| about-face | | |
| n. (act) | 1. about turn, about-face | act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation. |
| ~ turnabout, reversion, turnaround, reversal, reverse | turning in the opposite direction. |
| n. (act) | 2. about-face, policy change, reversal, volte-face | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view.; "an about-face on foreign policy" |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ undoing | an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done). |
| v. (motion) | 3. about-face | turn, usually 180 degrees. |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. about-face | change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint. |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| fracture | | |
| n. (state) | 1. break, fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone.; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. |
| ~ complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ compound fracture, open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound. |
| ~ compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae). |
| ~ depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in. |
| ~ displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another. |
| ~ fatigue fracture, stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury. |
| ~ capillary fracture, hairline fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin. |
| ~ incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end. |
| ~ closed fracture, simple fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin. |
| n. (object) | 2. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, cracking, fracture | the act of cracking something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (change) | 4. fracture | violate or abuse.; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| ~ abuse, misuse, pervert | change the inherent purpose or function of something.; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" |
| v. (creation) | 5. fracture | interrupt, break, or destroy.; "fracture the balance of power" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (change) | 6. fracture | break into pieces.; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| v. (body) | 7. fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| v. (body) | 8. fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ fracture, break | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ refracture | break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way.; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| v. (body) | 9. break, fracture | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| inversion | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. inversion | the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer. |
| ~ atmospheric phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere. |
| n. (state) | 2. inversion | abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth). |
| ~ abnormalcy, abnormality | an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. |
| n. (process) | 3. inversion | a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa. |
| ~ chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved. |
| n. (event) | 4. inversion | (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed. |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| ~ chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation | (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism. |
| n. (communication) | 5. anastrophe, inversion | the reversal of the normal order of words. |
| ~ rhetorical device | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance). |
| n. (communication) | 6. inversion | (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa. |
| ~ counterpoint | a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies. |
| ~ variation | a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished. |
| n. (act) | 7. inversion, sexual inversion | a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex. |
| ~ gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex. |
| n. (act) | 8. inversion, upending | turning upside down; setting on end. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ overturn, turnover, upset | the act of upsetting something.; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" |
| n. (act) | 9. eversion, everting, inversion | the act of turning inside out. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| break | | |
| n. (event) | 1. break, interruption | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ dislocation, disruption | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. |
| ~ punctuation | something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions. |
| ~ abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something. |
| ~ eclipse, occultation | one celestial body obscures another. |
| n. (event) | 2. break, good luck, happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck.; "he finally got his big break" |
| ~ chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
| n. (event) | 3. breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions).; "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" |
| ~ schism | the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences. |
| ~ breakup, separation, detachment | coming apart. |
| n. (act) | 4. break, recess, respite, time out | a pause from doing something (as work).; "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" |
| ~ pause | temporary inactivity. |
| ~ spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school. |
| n. (act) | 5. break, breakage, breaking | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ rupture | the act of making a sudden noisy break. |
| ~ shattering, smashing | the act of breaking something into small pieces. |
| ~ cracking, fracture, crack | the act of cracking something. |
| ~ chipping, splintering, chip | the act of chipping something. |
| n. (time) | 6. break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something.; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" |
| ~ blackout | a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. |
| ~ caesura | a pause or interruption (as in a conversation).; "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" |
| ~ dead air | an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound. |
| ~ delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ halftime | an intermission between the first and second half of a game. |
| ~ rest period, rest, respite, relief | a pause for relaxation.; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" |
| ~ time-out | a brief suspension of play.; "each team has two time-outs left" |
| ~ letup, lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.; "there was never a letup in the noise" |
