| chewing | | |
| n. (act) | 1. chew, chewing, manduction, mastication | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow. |
| ~ change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics. |
| ~ chomping | the act of chewing noisily. |
| ~ gumming, mumbling | ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth). |
| ~ rumination | (of ruminants) chewing (the cud).; "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| mama | | |
| n. (person) | 1. ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy | informal terms for a mother. |
| ~ female parent, mother | a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother).; "the mother of three children" |
| n. (person) | 2. mama | a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped. |
| ~ semitic deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites. |
| mommy | | |
| mama | | |
| dry | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dry, prohibitionist | a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages. |
| ~ crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | a disputant who advocates reform. |
| ~ carry amelia moore nation, carry nation, nation | United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911). |
| ~ frances elizabeth caroline willard, willard | United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898). |
| v. (change) | 2. dry, dry out | remove the moisture from and make dry.; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ dry up, exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate | lose water or moisture.; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" |
| ~ dehydrate, desiccate | remove water from.; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" |
| ~ spin-dry | dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces. |
| ~ tumble dry | dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.; "These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry" |
| ~ spray-dry | dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas. |
| ~ dehumidify | make less humid.; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer" |
| ~ parch, sear | cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.; "The sun parched the earth" |
| ~ rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing.; "rough-dry the laundry" |
| ~ blow-dry | dry hair with a hair dryer. |
| ~ drip-dry | dry by hanging up wet. |
| ~ dry out, dry | become dry or drier.; "The laundry dries in the sun" |
| ~ air | expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry.; "Air linen" |
| v. (change) | 3. dry, dry out | become dry or drier.; "The laundry dries in the sun" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ scorch | become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions.; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" |
| ~ run dry, dry out | become empty of water.; "The river runs dry in the summer" |
| adj. | 4. dry | free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" |
| ~ adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" |
| ~ air-dried | made dry by contact with unheated air. |
| ~ air-dry | not giving off moisture on exposure to the air. |
| ~ arid, waterless | lacking sufficient water or rainfall.; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" |
| ~ bone-dry, bone dry | without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone.; "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard"; "a drier to get the clothes bone dry" |
| ~ desiccated, dried-out | thoroughly dried out.; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" |
| ~ dried | not still wet.; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears" |
| ~ dried-up | depleted of water.; "a dried-up water hole" |
| ~ dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture.; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" |
| ~ dry-shod | having or keeping the feet or shoes dry.; "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod" |
| ~ kiln-dried | dried in a kiln. |
| ~ rainless | lacking rain.; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies" |
| ~ semiarid | somewhat arid.; "a semiarid region with little annual rainfall" |
| ~ semi-dry | somewhat dry.; "swabbing left the deck semi-dry but still slippery" |
| ~ thirsty | needing moisture.; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky" |
| adj. | 5. dry, ironic, ironical, wry | humorously sarcastic or mocking.; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" |
| ~ humorous, humourous | full of or characterized by humor.; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" |
| adj. | 6. dry | lacking moisture or volatile components.; "dry paint" |
| adj. | 7. dry | opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" |
| adj. | 8. dry | not producing milk.; "a dry cow" |
| ~ milkless | having no milk.; "milkless breasts" |
| adj. | 9. dry | (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation.; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" |
| ~ nonsweet, sugarless | not containing sugar. |
| ~ brut | (of champagne) extremely dry. |
| ~ medium-dry | of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry. |
| ~ sec, unsweet | (of champagne) moderately dry. |
| ~ sour | having a sharp biting taste. |
| adj. | 10. dry | without a mucous or watery discharge.; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" |
| adj. | 11. dry | not shedding tears.; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes" |
| ~ dry-eyed, tearless | free from tears. |
| adj. | 12. dry, juiceless | lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless.; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life" |
| ~ unexciting, unstimulating | not stimulating. |
| adj. | 13. dry | used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.; "dry weight" |
| ~ solid | of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous.; "ice is water in the solid state" |
| adj. | 14. dry | unproductive especially of the expected results.; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas" |
| ~ unproductive | not producing or capable of producing.; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries" |
| adj. | 15. dry | having no adornment or coloration.; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| adj. | 16. dry | (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish.; "dry toast"; "dry meat" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| adj. | 17. dry | having a large proportion of strong liquor.; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" |
| ~ alcoholic | characteristic of or containing alcohol.; "alcoholic drinks" |
| adj. | 18. dry | lacking warmth or emotional involvement.; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique" |
| ~ unemotional | unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion. |
| adj. | 19. dry, teetotal | practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" |
| ~ sober | not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol). |
| venom | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. venom | toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions). |
| ~ animal toxin, zootoxin | a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals. |
| ~ kokoi venom | a potent neurotoxin found in a particular frog. |
| ~ snake venom | venom secreted by certain snakes. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom | feeling a need to see others suffer. |
| ~ malevolence, malignity | wishing evil to others. |
| weave | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. |
| ~ check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard).; "she wore a skirt with checks" |
| ~ pattern, design, figure | a decorative or artistic work.; "the coach had a design on the doors" |
| ~ open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric. |
| ~ plain weave, taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect. |
| ~ satin weave | a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line. |
| ~ twill, twill weave | a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs. |
| ~ warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. |
| ~ weft, woof, filling, pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| v. (contact) | 2. interweave, weave | interlace by or as if by weaving. |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ plait | weave into plaits.; "plait hair" |
| ~ inweave | weave together into a fabric or design. |
| ~ raddle, ruddle | twist or braid together, interlace. |
| ~ shoot | variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors.; "shoot cloth" |
| ~ tinsel | interweave with tinsel.; "tinseled velvet" |
| ~ pleach, braid | form or weave into a braid or braids.; "braid hair" |
| v. (creation) | 3. tissue, weave | create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton.; "tissue textiles" |
| ~ handicraft | a craft that requires skillful hands. |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ web, net | construct or form a web, as if by weaving. |
| ~ loom | weave on a loom.; "materials loomed in Egypt" |
| ~ brocade | weave a design into (textiles). |
| ~ lace | do lacework.; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" |
| ~ braid, plait, lace | make by braiding or interlacing.; "lace a tablecloth" |
| ~ twill | weave diagonal lines into (textiles). |
| v. (motion) | 4. waver, weave | sway to and fro. |
| ~ sway, swing | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner.; "He swung back" |
| v. (motion) | 5. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
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