| abstracted | | |
| adj. | 1. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty | lost in thought; showing preoccupation.; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" |
| ~ inattentive | showing a lack of attention or care.; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter" |
| ponder | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ premeditate | think or reflect beforehand or in advance.; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" |
| ~ theologise, theologize | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects. |
| ~ introspect | reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings. |
| ~ bethink | consider or ponder something carefully.; "She bethought her of their predicament" |
| ~ cogitate | consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind. |
| ~ wonder, question | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" |
| ~ puzzle | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide.; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" |
| ~ consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| peck | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. peck | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons. |
| ~ british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet. |
| ~ bushel | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. peck | a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches. |
| ~ united states dry unit | a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System. |
| ~ dry quart, quart | a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches. |
| ~ bushel | a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches. |
| v. (contact) | 4. beak, peck, pick | hit lightly with a picking motion. |
| ~ strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| v. (consumption) | 5. peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (contact) | 6. peck, smack | kiss lightly. |
| ~ buss, kiss, snog, osculate | touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" |
| v. (consumption) | 7. peck, peck at, pick at | eat like a bird.; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (communication) | 8. hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
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