| n. (event) | 7. break | the occurrence of breaking.; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" |
| ~ breakup, separation, detachment | coming apart. |
| ~ snap | a sudden breaking. |
| n. (event) | 8. break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion).; "then there was a break in her voice" |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| n. (act) | 9. break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ pocket billiards, pool | any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets. |
| ~ stroke, shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| n. (act) | 10. break, break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving.; "he was up two breaks in the second set" |
| ~ score | the act of scoring in a game or sport.; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| n. (act) | 11. break, disruption, gap, interruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program. |
| ~ delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation | the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts. |
| ~ abruption, breaking off | an instance of sudden interruption. |
| ~ barracking, heckling | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree. |
| n. (act) | 12. break | a sudden dash.; "he made a break for the open door" |
| ~ sprint, dash | a quick run. |
| ~ fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball. |
| n. (act) | 13. break, open frame | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare.; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" |
| ~ score | the act of scoring in a game or sport.; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" |
| n. (act) | 14. break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak | an escape from jail.; "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| ~ escape, flight | the act of escaping physically.; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| v. (change) | 15. break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ hold on, stop | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments.; "Hold on a moment!" |
| ~ break off, break short, cut short | interrupt before its natural or planned end.; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
| ~ suspend, freeze | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
| v. (change) | 16. break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ burst, break open, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| ~ puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ bust, burst | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.; "The dam burst" |
| ~ smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.; "The window smashed" |
| ~ ladder, run | come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.; "Her nylons were running" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ snap, crack | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.; "The pipe snapped" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ crush | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" |
| v. (change) | 17. break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| v. (contact) | 18. break, bust | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ break down | cause to fall or collapse. |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (change) | 19. break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ shatter | cause to break into many pieces.; "shatter the plate" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ fracture | break into pieces.; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
| ~ break in | break so as to fall inward.; "He broke in the door" |
| ~ dash, smash | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.; "Smash a plate" |
| ~ divide, separate | make a division or separation. |
| v. (social) | 20. breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict | go against, as of rules and laws.; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
| ~ trespass | break the law. |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (motion) | 21. break, break away, break out | move away or escape suddenly.; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (motion) | 22. break | scatter or part.; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" |
| ~ dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out | move away from each other.; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached" |
| v. (emotion) | 23. break, burst, erupt | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up.; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" |
| ~ express emotion, express feelings | give verbal or other expression to one's feelings. |
| v. (change) | 24. break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ bog down, bog | get stuck while doing something.; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (social) | 25. break, break in | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" |
| ~ crack | gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (change) | 26. break, break in | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| v. (stative) | 27. break, go against, violate | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns.; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" |
| ~ fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of | go against.; "This action flies in the face of the agreement" |
| v. (competition) | 28. better, break | surpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
| ~ outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| v. (communication) | 29. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | 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" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (change) | 30. break | come into being.; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" |
| ~ become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| v. (change) | 31. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| v. (social) | 32. break, break away | interrupt a continued activity.; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
| ~ break up, part, split, split up, separate, break | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| v. (motion) | 33. break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ break away, break out, break | move away or escape suddenly.; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| v. (motion) | 34. break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (change) | 35. break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken | lessen in force or effect.; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" |
| ~ blunt, deaden | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
| ~ deafen | make soundproof.; "deafen a room" |
| ~ deaden, damp, dampen | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.; "muffle the message" |
