| bout | | |
| n. (time) | 1. bout, round, turn | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ top of the inning, top | the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat.; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" |
| ~ bottom of the inning, bottom | the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (time) | 2. bout | a period of illness.; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| n. (event) | 3. bout | a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers). |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| n. (act) | 4. binge, bout, bust, tear | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking.; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" |
| ~ revel, revelry | unrestrained merrymaking. |
| ~ piss-up | vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking. |
| scene | | |
| n. (location) | 1. scene | the place where some action occurs.; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" |
| ~ area, country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).; "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" |
| ~ light | an illuminated area.; "he stepped into the light" |
| ~ darkness, shadow, dark | an unilluminated area.; "he moved off into the darkness" |
| ~ field of honor | the scene of a duel. |
| ~ stage | any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something.; "All the world's a stage"; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations" |
| ~ locale, locus, venue | the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting). |
| n. (event) | 2. scene | an incident (real or imaginary).; "their parting was a sad scene" |
| ~ incident | a single distinct event. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista | the visual percept of a region.; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" |
| ~ visual percept, visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system. |
| ~ background, ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
| ~ coast | the area within view.; "the coast is clear" |
| ~ exposure | aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces.; "the studio had a northern exposure" |
| ~ foreground | the part of a scene that is near the viewer. |
| ~ glimpse | a brief or incomplete view.; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" |
| ~ middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background. |
| ~ side view | a view from the side of something. |
| ~ tableau | any dramatic scene. |
| n. (communication) | 4. scene, shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film. |
| ~ photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material. |
| ~ film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show, flick, picture | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| ~ outtake | a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film. |
| n. (state) | 5. picture, scene | a situation treated as an observable object.; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| n. (communication) | 6. scene | a subdivision of an act of a play.; "the first act has three scenes" |
| ~ dramatic composition, dramatic work | a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.. |
| ~ act | a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet. |
| n. (state) | 7. conniption, fit, scene, tantrum | a display of bad temper.; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" |
| ~ bad temper, ill temper | a persisting angry mood. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| ~ graphic art | the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking. |
| ~ depicted object, subject, content | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| n. (location) | 9. scene, setting | the context and environment in which something is set.; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" |
| ~ environs, surround, environment, surroundings | the area in which something exists or lives.; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" |
| ~ scenario | a setting for a work of art or literature.; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror" |
| n. (artifact) | 10. scene, scenery | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.; "they worked all night painting the scenery" |
| ~ backcloth, backdrop, background | scenery hung at back of stage. |
| ~ flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting. |
| ~ masking piece, masking | scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen. |
| ~ set piece | a piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting. |
| ~ stage set, set | representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production.; "the sets were meticulously authentic" |
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