| dependent | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dependant, dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). |
| ~ recipient, receiver | a person who receives something. |
| ~ charge | a person committed to your care.; "the teacher led her charges across the street" |
| ~ minion | a servile or fawning dependant. |
| adj. | 2. dependent | relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed.; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" |
| ~ babelike | like a baby especially in dependence.; "babelike innocence and dependence" |
| ~ helpless | unable to manage independently.; "as helpless as a baby" |
| ~ interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial | mutually dependent. |
| ~ myrmecophilous | living symbiotically with ants. |
| ~ leechlike, bloodsucking, parasitical, parasitic | of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" |
| ~ reliant | relying on another for support.; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil" |
| ~ symbiotic | used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each. |
| ~ underage | dependent by virtue of youth. |
| ~ unfree | hampered and not free; not able to act at will. |
| adj. | 3. dependant, dependent, qualified | contingent on something else. |
| ~ conditional | imposing or depending on or containing a condition.; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid" |
| adj. | 4. dependent, subordinate | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence.; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| adj. | 5. dependent, pendant, pendent | held from above.; "a pendant bunch of grapes" |
| ~ supported | held up or having the weight borne especially from below.; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends" |
| adj. | 6. dependent, subject | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others.; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" |
| ~ subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.; "a subordinate kingdom" |
| adj. | 7. dependant, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | addicted to a drug. |
| ~ addicted | compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming.; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine" |
| nourish | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. nourish, nurture, sustain | provide with nourishment.; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" |
| ~ cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
| ~ carry | be able to feed.; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| v. (consumption) | 2. aliment, nourish, nutrify | give nourishment to. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| sustain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. keep up, prolong, sustain | lengthen or extend in duration or space.; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" |
| ~ keep on, retain, continue, keep | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| v. (body) | 2. get, have, suffer, sustain | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| ~ collapse, break down | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack. |
| ~ cramp | suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle. |
| ~ have | suffer from; be ill with.; "She has arthritis" |
| ~ crack up, crock up, collapse, break up, crack | suffer a nervous breakdown. |
| ~ experience, have, receive, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences).; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
| v. (consumption) | 3. keep, maintain, sustain | supply with necessities and support.; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" |
| ~ patronage | support by being a patron of. |
| ~ reseed | maintain by seeding without human intervention.; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ carry | keep up with financial support.; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" |
| v. (contact) | 4. hold, hold up, support, sustain | be the physical support of; carry the weight of.; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" |
| ~ scaffold | provide with a scaffold for support.; "scaffold the building before painting it" |
| ~ block | support, secure, or raise with a block.; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car" |
| ~ carry | bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" |
| ~ chock | support on chocks.; "chock the boat" |
| ~ buoy, buoy up | keep afloat.; "The life vest buoyed him up" |
| ~ pole | support on poles.; "pole climbing plants like beans" |
| ~ bracket | support with brackets.; "bracket bookshelves" |
| ~ underpin | support from beneath. |
| ~ prop, prop up, shore up, shore | support by placing against something solid or rigid.; "shore and buttress an old building" |
| ~ truss | support structurally.; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges" |
| ~ brace | support by bracing. |
| v. (communication) | 5. sustain | admit as valid.; "The court sustained the motion" |
| ~ acknowledge, admit | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ back up, back | establish as valid or genuine.; "Can you back up your claims?" |
| ~ vouch | give supporting evidence.; "He vouched his words by his deeds" |
| ~ verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| ~ shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ document | support or supply with references.; "Can you document your claims?" |
| ~ validate | prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something. |
| kaon | | |
| n. (object) | 1. k particle, k-meson, kaon, kappa-meson | an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision. |
| ~ meson, mesotron | an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0. |
| eat | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ wash down | eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically.; "She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"; "He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky" |
| ~ fress, gluttonise, gluttonize | eat a lot and without restraint. |
| ~ wolf, wolf down | eat hastily.; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza" |
| ~ slurp | eat noisily.; "He slurped his soup" |
| ~ fare | eat well. |
| ~ pitch in, dig in | eat heartily.; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in" |
| ~ peck at, pick at, peck | eat like a bird.; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" |
| ~ peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
| ~ gobble, bolt | eat hastily without proper chewing.; "Don't bolt your food!" |
| ~ garbage down, gobble up, bolt down, shovel in | eat a large amount of food quickly.; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" |
| ~ nibble, piece, pick | eat intermittently; take small bites of.; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" |
| ~ ruminate | chew the cuds.; "cows ruminate" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ dip, dunk | dip into a liquid while eating.; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" |
| ~ guttle, pig, raven, devour | eat greedily.; "he devoured three sandwiches" |
| ~ eat up, polish off, finish | finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" |
| ~ consume, down, devour, go through | eat immoderately.; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" |
| ~ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| ~ swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" |
| ~ fill up, fill | eat until one is sated.; "He filled up on turkey" |
| v. (consumption) | 2. eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ take away, take out | buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food.; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook" |
| ~ victual | take in nourishment. |
| ~ dine in, eat in | eat at home. |
| ~ dine out, eat out | eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home. |
| ~ dine | have supper; eat dinner.; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant" |
| ~ picnic | eat alfresco, in the open air.; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ break bread | have a meal, usually with company.; "The early Christian disciples broke bread together" |
| ~ nosh, snack | eat a snack; eat lightly.; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" |
| ~ mess | eat in a mess hall. |
| ~ lunch | take the midday meal.; "At what time are you lunching?" |
| ~ brunch | eat a meal in the late morning.; "We brunch in Sundays" |
| ~ breakfast | eat an early morning meal.; "We breakfast at seven" |
| ~ feast, banquet, junket | partake in a feast or banquet. |
| ~ binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate, stuff | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" |
| v. (consumption) | 3. eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ forage | wander and feed.; "The animals forage in the woods" |
| ~ raven | feed greedily.; "The lions ravened the bodies" |
| ~ suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts.; "the infant was suckling happily" |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. eat, eat on | worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.; "What's eating you?" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| v. (consumption) | 5. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | 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" |
| ~ run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ drain | deplete of resources.; "The exercise class drains me of energy" |
| ~ luxuriate, indulge | enjoy to excess.; "She indulges in ice cream" |
| ~ burn off, burn up, burn | use up (energy).; "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ take, use up, occupy | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ play out, sap, exhaust, tire, run down | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| v. (change) | 6. corrode, eat, rust | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ rust, corrode | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" |
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