| collection | | |
| n. (group) | 1. accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ procession | the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.; "processions were forbidden" |
| ~ pharmacopoeia | a collection or stock of drugs. |
| ~ string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of clothing belonging to one person. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company. |
| ~ universe, population | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn.; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
| ~ armamentarium | the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine. |
| ~ art collection | a collection of art works. |
| ~ backlog | an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services). |
| ~ battery | a collection of related things intended for use together.; "took a battery of achievement tests" |
| ~ block | a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit.; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" |
| ~ rule book, book | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made.; "they run things by the book around here" |
| ~ book | a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game. |
| ~ bottle collection | a collection of bottles.; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" |
| ~ caboodle, bunch, lot | any collection in its entirety.; "she bought the whole caboodle" |
| ~ coin collection | a collection of coins. |
| ~ collage | any collection of diverse things.; "a collage of memories" |
| ~ content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ tout ensemble, ensemble | an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole. |
| ~ corpus | a collection of writings.; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" |
| ~ crop | a collection of people or things appearing together.; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" |
| ~ tenantry | tenants of an estate considered as a group. |
| ~ findings | a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes. |
| ~ flagging | flagstones collectively.; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" |
| ~ flinders | bits and splinters and fragments.; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" |
| ~ pack | a complete collection of similar things. |
| ~ deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ herbarium | a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study. |
| ~ stamp collection | a collection of stamps. |
| ~ statuary | statues collectively. |
| ~ sum total, sum, summation | the final aggregate.; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" |
| ~ agglomeration | a jumbled collection or mass. |
| ~ gimmickry | a collection of gimmicks. |
| ~ nuclear club | the nations possessing nuclear weapons. |
| ~ cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound | a collection of objects laid on top of each other. |
| ~ mass | an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). |
| ~ combination | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities. |
| ~ congregation | an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together.; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" |
| ~ hit parade | a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind. |
| ~ judaica | historical and literary materials relating to Judaism. |
| ~ kludge | a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together). |
| ~ program library, subroutine library, library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use. |
| ~ library | a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing. |
| ~ mythology | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person. |
| ~ nag hammadi library, nag hammadi | a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism. |
| ~ biota, biology | all the plant and animal life of a particular region. |
| ~ fauna, zoology | all the animal life in a particular region or period.; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" |
| ~ petting zoo | a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ victoriana | collection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era. |
| ~ category, class, family | a collection of things sharing a common attribute.; "there are two classes of detergents" |
| ~ job lot | a miscellaneous collection of things sold together. |
| ~ bundle, package, packet, parcel | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together. |
| ~ defense lawyers, defense team, defence, defense | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively.; "the defense called for a mistrial" |
| ~ prosecution | the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant. |
| ~ planting | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area.; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" |
| ~ signage | signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters).; "there will be signage displayed at each post" |
| ~ gaap, generally accepted accounting principles | a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures. |
| ~ pantheon | all the gods of a religion. |
| ~ free world | anti-communist countries collectively. |
| ~ third world | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively. |
| ~ europe | the nations of the European continent collectively.; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" |
| ~ asia | the nations of the Asian continent collectively. |
| ~ north america | the nations of the North American continent collectively. |
| ~ central america | the nations of Central America collectively. |
| ~ south america | the nations of the South American continent collectively.; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States" |
| ~ oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun. |
| ~ galaxy | a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people). |
| ~ extragalactic nebula, galaxy | (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
| ~ fleet | a group of warships organized as a tactical unit. |
| ~ fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ fleet | group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation.; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" |
| ~ assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| ~ batch, clutch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together. |
| ~ batch | all the loaves of bread baked at the same time. |
| ~ rogue's gallery | a collection of pictures of criminals. |
| ~ expo, exhibition, exposition | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. |
| ~ convoy | a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships. |
| ~ traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time. |
| ~ air power, aviation | the aggregation of a country's military aircraft. |
| ~ botany, flora, vegetation | all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ menagerie | a collection of live animals for study or display. |
| ~ data, information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.; "statistical data" |
| ~ ana | a collection of anecdotes about a person or place. |
| ~ mail, post | any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" |
| ~ treasure | a collection of precious things.; "the trunk held all her meager treasures" |
| ~ treasure trove | any collection of valuables that is discovered.; "her book was a treasure trove of new ideas"; "mother's attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques" |
| ~ trinketry | trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively. |
| ~ troponomy, troponymy | the place names of a region or a language considered collectively. |
| ~ smithereens | a collection of small fragments considered as a whole.; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens" |
| ~ magi, wise men | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them. |
| n. (communication) | 2. collection, compendium | a publication containing a variety of works. |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ anthology | a collection of selected literary passages. |
