| touch on | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. touch on | refer to or discuss briefly. |
| ~ cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| v. (stative) | 2. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (change) | 3. bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ tinker, fiddle | try to fix or mend.; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" |
| ~ fill | plug with a substance.; "fill a cavity" |
| ~ patch, piece | repair by adding pieces.; "She pieced the china cup" |
| ~ cobble | repair or mend.; "cobble shoes" |
| ~ repoint, point | repair the joints of bricks.; "point a chimney" |
| ~ trouble-shoot, troubleshoot | solve problems.; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" |
| ~ patch up, patch | mend by putting a patch on.; "patch a hole" |
| ~ resole, sole | put a new sole on.; "sole the shoes" |
| ~ revamp, vamp | provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.; "revamp my old boots" |
| ~ reheel, heel | put a new heel on.; "heel shoes" |
| ~ darn | repair by sewing.; "darn socks" |
| v. (change) | 4. affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ strike a blow | affect adversely.; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws" |
| ~ repercuss | cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect. |
| ~ tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody.; "Each step told on his tired legs" |
| ~ redound | have an effect for good or ill.; "Her efforts will redound to the general good" |
| ~ stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant.; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| ~ hydrolise, hydrolize | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis. |
| ~ tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling.; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" |
| ~ endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. |
| ~ hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ slam-dunk | make a forceful move against.; "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies" |
| kibitz | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. kibbitz, kibitz | make unwanted and intrusive comments. |
| ~ comment, point out, remark, notice | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| meddle | | |
| v. (social) | 1. meddle, tamper | intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" |
| ~ intervene, step in, interfere, interpose | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" |
| pry | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge. |
| ~ jim crow | a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails. |
| ~ jemmy, jimmy | a short crowbar.; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy" |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| v. (contact) | 2. jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry | to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.; "The burglar jimmied the lock"; "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ open, open up | cause to open or to become open.; "Mary opened the car door" |
| v. (communication) | 3. pry | be nosey.; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" |
| ~ ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| v. (perception) | 4. horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry | search or inquire in a meddlesome way.; "This guy is always nosing around the office" |
| ~ search, look | search or seek.; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
| v. (creation) | 5. prise, pry | make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.; "They pried the information out of him" |
| ~ wring from, extort | get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner. |
| tamper | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. tamp, tamper, tamping bar | a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.). |
| ~ stemmer | a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| v. (contact) | 2. fiddle, monkey, tamper | play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| include | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, comprise, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ involve | contain as a part.; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" |
| ~ subsume | contain or include.; "This new system subsumes the old one" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ colligate, subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| v. (change) | 3. include | add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.; "We must include this chemical element in the group" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (social) | 4. admit, include, let in | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | admit into a group or community.; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
| ~ induct, initiate | accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite.; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" |
| ~ readmit | admit again or anew.; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
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