| agriculture | | |
| n. (act) | 1. agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm | a large-scale farming enterprise. |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| n. (act) | 2. agriculture, farming, husbandry | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale). |
| ~ cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale). |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ arboriculture, tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber. |
| ~ dairy farming, dairying | the business of a dairy. |
| ~ gardening, horticulture | the cultivation of plants. |
| ~ tilling | cultivation of the land in order to raise crops. |
| ~ aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients. |
| ~ mixed farming | growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm. |
| ~ planting | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow.; "the planting of corn is hard work" |
| ~ ranching | farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle). |
| ~ strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion. |
| ~ subsistence farming | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing. |
| ~ harvest time, harvest | the season for gathering crops. |
| ~ truck farming | growing vegetables for the market. |
| ~ smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. |
| ~ fertilize, fertilise, feed | provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" |
| ~ thresh, thrash | beat the seeds out of a grain. |
| ~ sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
| ~ broadcast | sow over a wide area, especially by hand.; "broadcast seeds" |
| ~ inseminate, sow in, sow | place seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" |
| ~ reseed | seed again or anew. |
| ~ farm, produce, raise, grow | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| ~ carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| ~ till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil" |
| ~ crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ overcrop, overcultivate | to exhaust by excessive cultivation.; "the farmers overcropped the land" |
| ~ plow, plough, turn | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow.; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" |
| ~ ridge | plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip. |
| ~ disk, harrow | draw a harrow over (land). |
| ~ hoe | dig with a hoe.; "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
| ~ cultivate | foster the growth of. |
| n. (group) | 3. agriculture, agriculture department, department of agriculture, usda | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862. |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| n. (group) | 4. agriculture | the class of people engaged in growing food. |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| uma | | |
| n. (person) | 1. uma | a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'. |
| ~ hindu deity | a deity worshipped by the Hindus. |
| n. (animal) | 2. genus uma, uma | fringe-toed lizard. |
| ~ reptile genus | a genus of reptiles. |
| ~ family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae | New World lizards. |
| ~ fringe-toed lizard, uma notata | with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico. |
| field | | |
| n. (location) | 1. field | a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.; "he planted a field of wheat" |
| ~ curtilage, grounds, yard | the enclosed land around a house or other building.; "it was a small house with almost no yard" |
| ~ campus | a field on which the buildings of a university are situated. |
| ~ firebreak, fireguard | a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire. |
| ~ grain field, grainfield | a field where grain is grown. |
| ~ lawn | a field of cultivated and mowed grass. |
| ~ paddy field, rice paddy, paddy | an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (location) | 2. battlefield, battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" |
| ~ armageddon | (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world. |
| ~ camlan | (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded. |
| ~ battlefront, front line, front | the line along which opposing armies face each other. |
| ~ sector | a portion of a military position. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (location) | 3. field | somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected.; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field" |
| ~ region | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
| ~ occultism | the study of the supernatural. |
| ~ communication theory, communications | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).; "communications is his major field of study" |
| ~ major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ frontier | an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
| ~ genealogy | the study or investigation of ancestry and family history. |
| ~ allometry | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. |
| ~ bibliotics | the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity. |
| ~ ology | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ science, scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge.; "the science of genetics" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ applied science, engineering science, engineering, technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" |
| ~ futuristics, futurology | the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions. |
| ~ arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).; "the college of arts and sciences" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare. |
| ~ escapology | the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment). |
| ~ graphology | the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition). |
| ~ numerology | the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs. |
| ~ protology | the study of origins and first things.; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" |
| ~ theogony | the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. field, field of force, force field | the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it. |
| ~ physical phenomenon | a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
| ~ electric field | a field of force surrounding a charged particle. |
| ~ gravitational field | a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass. |
| ~ magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux | the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle. |
| ~ radiation field | a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space. |
| n. (act) | 6. field, field of operation, line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise.; "they are outstanding in their field" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| n. (state) | 7. area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere | a particular environment or walk of life.; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| ~ distaff | the sphere of work by women. |
| ~ front | a sphere of activity involving effort.; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" |
| ~ kingdom, realm, land | a domain in which something is dominant.; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" |
| ~ lap | an area of control or responsibility.; "the job fell right in my lap" |
