moorhen | | |
n. (animal) | 1. gallinula chloropus, moorhen | black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes. |
| ~ gallinula, genus gallinula | gallinules. |
| ~ gallinule, swamphen, marsh hen, water hen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens. |
n. (animal) | 2. moorhen | female red grouse. |
| ~ lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, moorgame, red grouse | reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain. |
comply | | |
v. (social) | 1. abide by, comply, follow | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" |
| ~ stick with, stick to, follow | keep to.; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" |
| ~ oblige, accommodate | provide a service or favor for someone.; "We had to oblige him" |
| ~ adopt, espouse, follow | choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" |
| ~ toe the line | do what is expected. |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
| ~ conform to | observe.; "conform to the rules" |
obey | | |
v. (social) | 1. obey | be obedient to. |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ abide by, comply, follow | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" |
| ~ take orders | receive and be expected to follow directions or commands.; "I don't take orders from you!" |
| ~ heed, listen, mind | pay close attention to; give heed to.; "Heed the advice of the old men" |
conform | | |
v. (stative) | 1. conform | be similar, be in line with. |
| ~ scan | conform to a metrical pattern. |
v. (change) | 2. adapt, adjust, conform | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ readjust, readapt | adjust anew.; "After moving back to America, he had to readjust" |
| ~ readapt | adapt anew.; "He readapted himself" |
| ~ assimilate | become similar to one's environment.; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" |
| ~ focalise, focalize, focus | become focussed or come into focus.; "The light focused" |
| ~ acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize | get used to a certain climate.; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" |
| ~ match | be equal or harmonize.; "The two pieces match" |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
| ~ square | cause to match, as of ideas or acts. |
negro | | |
n. (person) | 1. black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid | a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa). |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ africa | the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean. |
| ~ person of color, person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person. |
| ~ negress | a Black woman or girl. |
| ~ black race, negro race, negroid race | a dark-skinned race. |
| ~ black man | a man who is Black. |
| ~ black woman | a woman who is Black. |
| ~ colored, colored person | a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive. |
| ~ darkey, darkie, darky | (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people. |
| ~ jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" |
| ~ tom, uncle tom | (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites. |
| ~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child. |
adj. | 2. negro | relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair. |
| ~ black | of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin.; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization" |
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