| v. (change) | 36. break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| v. (stative) | 37. break | come to an end.; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (stative) | 38. break | vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| v. (stative) | 39. break | cause to give up a habit.; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (stative) | 40. break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ break | cause to give up a habit.; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" |
| v. (stative) | 41. break | come forth or begin from a state of latency.; "The first winter storm broke over New York" |
| ~ come forth, emerge | happen or occur as a result of something. |
| v. (social) | 42. break | happen or take place.; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (social) | 43. break | cause the failure or ruin of.; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" |
| ~ ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| v. (social) | 44. break | invalidate by judicial action.; "The will was broken" |
| ~ annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash, avoid | declare invalid.; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" |
| v. (social) | 45. break, break up, part, separate, split, split up | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| ~ give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe | terminate a relationship abruptly.; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" |
| ~ disunify, break apart | break up or separate.; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" |
| ~ disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce | part; cease or break association with.; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" |
| ~ break with | end a relationship.; "China broke with Russia" |
| ~ split up, divorce | get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage.; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" |
| ~ secede, splinter, break away | withdraw from an organization or communion.; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| ~ break away, break | interrupt a continued activity.; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
| v. (social) | 46. break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ sideline | remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position.; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" |
| ~ reduce | bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
| v. (possession) | 47. bankrupt, break, ruin, smash | reduce to bankruptcy.; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| v. (motion) | 48. break | change directions suddenly. |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (motion) | 49. break | emerge from the surface of a body of water.; "The whales broke" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| v. (motion) | 50. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ implode, go off | burst inward.; "The bottle imploded" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ buckle, crumple | fold or collapse.; "His knees buckled" |
| ~ flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ slide down, slump, sink | fall or sink heavily.; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" |
| ~ collapse, burst | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| v. (motion) | 51. break, break dance, break-dance | do a break dance.; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" |
| ~ 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. (contact) | 52. break | exchange for smaller units of money.; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ break up, break | destroy the completeness of a set of related items.; "The book dealer would not break the set" |
| v. (contact) | 53. break, break up | destroy the completeness of a set of related items.; "The book dealer would not break the set" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ break | exchange for smaller units of money.; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
| v. (contact) | 54. break | make the opening shot that scatters the balls. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
| v. (contact) | 55. break | separate from a clinch, in boxing.; "The referee broke the boxers" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| v. (contact) | 56. break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| ~ fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing.; "The friction frayed the sleeve" |
| ~ bust, break | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| v. (contact) | 57. break, break off, snap off | break a piece from a whole.; "break a branch from a tree" |
| ~ detach | cause to become detached or separated; take off.; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
| v. (contact) | 58. break | become punctured or penetrated.; "The skin broke" |
| ~ break | pierce or penetrate.; "The blade broke her skin" |
| v. (contact) | 59. break | pierce or penetrate.; "The blade broke her skin" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ break | become punctured or penetrated.; "The skin broke" |
| v. (communication) | 60. break, get around, get out | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ leak out, leak | be leaked.; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" |
| v. (communication) | 61. break, intermit, pause | cease an action temporarily.; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ catch one's breath, take a breather, rest, breathe | take a short break from one's activities in order to relax. |
| ~ take five | take a break for five minutes.; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal" |
| ~ take ten | take a ten minute break.; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal" |
| v. (communication) | 62. break | interrupt the flow of current in.; "break a circuit" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (communication) | 63. break | undergo breaking.; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" |
| ~ diphthongise, diphthongize | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" |
| v. (cognition) | 64. break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| ~ break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (cognition) | 65. break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| ~ figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| v. (change) | 66. break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another.; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (change) | 67. break, develop, recrudesce | happen.; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| v. (change) | 68. break, check, crack | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.; "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ chink, check | make cracks or chinks in.; "The heat checked the paint" |
