| hope | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. hope | a specific instance of feeling hopeful.; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant" |
| ~ anticipation, expectancy | an expectation. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. hope | the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ hopefulness | the feeling you have when you have hope. |
| ~ encouragement | the feeling of being encouraged. |
| ~ optimism | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. hope, promise | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" |
| ~ expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| ~ rainbow | an illusory hope.; "chasing rainbows" |
| n. (person) | 4. hope | someone (or something) on which expectations are centered.; "he was their best hope for a victory" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ great white hope, white hope | someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field.; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy" |
| n. (person) | 5. bob hope, hope, leslie townes hope | United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003). |
| ~ comedian, comic | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. hope | one of the three Christian virtues. |
| ~ supernatural virtue, theological virtue | according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues. |
| v. (emotion) | 7. desire, hope, trust | expect and wish.; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. hope | be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. go for, hope | intend with some possibility of fulfilment.; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" |
| ~ be after, plan | have the will and intention to carry out some action.; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" |
| basin | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. basin | a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids.; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" |
| ~ aspersorium | the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches. |
| ~ baptismal font, baptistery, baptistry, font | bowl for baptismal water. |
| ~ bidet | a basin for washing genitals and anal area. |
| ~ birdbath | an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in. |
| ~ emesis basin | a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting. |
| ~ laver | (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions. |
| ~ stoop, stoup | basin for holy water. |
| ~ vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids). |
| ~ handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. basin, basinful | the quantity that a basin will hold.; "a basinful of water" |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (object) | 3. basin | a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it.; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" |
| ~ cirque, corrie, cwm | a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake. |
| ~ natural depression, depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation. |
| ~ saltpan | a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake. |
| ~ tidal basin | a basin that is full of water at high tide. |
| n. (location) | 4. basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.; "flood control in the Missouri basin" |
| ~ detention basin | a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream. |
| ~ retention basin | a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. basin, lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand | a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face.; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" |
| ~ sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe. |
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