| shed | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. shed | an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage. |
| ~ apiary, bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives. |
| ~ boathouse | a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats. |
| ~ coal house | a shed for storing coal. |
| ~ outbuilding | a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building. |
| ~ toolhouse, toolshed | a shed for storing tools. |
| ~ woodshed | a shed for storing firewood or garden tools. |
| v. (contact) | 2. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. |
| ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. |
| ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. |
| v. (contact) | 3. pour forth, shed, spill | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities.; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" |
| ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| v. (contact) | 4. disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| ~ seed | go to seed; shed seeds.; "The dandelions went to seed" |
| ~ slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (body) | 5. exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales.; "dry skin desquamates" |
| ~ cast off, shed, throw off, shake off, throw away, throw, cast, drop | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| adj. | 6. caducous, shed | shed at an early stage of development.; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ deciduous | (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth.; "deciduous teeth" |
| spill | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. spill | liquid that is spilled.; "clean up the spills" |
| ~ liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. spill, spillway, wasteweir | a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction. |
| ~ conduit | a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass.; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" |
| n. (act) | 3. release, spill, spillage | the act of allowing a fluid to escape. |
| ~ flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| n. (act) | 4. fall, spill, tumble | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| ~ pratfall | a fall onto your buttocks. |
| ~ wipeout | a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard). |
| ~ trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
| v. (contact) | 5. slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| v. (motion) | 6. run out, spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| ~ slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ brim over, overflow, well over, run over, overrun | flow or run over (a limit or brim). |
| v. (communication) | 7. spill, talk | reveal information.; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| v. (change) | 8. spill | reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail). |
| ~ sailing | riding in a sailboat. |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| tap | | |
| n. (event) | 1. pat, rap, tap | the sound made by a gentle blow. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| ~ pitter-patter | a series of rapid tapping sounds.; "she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house" |
| n. (event) | 2. rap, strike, tap | a gentle blow. |
| ~ blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. hydrant, tap, water faucet, water tap | a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask. |
| ~ faucet, spigot | a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. |
| ~ plumbing fixture | a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. tap | a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing). |
| ~ dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music. |
| ~ plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. tap | a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. spigot, tap | a plug for a bunghole in a cask. |
| ~ barrel, cask | a cylindrical container that holds liquids. |
| ~ plug, stopple, stopper | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. |
| n. (act) | 7. tap, wiretap | the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information. |
| ~ investigating, investigation | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically. |
| n. (act) | 8. dab, pat, tap | a light touch or stroke. |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| v. (contact) | 9. tap | cut a female screw thread with a tap. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (possession) | 10. tap | draw from or dip into to get something.; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money" |
| ~ draw off, take out, withdraw, draw | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).; "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" |
| v. (contact) | 11. tap, tip | strike lightly.; "He tapped me on the shoulder" |
| ~ percuss | strike or tap firmly.; "the doctor percussed his chest and back" |
| ~ 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) | 12. exploit, tap | draw from; make good use of.; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" |
| ~ maximise, maximize | make the most of.; "He maximized his role" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ harness | exploit the power of.; "harness natural forces and resources" |
| ~ mine | get from the earth by excavation.; "mine ores and metals" |
| ~ quarry | extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.; "quarry marble" |
| ~ overexploit | exploit excessively.; "We should not overexploit our natural resources" |
| ~ commercialize | exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality.; "The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches" |
| ~ milk | exploit as much as possible.; "I am milking this for all it's worth" |
| v. (perception) | 13. bug, intercept, tap, wiretap | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" |
| ~ eavesdrop, listen in | listen without the speaker's knowledge.; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" |
| v. (possession) | 14. tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| ~ tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid from.; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" |
| ~ tap | draw (liquor) from a tap.; "tap beer in a bar" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (perception) | 15. knock, pink, rap, tap | make light, repeated taps on a surface.; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (motion) | 16. tap | walk with a tapping sound. |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 17. tap, tapdance | dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.; "Glover tapdances better than anybody" |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (motion) | 18. tap | draw (liquor) from a tap.; "tap beer in a bar" |
| ~ draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well.; "She drew water from the barrel" |
| ~ tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| v. (contact) | 19. tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid from.; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| ~ tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| v. (communication) | 20. beg, solicit, tap | make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ quest | seek alms, as for religious purposes. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. |
