| textile | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cloth, fabric, material, textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ aba | a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair. |
| ~ acrylic | a synthetic fabric. |
| ~ aertex | a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear. |
| ~ alpaca | a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool. |
| ~ baize | a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables. |
| ~ basket weave | a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket. |
| ~ batik | a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted. |
| ~ batiste | a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses. |
| ~ belting | the material of which belts are made. |
| ~ bombazine | a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted.; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments" |
| ~ boucle | a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect. |
| ~ broadcloth | a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib. |
| ~ broadcloth | a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish. |
| ~ brocade | thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern. |
| ~ buckram | a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing. |
| ~ bunting | a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.. |
| ~ calico | coarse cloth with a bright print. |
| ~ cambric | a finely woven white linen. |
| ~ camel's hair, camelhair | a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel. |
| ~ camlet | a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair. |
| ~ camo, camouflage | fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background. |
| ~ canopy | the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents). |
| ~ cashmere | a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat. |
| ~ cerecloth | a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud. |
| ~ challis | a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed). |
| ~ chambray | a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp. |
| ~ chenille | a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads. |
| ~ chiffon | a sheer fabric of silk or rayon. |
| ~ chino | a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms. |
| ~ chintz | a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric. |
| ~ coating | a heavy fabric suitable for coats. |
| ~ cobweb | a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider. |
| ~ corduroy, cord | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton. |
| ~ cotton | fabric woven from cotton fibers. |
| ~ canton flannel, cotton flannel | a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side. |
| ~ crape, crepe | a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. |
| ~ cretonne | an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies. |
| ~ crinoline | a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing. |
| ~ damask | a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it. |
| ~ dungaree, denim, jean | a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric. |
| ~ diamante | fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones. |
| ~ diaper | a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures. |
| ~ dimity | a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains. |
| ~ doeskin | a fine smooth soft woolen fabric. |
| ~ drapery | cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds. |
| ~ duck | a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents. |
| ~ duffel, duffle | a coarse heavy woolen fabric. |
| ~ edging | border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug). |
| ~ elastic | a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material. |
| ~ etamin, etamine | a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc.. |
| ~ faille | a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton. |
| ~ felt | a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers. |
| ~ vulcanized fiber, fibre, fiber | a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth. |
| ~ flannel | a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing. |
| ~ flannelette | a cotton fabric imitating flannel. |
| ~ fleece | a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing. |
| ~ foulard | a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design). |
| ~ frieze | a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap. |
| ~ fustian | a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap. |
| ~ gabardine | a firm durable fabric with a twill weave. |
| ~ georgette | a thin silk dress material. |
| ~ gingham | a clothing fabric in a plaid weave. |
| ~ grogram | a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum. |
| ~ grosgrain | a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs. |
| ~ haircloth, hair | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments. |
| ~ hem | the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down.; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket" |
| ~ herringbone | a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern. |
| ~ homespun | a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home. |
| ~ hopsack, hopsacking | a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing. |
| ~ horsehair | a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery. |
| ~ jaconet | a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages. |
| ~ jacquard | a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom. |
| ~ khaddar, khadi | a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India. |
| ~ khaki | a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms. |
| ~ knit | a fabric made by knitting. |
| ~ lace | a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns. |
| ~ lame | a fabric interwoven with threads of metal.; "she wore a gold lame dress" |
| ~ imitation leather, leatherette | fabric made to look like leather. |
| ~ linen | a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant. |
| ~ linsey-woolsey | a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof. |
| ~ lint | cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds. |
| ~ lisle | a fabric woven with lisle thread. |
| ~ mackinaw | a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design. |
| ~ macintosh, mackintosh | a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric. |
| ~ madras | a light patterned cotton cloth. |
| ~ marseille | strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads. |