| ~ crack | cause to become cracked.; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
| ~ crack | break partially but keep its integrity.; "The glass cracked" |
| v. (change) | 69. break | crack; of the male voice in puberty.; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (change) | 70. break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (body) | 71. break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (body) | 72. break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body.; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| reverse | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. contrary, opposite, reverse | a relation of direct opposition.; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" |
| ~ oppositeness, opposition | the relation between opposed entities. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. reverse, reverse gear | the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed. |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| ~ gear mechanism, gear | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). |
| n. (event) | 3. black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ whammy | a serious or devastating setback. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. reverse, verso | the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design. |
| ~ side | an extended outer surface of an object.; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" |
| ~ tail | (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| n. (act) | 5. reverse | (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction. |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ running, running game, running play, run | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team.; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" |
| ~ double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse. |
| n. (act) | 6. reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround | turning in the opposite direction. |
| ~ change of direction, reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented. |
| ~ about-face, about turn | act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation. |
| ~ u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel. |
| v. (change) | 7. change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ flip-flop, alternate, interchange, tack, switch, flip | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). |
| ~ turn the tables, turn the tide | cause a complete reversal of the circumstances.; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!" |
| ~ commutate | reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current. |
| ~ switch, switch over, exchange | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence. |
| ~ correct, right, rectify | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| ~ falsify | falsify knowingly.; "She falsified the records" |
| ~ permute, transpose, commute | change the order or arrangement of.; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" |
| ~ metamorphose, transmogrify, transfigure | change completely the nature or appearance of.; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" |
| ~ retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return | go back to a previous state.; "We reverted to the old rules" |
| ~ desynchronise, desynchronize | cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times. |
| ~ deconsecrate, unhallow, desecrate | remove the consecration from a person or an object. |
| ~ undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.; "I wish I could undo my actions" |
| v. (change) | 8. invert, reverse, turn back | turn inside out or upside down. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse | rule against.; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" |
| ~ decree, rule | decide with authority.; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" |
| v. (communication) | 10. annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.; "She backed out of her promise" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| v. (change) | 11. invert, reverse | reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" |
| ~ reorder | assign a new order to. |
| adj. | 12. rearward, reverse | directed or moving toward the rear.; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" |
| ~ backward | directed or facing toward the back or rear.; "a backward view" |
| adj. | 13. reverse | of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.; "in reverse gear" |
| adj. | 14. inverse, reverse | reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect. |
| ~ backward | directed or facing toward the back or rear.; "a backward view" |
| bali | | |
| n. (location) | 1. bali | an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts. |
| ~ lesser sunda islands, nusa tenggara | a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor. |
| ~ dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| opposite | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. antonym, opposite, opposite word | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'" |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry'). |
| ~ indirect antonym | antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry'). |
| n. (person) | 2. opponent, opposite, opposition | a contestant that you are matched against. |
| ~ contestant | a person who participates in competitions. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. inverse, opposite | something inverted in sequence or character or effect.; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" |
| ~ additive inverse | (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero; the additive inverse of -5 is +5. |
| ~ multiplicative inverse, reciprocal | (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7. |
| ~ oppositeness, opposition | the relation between opposed entities. |
| adj. | 4. opposite | being directly across from each other; facing.; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles" |
| ~ other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.; "today isn't any other day"; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" |
| adj. | 5. opposite, paired | of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem.; "opposite leaves" |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| adj. | 6. opposite | moving or facing away from each other.; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions" |
| ~ other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.; "today isn't any other day"; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" |
| adj. | 7. opposite | the other one of a complementary pair.; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors" |
| ~ other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.; "today isn't any other day"; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" |