| ~ buttonhole, lobby | detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. |
| aga | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. aga, agha | title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). |
| ~ form of address, title of respect, title | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'.; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" |
| ~ republic of turkey, turkey | a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923. |
| leak | | |
| n. (object) | 1. leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.; "one of the tires developed a leak" |
| ~ hole | an opening into or through something. |
| n. (state) | 2. leak | soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi. |
| ~ soft rot | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi. |
| n. (process) | 3. leak, making water, passing water, wetting | a euphemism for urination.; "he had to take a leak" |
| ~ euphemism | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. |
| ~ micturition, urination | the discharge of urine. |
| n. (event) | 4. escape, leak, leakage, outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container.; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| n. (communication) | 5. leak, news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information. |
| ~ disclosure, revealing, revelation | the speech act of making something evident. |
| v. (communication) | 6. leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| v. (communication) | 7. leak, leak out | be leaked.; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| v. (change) | 8. leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 9. leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" |
| ~ take in water, bilge | take in water at the bilge.; "the tanker bilged" |
| ~ fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| flow | | |
| n. (event) | 1. flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ fountain, jet | an artificially produced flow of water. |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ ebb, reflux | the outward flow of the tide. |
| ~ backflow, backflowing | a flow that returns toward its source. |
| ~ air flow, airflow, flow of air | the flow of air.; "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her" |
| ~ current, stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes).; "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" |
| ~ freshet, spate | the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. |
| ~ runoff, overflow, overspill | the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. |
| ~ drippage, dripping | a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house). |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| ~ fluxion, flux | a flow or discharge. |
| ~ oozing, seepage, ooze | the process of seeping. |
| ~ dribble, drip, trickle | flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.; "there's a drip through the roof" |
| ~ emission | the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe). |
| ~ gush, outpouring, flush | a sudden rapid flow (as of water).; "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" |
| ~ surge, upsurge, rush, spate | a sudden forceful flow. |
| n. (time) | 2. flow, flow rate, rate of flow | the amount of fluid that flows in a given time. |
| ~ cardiac output | the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time.; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute" |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (act) | 3. flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ spillage, spill, release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape. |
| ~ overflow, flood, outpouring | a large flow. |
| n. (process) | 4. flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge. |
| ~ backwash, slipstream, airstream, race, wash | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. |
| ~ turbulent flow | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically. |
| ~ streamline flow | flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady. |
| ~ filling | flow into something (as a container). |
| ~ flowage | gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat).; "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" |
| ~ inflow, influx | the process of flowing in. |
| ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| ~ effluence, efflux, outflow | the process of flowing out. |
| n. (state) | 5. flow, stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" |
| ~ motion | a state of change.; "they were in a state of steady motion" |
| n. (group) | 6. current, flow, stream | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" |
| ~ course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments.; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| n. (process) | 7. catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females" |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged. |
| ~ oligomenorrhea | abnormally light or infrequent menstruation. |
| v. (motion) | 8. flow, flux | move or progress freely as if in a stream.; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate, riffle | stir up (water) so as to form ripples. |
| ~ transpirate, transpire | pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. |
| v. (motion) | 9. course, feed, flow, run | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ flush | flow freely.; "The garbage flushed down the river" |
| ~ jet, gush | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth.; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ tide, surge | rise or move forward.; "surging waves" |
| ~ circulate | move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" |
| ~ eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | flow in a circular current, of liquids. |
| ~ waste, run off | run off as waste.; "The water wastes back into the ocean" |
| ~ run down | move downward.; "The water ran down" |
| ~ pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| ~ spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| ~ well out, stream | flow freely and abundantly.; "Tears streamed down her face" |
| ~ dribble, trickle, filter | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" |
| ~ drain, run out | flow off gradually.; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
| ~ ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
| ~ gutter | flow in small streams.; "Tears guttered down her face" |
| v. (motion) | 10. flow | cause to flow.; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (stative) | 11. flow | be abundantly present.; "The champagne flowed at the wedding" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (contact) | 12. fall, flow, hang | fall or flow in a certain way.; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
| v. (change) | 13. flow | cover or swamp with water. |
| ~ flood | cover with liquid, usually water.; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" |
| ~ lave, lap, wash | wash or flow against.; "the waves laved the shore" |
| v. (body) | 14. flow, menstruate | undergo menstruation.; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" |
| ~ ovulate | produce and discharge eggs.; "women ovulate about once every month" |
| ~ bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood | lose blood from one's body. |
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