| contain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. comprise, contain, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| v. (stative) | 2. bear, carry, contain, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ retain | hold back within.; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water" |
| ~ hold in, enclose, confine | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| v. (social) | 3. check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| ~ conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, curb, subdue | to put down by force or authority.; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" |
| ~ damp | restrain or discourage.; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" |
| ~ mortify, crucify, subdue | hold within limits and control.; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" |
| ~ abnegate, deny | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.; "She denied herself wine and spirits" |
| ~ keep back, restrain, hold back, keep | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| ~ restrict | place under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled" |
| ~ train | cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it.; "train the vine" |
| ~ catch | check oneself during an action.; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind" |
| ~ bate | moderate or restrain; lessen the force of.; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" |
| ~ thermostat | control the temperature with a thermostat. |
| ~ countercheck, counteract | oppose or check by a counteraction. |
| v. (stative) | 4. contain | be divisible by.; "24 contains 6" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 5. contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ accommodate, admit, hold | have room for; hold without crowding.; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" |
| v. (competition) | 6. arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" |
| ~ cut down, cut out | intercept (a player). |
| ~ defend | be on the defensive; act against an attack. |
| engulf | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed.; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ drink in, drink | be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to.; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" |
| v. (contact) | 2. engulf | flow over or cover completely.; "The bright light engulfed him completely" |
| ~ enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.; "Fog enveloped the house" |
| occupy | | |
| v. (social) | 1. busy, occupy | keep busy with.; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ putter, potter | work lightly.; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" |
| ~ smatter, play around, dabble | work with in an amateurish manner.; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" |
| v. (stative) | 2. lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ move in | occupy a place.; "The crowds are moving in" |
| ~ stay at | reside temporarily.; "I'm staying at the Hilton" |
| ~ squat | occupy (a dwelling) illegally. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ crash | occupy, usually uninvited.; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" |
| v. (stative) | 3. fill, occupy | occupy the whole of.; "The liquid fills the container" |
| ~ crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing.; "The students crowded the auditorium" |
| ~ take up | take up time or space.; "take up the slack" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 4. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (competition) | 5. invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ infest, overrun | invade in great numbers.; "the roaches infested our kitchen" |
| v. (possession) | 6. occupy, take, use up | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ be | spend or use time.; "I may be an hour" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. absorb, engage, engross, occupy | consume all of one's attention or time.; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
| ~ involve | occupy or engage the interest of.; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" |
| ~ consume | engage fully.; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| ~ rivet | hold (someone's attention).; "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
| v. (social) | 8. fill, occupy, take | assume, as of positions or roles.; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" |
| ~ assume, take up, strike, take | occupy or take on.; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| member | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fellow member, member | one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization).; "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" |
| ~ areopagite | a member of the council of the Areopagus. |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ brother | a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group).; "none of his brothers would betray him" |
| ~ cabalist | a member of a cabal. |
| ~ charter member | one of the original members when an organization was founded. |
| ~ commissioner | a member of a commission. |
| ~ committee member | a member of a committee. |
| ~ council member, councillor | a member of a council. |
| ~ conservative | a member of a Conservative Party. |
| ~ fellow | a member of a learned society.; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association" |
| ~ homeboy | a fellow male member of a youth gang. |
| ~ homegirl | a fellow female member of a youth gang. |
| ~ huddler | a member of a huddle. |
| ~ inductee | a person inducted into an organization or social group.; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" |
| ~ joiner | a person who likes to join groups. |
| ~ kibbutznik | a member of a kibbutz. |
| ~ kolkhoznik | a member of a kolkhoz. |
| ~ board member | a member of a governing board. |
| ~ clan member, clansman, clanswoman | a member of a clan. |
| ~ club member | someone who is a member of a club. |
| ~ pledge | someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group. |
| ~ rosicrucian | a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore. |
| ~ rosicrucian | a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society. |
| ~ rotarian | a member of a Rotary Club. |
| ~ sister | a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group.; "none of her sisters would betray her" |
| ~ sodalist | a member of a sodality. |
| ~ tribesman | someone who lives in a tribe. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. member | anything that belongs to a set or class.; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| n. (body) | 3. appendage, extremity, member | an external body part that projects from the body.; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" |
| ~ chelicera | either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing. |
| ~ mouthpart | any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding. |
| ~ fang | an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs. |
| ~ chela, nipper, pincer, claw | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. |
| ~ parapodium | one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing. |
| ~ fin | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. |
| ~ pleopod, swimmeret | one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| ~ dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| n. (group) | 4. member | an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations).; "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" |
| ~ social unit, unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group.; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" |
| n. (body) | 5. member, penis, phallus | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism). |
| ~ glans penis | the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis. |
| ~ vena bulbi penis | vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum. |
| ~ urethra | duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct. |
| ~ male reproductive system | the reproductive system of males. |
| ~ family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals | external male sex organs. |
| ~ erectile organ | an organ containing erectile tissue. |
| ~ cock, pecker, dick, peter, putz, prick, tool, shaft | obscene terms for penis. |
| ~ micropenis, microphallus | an abnormally small penis. |
| ~ foreskin, prepuce | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis. |
| belong | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. belong | be owned by; be in the possession of.; "This book belongs to me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. belong | be suitable or acceptable.; "This student somehow doesn't belong" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 3. belong, go | be in the right place or situation.; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 4. belong | be rightly classified in a class or category.; "The whales belong among the mammals" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 5. belong | be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place).; "They belong to the same political party" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 6. belong, belong to | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
| ~ inhere | be inherent in something. |
| ~ appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| include | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, comprise, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ involve | contain as a part.; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" |
| ~ subsume | contain or include.; "This new system subsumes the old one" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ colligate, subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| v. (change) | 3. include | add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.; "We must include this chemical element in the group" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (social) | 4. admit, include, let in | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | admit into a group or community.; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
| ~ induct, initiate | accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite.; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" |
| ~ readmit | admit again or anew.; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| pertain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| ~ belong to, belong | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
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