| adj. | 8. opposite | altogether different in nature or quality or significance.; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| adj. | 9. diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar | characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| adv. | 10. face-to-face, opposite | directly facing each other.; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table" |
| invert | | |
| v. (change) | 1. invert | make an inversion (in a musical composition).; "here the theme is inverted" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| reverse | | |
| turn | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. bend, crook, turn, twist | a circular segment of a curve.; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| ~ bight | a bend or curve (especially in a coastline). |
| n. (act) | 2. turn, turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| ~ change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving. |
| ~ digression, divagation, diversion, deflexion, deflection, deviation | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern).; "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" |
| ~ right | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east.; "take a right at the corner" |
| ~ left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east.; "take a left at the corner" |
| ~ kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first. |
| ~ stem turn, stem | a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it. |
| ~ telemark | a turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards. |
| ~ swerve, swerving, veering | the act of turning aside suddenly. |
| ~ three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs. |
| ~ version | manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery). |
| n. (act) | 3. play, turn | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" |
| ~ move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. |
| ~ starting, start | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning).; "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ innings | the batting turn of a cricket player or team. |
| ~ attack | an offensive move in a sport or game.; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" |
| ~ down | (American football) a complete play to advance the football.; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" |
| ~ at-bat, bat | (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit.; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" |
| ~ lead | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge.; "the lead was in the dummy" |
| ~ trumping, ruff | (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit. |
| ~ trick | (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner. |
| n. (event) | 4. turn, turn of events, twist | an unforeseen development.; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" |
| ~ development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" |
| n. (event) | 5. turn, turning | a movement in a new direction.; "the turning of the wind" |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| ~ turn around, reversal | turning in an opposite direction or position.; "the reversal of the image in the lens" |
| ~ yaw, swerve | an erratic deflection from an intended course. |
| ~ gyration, revolution, rotation | a single complete turn (axial or orbital).; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" |
| ~ coming back, return | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction. |
| ~ volution | a rolling or revolving motion. |
| n. (act) | 6. turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction.; "he made an abrupt turn away from her" |
| ~ change of direction, reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented. |
| n. (act) | 7. turn, twist | turning or twisting around (in place).; "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" |
| ~ twiddle | a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns. |
| ~ rotary motion, rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis.; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| n. (time) | 8. go, spell, tour, turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).; "it's my go"; "a spell of work" |
| ~ duty period, work shift, shift | the time period during which you are at work. |
| n. (time) | 9. bout, round, turn | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ top of the inning, top | the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat.; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" |
| ~ bottom of the inning, bottom | the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (communication) | 10. act, bit, number, routine, turn | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" |
| ~ performance, public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment.; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity" |
| ~ show-stopper, showstopper, stopper | an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. |
| n. (act) | 11. good turn, turn | a favor for someone.; "he did me a good turn" |
| ~ favor, favour | an act of gracious kindness. |
| n. (act) | 12. turn | taking a short walk out and back.; "we took a turn in the park" |
| ~ walk | the act of walking somewhere.; "he took a walk after lunch" |
| v. (motion) | 13. turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ twist | turn in the opposite direction.; "twist one's head" |
| ~ flip over, flip, turn over | turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse.; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ turn on a dime | have a small turning radius.; "My little subcompact car turns on a dime!" |
| ~ roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating.; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| ~ roll over | make a rolling motion or turn.; "The dog rolled over" |
| ~ swing about, swing around, turn around | turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically.; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake" |
| ~ flip, toss | lightly throw to see which side comes up.; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" |
| ~ port | turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship.; "The big ship was slowly porting" |
| ~ face | turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.; "Turn and face your partner now" |
| ~ turn off | make a turn.; "turn off at the parking area" |
| ~ turn away | move so as not face somebody or something. |
| ~ gee | turn to the right side.; "the horse geed" |
| ~ about-face | turn, usually 180 degrees. |
| ~ caracole | make a half turn on a horse, in dressage. |
| ~ corner | turn a corner.; "the car corners" |
| ~ overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | turn from an upright or normal position.; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" |
