footed refusal" |
| ~ man-to-man | forthright and honest.; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life" |
| ~ no-nonsense | not tolerating irrelevancies.; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent" |
| ~ unvarnished, plain | free from any effort to soften to disguise.; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" |
| ~ pointed | direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant.; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction" |
| ~ straightforward, square, straight | without evasion or compromise.; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" |
| ~ upfront | frank and honest.; "he was upfront about his intentions" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| adj. | 17. direct, lineal | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" |
| ~ matrilineal, matrilinear | based on or tracing descent through the female line.; "matrilineal inheritance" |
| ~ patrilineal, patrilinear | based on or tracing descent through the male line.; "a patrilineal society" |
| ~ unilateral | tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only. |
| ~ related | connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. |
| adj. | 18. direct | moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| adj. | 19. direct | similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| adj. | 20. direct | (of a current) flowing in one direction only.; "direct current" |
| ~ electricity | a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. |
| adj. | 21. direct | being an immediate result or consequence.; "a direct result of the accident" |
| ~ primary | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
| adj. | 22. direct, verbatim | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
| ~ exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" |
| adj. | 23. direct | lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact.; "the direct opposite" |
| ~ absolute | perfect or complete or pure.; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" |
| adv. | 24. direct, directly, straight | without deviation.; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" |
| guide | | |
| n. (person) | 1. guide, usher | someone employed to conduct others. |
| ~ escort | an attendant who is employed to accompany someone. |
| ~ usherette | a female usher. |
| n. (person) | 2. guide | someone who shows the way by leading or advising. |
| ~ leader | a person who rules or guides or inspires others. |
| ~ cicerone | a guide who conducts and informs sightseers. |
| ~ tour guide | a guide who leads others on a tour. |
| n. (communication) | 3. guide, guidebook | something that offers basic information or instruction. |
| ~ enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum | a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location. |
| ~ field guide | a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field.; "a field guide to mushrooms" |
| ~ roadbook | a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer. |
| ~ travel guidebook, itinerary | a guidebook for travelers. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. guide, template, templet | a model or standard for making comparisons. |
| ~ example, model | a representative form or pattern.; "I profited from his example" |
| ~ speech rhythm, rhythm | the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" |
| n. (person) | 5. guide, pathfinder, scout | someone who can find paths through unexplored territory. |
| ~ expert | a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully. |
| ~ hunting guide | guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory. |
| ~ trailblazer | someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees. |
| ~ sacagawea, sacajawea | the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. guide | a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| v. (social) | 7. guide, steer | be a guiding or motivating force or drive.; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| v. (perception) | 8. guide, guide on | use as a guide.; "They had the lights to guide on" |
| ~ orientate, orient | determine one's position with reference to another point.; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" |
| v. (contact) | 9. draw, guide, pass, run | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ thread | pass through or into.; "thread tape"; "thread film" |
| ~ thread | pass a thread through.; "thread a needle" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| manage | | |
| transact | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ turn over | do business worth a certain amount of money.; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" |
| ~ bank | do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.; "Where do you bank in this town?" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| 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 | 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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