| adhere | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. adhere | be compatible or in accordance with.; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| v. (change) | 2. adhere | follow through or carry out a plan without deviation.; "They adhered to their plan" |
| ~ follow out, follow up, put through, carry out, follow through, implement, go through | pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" |
| v. (contact) | 3. adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ mold | fit tightly, follow the contours of.; "The dress molds her beautiful figure" |
| ~ conglutinate | stick together.; "the edges of the wound conglutinated" |
| ~ agglutinate | clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.. |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ bind, bond, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (stative) | 4. adhere, stick | be a devoted follower or supporter.; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" |
| ~ adopt, espouse, follow | choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" |
| v. (stative) | 5. adhere, stand by, stick, stick by | be loyal to.; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" |
| ~ 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. (contact) | 6. adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to | stick to firmly.; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
| ~ bind | form a chemical bond with.; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| infection | | |
| n. (state) | 1. infection | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms. |
| ~ health problem, ill health, unhealthiness | a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain. |
| ~ enterobiasis | an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children. |
| ~ whitlow, felon | a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. |
| ~ focal infection | bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere. |
| ~ cross infection, nonsocial infection | an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility. |
| ~ opportunistic infection | any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs). |
| ~ paronychia | infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe. |
| ~ protozoal infection | any infection caused by a protozoan. |
| ~ respiratory infection, respiratory tract infection | any infection of the respiratory tract. |
| ~ itch, scabies | a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.; "he has a bad case of the itch" |
| ~ bilharzia, bilharziasis, schistosomiasis | an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected. |
| ~ sepsis | the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues. |
| ~ sore | an open skin infection. |
| ~ staphylococcal infection | an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation. |
| ~ septic sore throat, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, throat infection | an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus. |
| ~ eye infection, hordeolum, sty, stye | an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid. |
| ~ superinfection | infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection. |
| ~ suprainfection | secondary infection caused by an opportunistic infection. |
| ~ tapeworm infection | intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish. |
| ~ lockjaw, tetanus | an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages. |
| ~ toxoplasmosis | infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus. |
| ~ viral infection, virus infection | infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans. |
| ~ vaccina, vaccinia, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia | a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar. |
| ~ incubation | (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear. |
| n. (process) | 2. infection | (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound. |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| ~ linguistic process | a process involved in human language. |
| n. (process) | 3. infection | (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease. |
| ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. |
| ~ pathologic process, pathological process | an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease. |
| ~ zymosis | (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus). |
| n. (event) | 4. contagion, infection, transmission | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted. |
| ~ incident | a single distinct event. |
| n. (communication) | 5. contagion, infection | the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. infection | moral corruption or contamination.; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable" |
| ~ corruption, corruptness | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. infection | (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure. |
| ~ illegality | unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| infect | | |
| v. (body) | 1. infect | communicate a disease to.; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" |
| ~ canker | infect with a canker. |
| ~ give | cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" |
| v. (body) | 2. infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. |
| ~ superinfect | infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms. |
| ~ smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. |
| ~ contaminate, pollute, foul | make impure.; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
| v. (social) | 3. infect | corrupt with ideas or an ideology.; "society was infected by racism" |
| ~ corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. infect | affect in a contagious way.; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| cling | | |
| n. (food) | 1. cling, clingstone | fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. cling | to remain emotionally or intellectually attached.; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him." |
| v. (contact) | 3. cling, hang | hold on tightly or tenaciously.; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" |
| ~ grasp, hold on | hold firmly. |
| stick | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood.; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
| ~ bow | a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments. |
| ~ club | stout stick that is larger at one end.; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" |
| ~ divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder, dowser | forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil. |
| ~ drumstick | a stick used for playing a drum. |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| ~ linstock | a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons. |
| ~ matchstick | a short thin stick of wood used in making matches. |
| ~ mahlstick, maulstick | a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush. |
| ~ backsword, fencing stick, singlestick | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing. |
| ~ spindle | a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning. |
| ~ staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" |
| ~ stob | a short straight stick of wood. |
| ~ swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks. |
| ~ walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking. |
| n. (plant) | 2. stick | a small thin branch of a tree. |
| ~ tree branch, limb | any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. control stick, joystick, stick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane. |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| n. (food) | 4. stick | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine. |
| ~ margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter. |
| ~ butter | an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use. |
| n. (body) | 5. peg, pin, stick | informal terms for the leg.; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball. |
| ~ hockey game, ice hockey, hockey | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks. |
| ~ field hockey, hockey | a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net. |
| ~ polo | a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball. |
| ~ hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck. |
| ~ polo mallet, polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo. |
| ~ sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood.; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite" |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking. |
| ~ cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana | the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect. |
| ~ cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking. |
| n. (act) | 9. stick | threat of a penalty.; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
| ~ penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | the act of punishing. |
| v. (contact) | 10. deposit, lodge, stick, wedge | put, fix, force, or implant.; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ redeposit | deposit anew.; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks" |
| v. (motion) | 11. stay, stay put, stick, stick around | stay put (in a certain place).; "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" |
| ~ stay in place | be stationary. |
| v. (stative) | 12. stick | be or become fixed.; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it" |
| ~ 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) | 13. stick | endure.; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" |
| ~ persist, remain, stay | stay behind.; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
| v. (creation) | 14. stick | cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface.; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| v. (contact) | 15. stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| ~ cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
| ~ stick | fasten with or as with pins or nails.; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
| v. (contact) | 16. stick | fasten with or as with pins or nails.; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 17. stick | fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
| ~ fasten | become fixed or fastened.; "This dress fastens in the back" |
| ~ stick | fasten with an adhesive material like glue.; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 18. stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| v. (contact) | 19. stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| v. (communication) | 20. stick, sting | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
| ~ force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
| v. (cognition) | 21. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ stump, mix up | cause to be perplexed or confounded.; "This problem stumped her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle.; "riddle me a riddle" |
| ~ elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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