| ~ bend | change direction.; "The road bends" |
| ~ curve, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, cut | turn sharply; change direction abruptly.; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
| ~ deflect | turn aside and away from an initial or intended course. |
| ~ deflect, turn away, bend | turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest. |
| ~ avert, turn away | turn away or aside.; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" |
| ~ splay, rotate, spread out, turn out | turn outward.; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" |
| ~ circumvolve, rotate | cause to turn on an axis or center.; "Rotate the handle" |
| ~ pivot, swivel | turn on a pivot. |
| ~ coil, gyrate, spiral | to wind or move in a spiral course.; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" |
| ~ corkscrew, spiral | move in a spiral or zigzag course. |
| ~ deviate, divert | turn aside; turn away from. |
| ~ pronate | turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards. |
| ~ turn | cause to move around or rotate.; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" |
| v. (change) | 14. change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ awake, come alive, arouse, awaken, wake, wake up, waken | stop sleeping.; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
| ~ zonk out, pass out, black out | lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. |
| ~ resuscitate, come to, revive | return to consciousness.; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" |
| ~ tense up, tense | become tense, nervous, or uneasy.; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room" |
| ~ relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, slow down, unbend | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" |
| ~ lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, thin, reduce | take off weight. |
| ~ gain, put on | increase (one's body weight).; "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" |
| ~ apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, dress, fit out, habilitate | provide with clothes or put clothes on.; "Parents must feed and dress their child" |
| ~ cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize | undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile. |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ grow, turn | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" |
| ~ secularise, secularize | make secular and draw away from a religious orientation.; "Ataturk secularized Turkey" |
| ~ citrate | cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid. |
| ~ equilibrate | bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium. |
| ~ fall | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" |
| ~ become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ disengage | become free.; "in neutral, the gears disengage" |
| ~ overgrow | become overgrown.; "The patio overgrew with ivy" |
| ~ concentrate | make denser, stronger, or purer.; "concentrate juice" |
| ~ break | crack; of the male voice in puberty.; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" |
| ~ acetify, acidify | turn acidic.; "the solution acetified" |
| ~ alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify | turn basic and less acidic.; "the solution alkalized" |
| ~ ionise, ionize | convert into ions. |
| ~ ossify | become bony.; "The tissue ossified" |
| ~ catalyse, catalyze | change by catalysis or cause to catalyze. |
| ~ get worse, relapse | deteriorate in health.; "he relapsed" |
| ~ fluctuate | be unstable.; "The stock market fluctuates" |
| ~ break loose, burst forth, explode | be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.; "His anger exploded" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ be born | come into existence through birth.; "She was born on a farm" |
| ~ cloud over | become overcast.; "the sky clouded over" |
| ~ carbonise, carbonize | turn into carbon, as by burning.; "carbonize coal" |
| ~ cool, chill, cool down | loose heat.; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" |
| ~ heat up, hot up, heat | gain heat or get hot.; "The room heated up quickly" |
| ~ carbonise, carbonize, carburise, carburize | unite with carbon.; "carburize metal" |
| ~ freeze | change to ice.; "The water in the bowl froze" |
| ~ boil | come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor.; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" |
| ~ burn, combust | undergo combustion.; "Maple wood burns well" |
| ~ emaciate | grow weak and thin or waste away physically.; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy" |
| ~ frenchify | become French in appearance or character.; "This restaurant has Frenchified" |
| ~ thin | lose thickness; become thin or thinner. |
| ~ thicken, inspissate | become thick or thicker.; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" |
| ~ solvate | undergo solvation or convert into a solvate. |
| ~ react | undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions.; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" |
| ~ dissolve, fade away, fade out | become weaker.; "The sound faded out" |
| ~ empty, discharge | become empty or void of its content.; "The room emptied" |
| ~ fill, fill up | become full.; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" |
| ~ homogenise, homogenize | become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing.; "The two liquids homogenized in the blender" |
| ~ homogenise, homogenize | break up the fat globules of.; "homogenized milk" |
| ~ clabber, curdle, clot | turn into curds.; "curdled milk" |
| ~ clot, coagulate | change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state.; "coagulated blood" |
| ~ sour, ferment, turn, work | go sour or spoil.; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" |
| ~ integrate | become one; become integrated.; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds" |
| ~ precipitate | separate as a fine suspension of solid particles. |
| ~ calcify | turn into lime; become calcified.; "The rock calcified over the centuries" |
| ~ coke | become coke.; "petroleum oils coke after distillation" |
| ~ carnify | become muscular or fleshy. |
| ~ chondrify | turn into cartilage.; "The tissue chondrifies" |
| ~ emulsify | form into or become an emulsion.; "The solution emulsified" |
| ~ denitrify | remove nitrogen from.; "Denitrify the soil" |
| ~ esterify | change (a compound) into an ester. |
| ~ etherify | change into an ether.; "etherify an alcohol" |
| ~ thrombose | become blocked by a thrombus.; "the blood vessel thrombosed" |
| ~ open, open up | become open.; "The door opened" |
| ~ close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ sorb, take up | take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption. |
