| come near | | |
| v. (social) | 1. come near | almost do or experience something.; "She came near to screaming with fear" |
| v. (motion) | 2. approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ come near, approach | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ drive up | approach while driving.; "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house" |
| ~ bear down on, bear down upon | sail towards another vessel, of a ship. |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ edge in, edge up | push one's way into (a space). |
| ~ close | draw near.; "The probe closed with the space station" |
| ~ crowd, push | approach a certain age or speed.; "She is pushing fifty" |
| v. (motion) | 3. approach, come near | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ get on | grow late or (of time) elapse.; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!" |
| ~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| draw close | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" |
| ~ cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch | hold firmly, usually with one's hands.; "She clutched my arm when she got scared" |
| ~ snuggle, nestle | position comfortably.; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" |
| ~ draw close | pull towards oneself.; "He drew the crying child close" |
| v. (contact) | 2. draw close | pull towards oneself.; "He drew the crying child close" |
| ~ cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle, nest | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| approximate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. approximate, come close | be close or similar.; "Her results approximate my own" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ border on, approach | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ quantise, quantize | approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values. |
| ~ misgauge | gauge something incorrectly or improperly. |
| ~ put, place, set | estimate.; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." |
| ~ give | estimate the duration or outcome of something.; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success" |
| ~ lowball, underestimate | make a deliberately low estimate.; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" |
| ~ assess | estimate the value of (property) for taxation.; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years" |
| ~ make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| ~ reckon, count | take account of.; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" |
| ~ truncate | approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one.; "truncate a series" |
| ~ guesstimate | estimate based on a calculation. |
| adj. | 3. approximate, approximative, rough | not quite exact or correct.; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| adj. | 4. approximate, near | very close in resemblance.; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adj. | 5. approximate, close together | located close together.; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" |
| ~ close | at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" |
| about | | |
| adj. | 1. about, astir | on the move.; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" |
| ~ active | characterized by energetic activity.; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" |
| adv. | 2. about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" |
| adv. | 3. about, around | all around or on all sides.; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" |
| adv. | 4. about, around | in the area or vicinity.; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" |
| adv. | 5. about, around | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction.; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" |
| adv. | 6. about, around | in or to a reversed position or direction.; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" |
| adv. | 7. about | in rotation or succession.; "turn about is fair play" |
| adv. | 8. about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
| around | | |
| adv. | 1. around | by a circular or circuitous route.; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond" |
| adv. | 2. around | in a circle or circular motion.; "The wheels are spinning around" |
| adv. | 3. around | to a particular destination either specified or understood.; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper" |
| adv. | 4. around | in circumference.; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around" |
| adv. | 5. around, round | from beginning to end; throughout.; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" |
| near | | |
| adj. | 1. close, near, nigh | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" |
| ~ adjacent | near or close to but not necessarily touching.; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" |
| ~ nearby | close at hand.; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus" |
| ~ warm | of a seeker; near to the object sought.; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail" |
| ~ hot | of a seeker; very near to the object sought.; "you are hot" |
| adj. | 2. near, nigh | being on the left side.; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" |
| ~ left | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream" |
| adj. | 3. near | closely resembling the genuine article.; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin" |
| ~ artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature.; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" |
| adj. | 4. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny | giving or spending with reluctance.; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" |
| ~ stingy, ungenerous | unwilling to spend.; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
| adj. | 5. dear, good, near | with or in a close or intimate relationship.; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adv. | 6. close, near, nigh | near in time or place or relationship.; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" |
| approach | | |
| n. (act) | 1. approach, attack, plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" |
| ~ conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally. |
| ~ avenue | a line of approach.; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" |
| n. (act) | 2. approach, approaching, coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ access | the act of approaching or entering.; "he gained access to the building" |
| ~ closure, closing | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap.; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" |
| ~ landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane. |
| ~ run-up | the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (location) | 4. approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope | the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing. |
| ~ air lane, skyway, airway, flight path | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another. |
| ~ approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport.; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" |
| n. (event) | 5. approach, approaching | the event of one object coming closer to another. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (communication) | 6. advance, approach, feeler, overture | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. approach, approaching, coming | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time.; "the approach of winter" |
| ~ timing | the time when something happens. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. approach | a close approximation.; "the nearest approach to genius" |
| ~ similarity | the quality of being similar. |
| n. (act) | 9. approach, approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
| ~ chip shot, chip | (golf) a low running approach shot. |
| ~ pitch shot, pitch | a high approach shot in golf. |
| v. (stative) | 10. approach, border on | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" |
| ~ approximate, come close | be close or similar.; "Her results approximate my own" |
| ~ converge | approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit. |
| v. (social) | 11. approach, go about, set about | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ face, face up, confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (communication) | 12. approach | make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" |
| ~ hit | pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to.; "He tries to hit on women in bars" |
| ~ accost, come up to, address | speak to someone. |
| come | | |
| n. (body) | 1. come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. |
| ~ milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish. |
| ~ bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor | the liquid parts of the body. |
| ~ sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete.; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" |
| v. (motion) | 2. come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ emanate | proceed or issue forth, as from a source.; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground" |
