| extreme | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. extreme | the furthest or highest degree of something.; "he carried it to extremes" |
| ~ degree, level, grade | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
| n. (location) | 2. extreme, extreme point, extremum | the point located farthest from the middle of something. |
| ~ extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point. |
| ~ apex, acme, vertex, peak | the highest point (of something).; "at the peak of the pyramid" |
| adj. | 3. extreme, utmost, uttermost | of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity.; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress" |
| ~ intense | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
| adj. | 4. extreme | far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree.; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger" |
| ~ immoderate | beyond reasonable limits.; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" |
| adj. | 5. extreme | beyond a norm in views or actions.; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions" |
| ~ immoderate | beyond reasonable limits.; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" |
| adj. | 6. extreme | most distant in any direction.; "the extreme edge of town" |
| ~ distant | separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" |
| stub | | |
| n. (object) | 1. stub | a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (object) | 2. nub, stub | a small piece.; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" |
| ~ nubbin | a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn). |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| n. (communication) | 3. stub, ticket stub | a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt. |
| ~ receipt | an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made. |
| ~ rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain. |
| n. (communication) | 4. check stub, counterfoil, stub | the part of a check that is retained as a record. |
| ~ record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. butt, stub | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking). |
| ~ cigar butt | small part of a cigar that is left after smoking. |
| ~ cigarette butt | small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking. |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| ~ roach | the butt of a marijuana cigarette. |
| v. (contact) | 6. stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots. |
| ~ root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| v. (contact) | 7. stub | extinguish by crushing.; "stub out your cigarette now" |
| ~ blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" |
| v. (change) | 8. stub | clear of weeds by uprooting them.; "stub a field" |
| ~ weed | clear of weeds.; "weed the garden" |
| v. (body) | 9. stub | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| use up | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ drain | deplete of resources.; "The exercise class drains me of energy" |
| ~ luxuriate, indulge | enjoy to excess.; "She indulges in ice cream" |
| ~ burn off, burn up, burn | use up (energy).; "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ take, use up, occupy | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ play out, sap, exhaust, tire, run down | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| v. (possession) | 2. occupy, take, use up | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ be | spend or use time.; "I may be an hour" |
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