| handloom | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. handloom | a loom powered by hand. |
| ~ high-warp loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically; for weaving tapestry. |
| ~ loom | a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile. |
| ~ low-warp-loom | a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry. |
| weave | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. |
| ~ check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard).; "she wore a skirt with checks" |
| ~ pattern, design, figure | a decorative or artistic work.; "the coach had a design on the doors" |
| ~ open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric. |
| ~ plain weave, taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect. |
| ~ satin weave | a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line. |
| ~ twill, twill weave | a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs. |
| ~ warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. |
| ~ weft, woof, filling, pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| v. (contact) | 2. interweave, weave | interlace by or as if by weaving. |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ plait | weave into plaits.; "plait hair" |
| ~ inweave | weave together into a fabric or design. |
| ~ raddle, ruddle | twist or braid together, interlace. |
| ~ shoot | variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors.; "shoot cloth" |
| ~ tinsel | interweave with tinsel.; "tinseled velvet" |
| ~ pleach, braid | form or weave into a braid or braids.; "braid hair" |
| v. (creation) | 3. tissue, weave | create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton.; "tissue textiles" |
| ~ handicraft | a craft that requires skillful hands. |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ web, net | construct or form a web, as if by weaving. |
| ~ loom | weave on a loom.; "materials loomed in Egypt" |
| ~ brocade | weave a design into (textiles). |
| ~ lace | do lacework.; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" |
| ~ braid, plait, lace | make by braiding or interlacing.; "lace a tablecloth" |
| ~ twill | weave diagonal lines into (textiles). |
| v. (motion) | 4. waver, weave | sway to and fro. |
| ~ sway, swing | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner.; "He swung back" |
| v. (motion) | 5. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| sheet | | |
| n. (object) | 1. sheet | any broad thin expanse or surface.; "a sheet of ice" |
| ~ expanse | a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. |
| n. (communication) | 2. piece of paper, sheet, sheet of paper | paper used for writing or printing. |
| ~ slip of paper, slip | a small sheet of paper.; "a receipt slip" |
| ~ signature | a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book. |
| ~ folio, leaf | a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). |
| ~ tear sheet | a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication. |
| ~ foolscap | a size of paper used especially in Britain. |
| ~ style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication. |
| ~ worksheet | a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements. |
| ~ revenue stamp, stamp | a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid. |
| ~ paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bed sheet, sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs. |
| ~ bed linen | linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases). |
| ~ contour sheet, fitted sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress. |
| n. (shape) | 4. plane, sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ cartesian plane | a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates. |
| ~ facet plane | the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube). |
| ~ midline, midplane | the median plane of the body (or some part of the body). |
| ~ orbital plane | (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting. |
| ~ picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work. |
| ~ tangent plane | the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface. |
| n. (communication) | 5. rag, sheet, tabloid | newspaper with half-size pages. |
| ~ newspaper, paper | a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. flat solid, sheet | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ blackboard, chalkboard | sheet of slate; for writing with chalk. |
| ~ blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something. |
| ~ board | a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose.; "he nailed boards across the windows" |
| ~ plastic film, film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things. |
| ~ laminate | a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers. |
| ~ membrane | a thin pliable sheet of material. |
| ~ panel | sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something. |
| ~ plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic. |
| ~ photographic plate, plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded. |
| ~ plate glass, sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets. |
| ~ sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate. |
| ~ stencil | a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ futtock shroud | shroud that is part of a ship's rigging. |
| ~ line | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.; "a washing line" |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. canvas, canvass, sail, sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. |
| ~ balloon sail | any light loose sail. |
| ~ crossjack, mizzen course | the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast. |
| ~ fore-and-aft sail | any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction. |
| ~ foresail | the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel. |
| ~ reef | one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind. |
| ~ headsail | any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel. |
| ~ mainsail | the lowermost sail on the mainmast. |
| ~ main-topsail | a topsail set on the mainmast. |
| ~ piece of cloth, piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric. |
| ~ press of canvas, press of sail | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely. |
| ~ royal | a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast. |
| ~ sailing ship, sailing vessel | a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts. |
| ~ save-all | a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail. |
| ~ skysail | the sail above the royal on a square-rigger. |
| ~ square sail | a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast. |
| ~ topgallant, topgallant sail | a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast. |
| ~ topsail | a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast. |
| v. (weather) | 9. sheet | come down as if in sheets.; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" |
| ~ rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour | rain heavily.; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
| v. (contact) | 10. sheet | cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.; "sheet the body" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| dull | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. dull | make dull in appearance.; "Age had dulled the surface" |
| ~ 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. (change) | 2. dull | become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness.; "the varnished table top dulled with time" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (perception) | 3. damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. |
| ~ soften | make (images or sounds) soft or softer. |
| v. (perception) | 4. benumb, blunt, dull, numb | make numb or insensitive.; "The shock numbed her senses" |
| ~ desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive.; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" |
| v. (contact) | 5. blunt, dull | make dull or blunt.; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" |
| ~ 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. (change) | 6. dull, pall | become less interesting or attractive. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 7. dull | make less lively or vigorous.; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ cloud | make milky or dull.; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" |
| adj. | 8. dull | lacking in liveliness or animation.; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods" |
| ~ unanimated | not animated or enlivened; dull. |
| ~ colorless, colourless | lacking in variety and interest.; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade" |
| ~ desiccate, arid, desiccated | lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery" |
| ~ bovine | dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox.; "showed a bovine apathy" |
| ~ drab, dreary | lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties" |
| ~ leaden, heavy | lacking lightness or liveliness.; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" |
| ~ monotonous, humdrum | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" |
| ~ lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless | lacking brilliance or vitality.; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance" |
| ~ spiritless | lacking ardor or vigor or energy.; "a spiritless reply to criticism" |
| adj. | 9. dull | emitting or reflecting very little light.; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" |
| ~ mat, matt, matte, matted, flat | not reflecting light; not glossy.; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" |
| ~ lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless | lacking luster or shine.; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair" |
| ~ subdued, soft | not brilliant or glaring.; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting" |
| ~ unpolished | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing.; "dull unpolished shoes" |
| adj. | 10. dull, muffled, muted, softened | being or made softer or less loud or clear.; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" |
| ~ soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume.; "soft voices"; "soft music" |
| adj. | 11. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" |
| ~ uninteresting | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement.; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
| adj. | 12. dull | (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted.; "dull greens and blues" |
| ~ unsaturated | (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted.; "an unsaturated red" |
| adj. | 13. dull | not keenly felt.; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain" |
| ~ deadened | made or become less intense.; "the deadened pangs of hunger" |
| adj. | 14. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow | slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| adj. | 15. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adj. | 16. dull | not having a sharp edge or point.; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" |
| ~ blunt | used of a knife or other blade; not sharp.; "a blunt instrument" |
| ~ blunted, dulled | made dull or blunt. |
| ~ edgeless | lacking a cutting edge. |
| ~ unsharpened | not sharpened. |
| adj. | 17. dull | blunted in responsiveness or sensibility.; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her" |
| ~ insensitive | deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive.; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" |
| adj. | 18. dull, thudding | not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft.; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" |
| ~ nonresonant, unreverberant | not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate. |
| adj. | 19. dull, leaden | darkened with overcast.; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" |
| ~ cloudy | full of or covered with clouds.; "cloudy skies" |
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