| ~ metallic | a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal. |
| ~ mohair | fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat. |
| ~ moire, watered-silk | silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern. |
| ~ moleskin | a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap. |
| ~ monk's cloth | a heavy cloth in basket weave. |
| ~ moquette | a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery. |
| ~ moreen | a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains. |
| ~ motley | a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England. |
| ~ mousseline de sole | a gauze-like fabric of silk or rayon. |
| ~ muslin | plain-woven cotton fabric. |
| ~ nankeen | a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color. |
| ~ meshwork, meshing, network, mesh, net | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. |
| ~ ninon | a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon. |
| ~ nylon | a synthetic fabric. |
| ~ oilcloth | cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin. |
| ~ olive drab | a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms. |
| ~ organza | a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy. |
| ~ paisley | a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes. |
| ~ trousering, panting | any fabric used to make trousers. |
| ~ pepper-and-salt | a fabric woven with flecks of light and dark. |
| ~ percale | a fine closely woven cotton fabric. |
| ~ durable press, permanent press | a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape. |
| ~ piece of cloth, piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric. |
| ~ pilot cloth | a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc. |
| ~ pinstripe | a fabric with very thin stripes. |
| ~ pique | tightly woven fabric with raised cords. |
| ~ plush | a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet. |
| ~ polyester | any of a large class of synthetic fabrics. |
| ~ pongee | a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation). |
| ~ poplin | a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery. |
| ~ print | a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers). |
| ~ quilting | a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric. |
| ~ rayon | a synthetic silklike fabric. |
| ~ repp, rep | a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs. |
| ~ sackcloth | a coarse cloth resembling sacking. |
| ~ bagging, sacking | coarse fabric used for bags or sacks. |
| ~ sailcloth | a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents. |
| ~ samite | a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages. |
| ~ sateen | a cotton fabric with a satiny finish. |
| ~ satin | a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back. |
| ~ satinet, satinette | a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber. |
| ~ screening | fabric of metal or plastic mesh. |
| ~ scrim | a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater. |
| ~ seersucker | a light puckered fabric (usually striped). |
| ~ serge | a twilled woolen fabric. |
| ~ shag | a fabric with long coarse nap.; "he bought a shag rug" |
| ~ shantung | a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation). |
| ~ sharkskin | a smooth crisp fabric. |
| ~ sheeting | fabric from which bed sheets are made. |
| ~ shirting | any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts. |
| ~ shirttail | fabric forming the tail of a shirt. |
| ~ silesia | a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings. |
| ~ silk | a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae. |
| ~ spandex | an elastic synthetic fabric. |
| ~ sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave). |
| ~ stammel | a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red. |
| ~ suede cloth, suede | a fabric made to resemble suede leather. |
| ~ suiting | a fabric used for suits. |
| ~ swan's down | soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes. |
| ~ taffeta | a crisp smooth lustrous fabric. |
| ~ tammy | plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains. |
| ~ tapa, tappa | a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark. |
| ~ tapis, tapestry | a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery. |
| ~ plaid, tartan | a cloth having a crisscross design. |
| ~ terry cloth, terrycloth, terry | a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes. |
| ~ ticking | a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers. |
| ~ toweling, towelling | any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels. |
| ~ tweed | thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland. |
| ~ twill | a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs. |
| ~ upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering. |
| ~ velcro | nylon fabric used as a fastening. |
| ~ velour, velours | heavy fabric that resembles velvet. |
| ~ velvet | a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back. |
| ~ velveteen | a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet. |
| ~ vicuna | a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna. |
| ~ viyella | a fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool. |
| ~ voile | a light semitransparent fabric. |
| ~ warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. |
| ~ wash-and-wear | a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing. |
| ~ waterproof | any fabric impervious to water. |
| ~ web | a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven). |
| ~ webbing | a strong fabric woven in strips. |
| ~ whipcord | a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib. |
| ~ wincey | a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas. |
| ~ wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire. |
| ~ weft, woof, filling, pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| ~ wool, woolen, woollen | a fabric made from the hair of sheep. |
| ~ worsted | a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns.; "he wore a worsted suit" |
| ~ yoke | fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment. |
| ~ pina cloth | a fine cloth made from pineapple fibers. |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. textile | of or relating to fabrics or fabric making.; "textile research" |
| 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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