| ~ accost, come up to, address | speak to someone. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ come near, approach | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| v. (motion) | 3. arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| ~ land, set down | reach or come to rest.; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" |
| ~ drive in | arrive by motorcar.; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country" |
| ~ land, put down, bring down | cause to come to the ground.; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" |
| ~ set ashore, shore, land | arrive on shore.; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" |
| ~ roll up | arrive in a vehicle:.; "He rolled up in a black Mercedes" |
| ~ get | reach and board.; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" |
| ~ come in, come | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| ~ attain, reach, hit | reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" |
| ~ flood in | arrive in great numbers. |
| ~ move in, pull in, get in, draw in | of trains; move into (a station).; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" |
| ~ plump in | arrive suddenly and unannounced.; "He plumped in on a Sunday morning" |
| v. (change) | 4. come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ descend, settle, fall | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| v. (change) | 5. come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| v. (stative) | 6. come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| ~ come | exist or occur in a certain point in a series.; "Next came the student from France" |
| v. (change) | 7. come | be found or available.; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 8. come, issue forth | come forth.; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" |
| v. (stative) | 9. come, hail | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ descend, derive, come | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| v. (stative) | 10. come | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| ~ extend, run, lead, pass, go | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| v. (stative) | 11. come | exist or occur in a certain point in a series.; "Next came the student from France" |
| ~ come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (motion) | 12. come | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (stative) | 13. come, fall | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| ~ 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. (change) | 14. come | happen as a result.; "Nothing good will come of this" |
| ~ ensue, result | issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.; "result in tragedy" |
| v. (stative) | 15. add up, amount, come, number, total | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ outnumber | be larger in number. |
| ~ average, average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain.; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (stative) | 16. add up, amount, come | develop into.; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| ~ aggregate | amount in the aggregate to. |
| v. (motion) | 17. come, come in | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| ~ arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| v. (cognition) | 18. come, occur | come to one's mind; suggest itself.; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| v. (stative) | 19. come, derive, descend | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| ~ derive | come from.; "The present name derives from an older form" |
| ~ hail, come | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| v. (stative) | 20. come, do, fare, get along, make out | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| v. (perception) | 21. come | experience orgasm.; "she could not come because she was too upset" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (cognition) | 22. come | have a certain priority.; "My family comes first" |
| ~ rank | take or have a position relative to others.; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" |
| contact | | |
| n. (act) | 1. contact | close interaction.; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" |
| ~ interaction | a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting. |
| ~ brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable.; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" |
| ~ eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other.; "a teacher should make eye contact with the students" |
| ~ placement | contact established between applicants and prospective employees.; "the agency provided placement services" |
| n. (act) | 2. contact, physical contact | the act of touching physically.; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| ~ wipe, rub | the act of rubbing or wiping.; "he gave the hood a quick rub" |
| ~ fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field. |
| ~ snick | a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat. |
| ~ laying on | the act of contacting something with your hand.; "peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger" |
| n. (state) | 3. contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity.; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" |
| ~ connectedness, connection, link | the state of being connected.; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" |
| ~ osculation | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent. |
| ~ tangency | the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing. |
| n. (event) | 4. contact, impinging, striking | the physical coming together of two or more things.; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ collision, hit | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together.; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" |
| ~ interlocking, meshing, mesh, engagement | contact by fitting together.; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" |
| ~ flick | a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).; "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" |
| ~ impact | the striking of one body against another. |
| ~ touch, touching | the event of something coming in contact with the body.; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air" |
| n. (person) | 5. contact, middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance.; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" |
| ~ representative | a person who represents others. |
| n. (communication) | 6. contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link | a channel for communication between groups.; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" |
| ~ communication channel, channel, line | (often plural) a means of communication or access.; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ breaker point, distributor point, point | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. |
| ~ electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another. |
| ~ junction, conjunction | something that joins or connects. |
| ~ p-n junction | the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor.; "a p-n junction has marked rectifying characteristics" |
| ~ short circuit, short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference. |
| ~ sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes. |
| ~ terminal, pole | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. |
| ~ tread | the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground. |
| ~ contact arm, wiper arm, wiper | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet. |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| n. (communication) | 8. contact, touch | a communicative interaction.; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. contact, contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication. |
| ~ lens, lens system, lense | a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images. |
| v. (communication) | 10. contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ ping | send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.; "ping your machine in the office" |
| ~ ping | contact, usually in order to remind of something.; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" |
| ~ raise | establish radio communications with.; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" |
| v. (contact) | 11. adjoin, contact, meet, touch | 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" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ scratch, fray, rub, chafe, fret | cause friction.; "my sweater scratches" |
| ~ attach | be attached; be in contact with. |
| ~ hug | fit closely or tightly.; "The dress hugged her hips" |
| ~ abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, border, march | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" |
| ~ border, environ, surround, skirt, ring | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ lean against, lean on, rest on | rest on for support.; "you can lean on me if you get tired" |
| ~ converge, meet | be adjacent or come together.; "The lines converge at this point" |
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