| ~ political arena, political sphere | a sphere of intense political activity. |
| ~ preserve | a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone.; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" |
| ~ province, responsibility | the proper sphere or extent of your activities.; "it was his province to take care of himself" |
| n. (location) | 8. athletic field, field, playing area, playing field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game.; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" |
| ~ scene of action, arena | a playing field where sports events take place. |
| ~ ball field, baseball field, diamond | the baseball playing field. |
| ~ court | a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played.; "players had to reserve a court in advance" |
| ~ football field, gridiron | the playing field on which football is played. |
| ~ palaestra, palestra | a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes. |
| ~ sports stadium, stadium, arena, bowl | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. |
| ~ bowling green | a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls. |
| ~ midfield | (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse). |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (object) | 9. champaign, field, plain | extensive tract of level open land.; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" |
| ~ olympia | a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games. |
| ~ nullarbor plain | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center. |
| ~ serengeti, serengeti plain | a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife. |
| ~ flat | a level tract of land.; "the salt flats of Utah" |
| ~ flood plain, floodplain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ llano | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America). |
| ~ moorland, moor | open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss. |
| ~ peneplain, peneplane | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements. |
| ~ snowfield | a permanent wide expanse of snow. |
| ~ steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia). |
| ~ tundra | a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen. |
| n. (group) | 10. field | (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1.; "the set of all rational numbers is a field" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
| ~ scalar field | a field of scalars. |
| n. (location) | 11. field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations | a region in which active military operations are in progress.; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ theater of war, theatre of war | the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations. |
| ~ region | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" |
| ~ combat area, combat zone | a military area where combat forces operate. |
| n. (group) | 12. field | all of the horses in a particular horse race. |
| ~ horse racing | the sport of racing horses. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (group) | 13. field | all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (location) | 14. field | a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found.; "the diamond fields of South Africa" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ coalfield | a region where there is coal underground. |
| ~ gasfield | a region where there is natural gas underground. |
| ~ oilfield | a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells). |
| n. (group) | 15. field | (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ bit field | a field containing only binary characters. |
| n. (cognition) | 16. field, field of view | the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument). |
| ~ visual percept, visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system. |
| ~ microscopic field | the areas that is visible through a microscope. |
| ~ operative field | the area that is open during surgery. |
| n. (artifact) | 17. airfield, field, flying field, landing field | a place where planes take off and land. |
| ~ aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo. |
| ~ airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities. |
| ~ apron | a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used. |
| ~ auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity. |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| ~ runway | a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land. |
| ~ taxi strip, taxiway | a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| ~ flight line | place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways). |
| v. (competition) | 18. field | catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket. |
| ~ palm, handle | touch, lift, or hold with the hands.; "Don't handle the merchandise" |
| v. (competition) | 19. field | play as a fielder. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| v. (communication) | 20. field | answer adequately or successfully.; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press" |
| ~ answer, reply, respond | react verbally.; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" |
| v. (cognition) | 21. field | select (a team or individual player) for a game.; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl" |
| ~ 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" |
| claw | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. claw | sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles. |
| ~ bear claw | claw of a bear; often used in jewelry. |
| ~ talon | a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey. |
| ~ horny structure, unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. claw, hook | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. |
| ~ anchor, ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving. |
| ~ clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger | a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on. |
| ~ grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. |
| ~ mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles. |
| ~ pothook | an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire. |
| ~ tenterhook | one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter. |
| n. (animal) | 3. chela, claw, nipper, pincer | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. |
| ~ crustacean | any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton. |
| ~ appendage, extremity, member | an external body part that projects from the body.; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" |
| n. (animal) | 4. claw | a bird's foot. |
| ~ bird's foot | the foot of a bird. |
| v. (motion) | 5. claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| v. (contact) | 6. claw | clutch as if in panic.; "She clawed the doorknob" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| v. (contact) | 7. claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails. |
| ~ clapperclaw | claw with the nails. |
| ~ scratch up, scratch, scrape | cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. |
| v. (communication) | 8. claw | attack as if with claws.; "The politician clawed his rival" |
| ~ lash out, attack, assail, assault, snipe, round | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
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