| nominate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. nominate, put forward, put up | propose as a candidate for some honor. |
| ~ nominate, propose | put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" |
| v. (social) | 2. nominate, propose | put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ nominate, put forward, put up | propose as a candidate for some honor. |
| v. (social) | 3. make, name, nominate | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ rename | name again or anew.; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| v. (social) | 4. appoint, constitute, name, nominate | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| ~ institute, establish, found, plant, constitute | set up or lay the groundwork for.; "establish a new department" |
| ~ pack | set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.; "pack a jury" |
| ~ co-opt | appoint summarily or commandeer.; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups" |
| toss | | |
| n. (act) | 1. flip, toss | the act of flipping a coin. |
| ~ throw | casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
| n. (act) | 2. flip, pass, toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.; "the pass was fumbled" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| n. (act) | 3. toss | an abrupt movement.; "a toss of his head" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (contact) | 4. flip, pitch, sky, toss | throw or toss with a light motion.; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" |
| ~ fling | throw with force or recklessness.; "fling the frisbee" |
| ~ submarine | throw with an underhand motion. |
| ~ lag | throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. |
| ~ throw back, toss back | throw back with a quick, light motion.; "She tossed back her head" |
| v. (motion) | 5. flip, toss | lightly throw to see which side comes up.; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" |
| ~ 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. (contact) | 6. chuck, toss | throw carelessly.; "chuck the ball" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (motion) | 7. convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash.; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
| v. (possession) | 8. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| ~ unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit. |
| ~ deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out; get rid of.; "deep-six these old souvenirs!" |
| ~ jettison | throw away, of something encumbering. |
| ~ junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ waste | get rid of.; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ de-access | dispose of by selling.; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" |
| ~ close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of.; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
| v. (contact) | 9. toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying.; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" |
| ~ raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
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