| ~ archives | collection of records especially about an institution. |
| ~ compilation, digest | something that is compiled (as into a single book or file). |
| n. (communication) | 3. appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation | request for a sum of money.; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ whip-round | (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose. |
| n. (act) | 4. aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection | the act of gathering something together. |
| ~ grouping | the activity of putting things together in groups. |
| ~ agglomeration | the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating. |
| ~ collation | assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence. |
| ~ compiling, compilation | the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list).; "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" |
| ~ gather, gathering | the act of gathering something. |
| ~ bottle collection | the activity of collecting bottles.; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" |
| ~ conchology, shell collecting | the collection and study of mollusc shells. |
| ~ coin collecting, numismatics, numismatology, coin collection | the collection and study of money (and coins in particular). |
| ~ pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places.; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" |
| ~ philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection | the collection and study of postage stamps. |
| ~ tax collection | the collection of taxes. |
| inquire | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ ask | direct or put; seek an answer to.; "ask a question" |
| ~ pry | be nosey.; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" |
| ~ confer with, consult | get or ask advice from.; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" |
| ~ ask | address a question to and expect an answer from.; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. enquire, inquire, wonder | have a wish or desire to know something.; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" |
| ~ query, question | pose a question. |
| ~ request | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| v. (communication) | 3. enquire, inquire, investigate | conduct an inquiry or investigation of.; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady" |
| ~ spy | secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage.; "spy for the Russians" |
| ~ probe, examine | question or examine thoroughly and closely. |
| stick | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood.; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
| ~ bow | a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments. |
| ~ club | stout stick that is larger at one end.; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" |
| ~ divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder, dowser | forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil. |
| ~ drumstick | a stick used for playing a drum. |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| ~ linstock | a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons. |
| ~ matchstick | a short thin stick of wood used in making matches. |
| ~ mahlstick, maulstick | a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush. |
| ~ backsword, fencing stick, singlestick | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing. |
| ~ spindle | a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning. |
| ~ staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" |
| ~ stob | a short straight stick of wood. |
| ~ swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks. |
| ~ walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking. |
| n. (plant) | 2. stick | a small thin branch of a tree. |
| ~ tree branch, limb | any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. control stick, joystick, stick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane. |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| n. (food) | 4. stick | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine. |
| ~ margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter. |
| ~ butter | an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use. |
| n. (body) | 5. peg, pin, stick | informal terms for the leg.; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball. |
| ~ hockey game, ice hockey, hockey | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks. |
| ~ field hockey, hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net. |
| ~ polo | a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball. |
| ~ hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck. |
| ~ polo mallet, polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo. |
| ~ sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood.; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite" |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking. |
| ~ cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana | the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect. |
| ~ cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking. |
| n. (act) | 9. stick | threat of a penalty.; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
| ~ penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | the act of punishing. |
| v. (contact) | 10. deposit, lodge, stick, wedge | put, fix, force, or implant.; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ redeposit | deposit anew.; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks" |
| v. (motion) | 11. stay, stay put, stick, stick around | stay put (in a certain place).; "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" |
| ~ stay in place | be stationary. |
| v. (contact) | 12. adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ bind | form a chemical bond with.; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| v. (stative) | 13. stick | be or become fixed.; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 14. stick | endure.; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" |
| ~ persist, remain, stay | stay behind.; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
| v. (stative) | 15. adhere, stick | be a devoted follower or supporter.; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" |
| ~ adopt, espouse, follow | choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" |
| v. (stative) | 16. adhere, stand by, stick, stick by | be loyal to.; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (creation) | 17. stick | cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface.; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| v. (contact) | 18. stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
| ~ stick | fasten with or as with pins or nails.; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
| v. (contact) | 19. stick | fasten with or as with pins or nails.; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 20. stick | fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 21. stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| v. (contact) | 22. stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| v. (contact) | 23. adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ mold | fit tightly, follow the contours of.; "The dress molds her beautiful figure" |
| ~ conglutinate | stick together.; "the edges of the wound conglutinated" |
| ~ agglutinate | clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.. |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ bind, bond, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (communication) | 24. stick, sting | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
| ~ force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
| v. (cognition) | 25. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ stump, mix up | cause to be perplexed or confounded.; "This problem stumped her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle.; "riddle me a riddle" |
| ~ elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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