| ~ calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, simmer down, calm, settle down | become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation.; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." |
| ~ prosper, flourish, fly high, thrive | make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.; "The new student is thriving" |
| ~ emancipate, liberate | give equal rights to; of women and minorities. |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| ~ get into, tangle with | get involved in or with. |
| ~ liquefy | become liquid.; "The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew" |
| ~ catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate, ignite, erupt | start to burn or burst into flames.; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" |
| v. (stative) | 15. become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ boil down, come down, reduce | be the essential element.; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
| ~ transmute, metamorphose, transform | change in outward structure or looks.; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" |
| ~ suffocate, choke | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" |
| ~ nucleate | form into a nucleus.; "Some cells had nucleated" |
| ~ turn | cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold" |
| ~ add up, amount, come | develop into.; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" |
| v. (motion) | 16. turn | cause to move around or rotate.; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ reorient | cause to turn. |
| ~ supinate | turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg). |
| ~ turn | cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around" |
| ~ port | put or turn on the left side, of a ship.; "port the helm" |
| v. (motion) | 17. move around, turn | pass to the other side of.; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" |
| ~ 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. (change) | 18. grow, turn | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ bald | grow bald; lose hair on one's head.; "He is balding already" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ turn | change color.; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" |
| v. (contact) | 19. release, turn | let (something) fall or spill from a container.; "turn the flour onto a plate" |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ deflate | release contained air or gas from.; "deflate the air mattress" |
| ~ throw | throw (a die) out onto a flat surface.; "Throw a six" |
| v. (motion) | 20. turn | move around an axis or a center.; "The wheels are turning" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ revolve, rotate, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| v. (motion) | 21. turn, turn over | cause to move around a center so as to show another side of.; "turn a page of a book" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ evert | turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward.; "evert the eyelid" |
| ~ leaf | turn over pages.; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript" |
| v. (motion) | 22. turn | to send or let go.; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| v. (creation) | 23. plough, plow, turn | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow.; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
| ~ till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil" |
| ~ ridge | plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip. |
| ~ disk, harrow | draw a harrow over (land). |
| v. (contact) | 24. turn | shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ turn | accomplish by rotating.; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" |
| v. (change) | 25. turn | change color.; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" |
| ~ grow, turn | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| v. (body) | 26. rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick | twist suddenly so as to sprain.; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| v. (stative) | 27. turn | cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| v. (social) | 28. turn | accomplish by rotating.; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" |
| ~ turn | shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" |
| ~ do, perform | get (something) done.; "I did my job" |
| v. (possession) | 29. turn | get by buying and selling.; "the company turned a good profit after a year" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (motion) | 30. turn | cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ turn | cause to move around or rotate.; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" |
| ~ bring about | cause to move into the opposite direction.; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching" |
| v. (motion) | 31. turn | channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium" |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ take up | turn one's interest to.; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty" |
| v. (contact) | 32. bend, deform, flex, turn, twist | cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| ~ dent, indent | make a depression into.; "The bicycle dented my car" |
| ~ incurvate | cause to curve inward.; "gravity incurvates the rays" |
| ~ gnarl | twist into a state of deformity.; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" |
| ~ crank | bend into the shape of a crank. |
| ~ convolute, convolve | curl, wind, or twist together. |
| v. (contact) | 33. turn | alter the functioning or setting of.; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down" |
| ~ control, operate | handle and cause to function.; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
| v. (competition) | 34. turn | direct at someone.; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| v. (communication) | 35. call on, turn | have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to.; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" |
| ~ appeal, invoke | request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" |
| v. (change) | 36. ferment, sour, turn, work | go sour or spoil.; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ ferment, work | cause to undergo fermentation.; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" |
| v. (change) | 37. turn | become officially one year older.; "She is turning 50 this year" |
| ~ senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on | grow old or older.; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" |
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| n. (possession) | 1. advance, cash advance | an amount paid before it is earned. |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
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