| arena | | |
| n. (state) | 1. 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) | 2. arena | the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand. |
| ~ area, country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).; "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. |
| ~ coliseum, amphitheater, amphitheatre | an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held. |
| ~ ballpark, park | a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games).; "take me out to the ballpark" |
| ~ bullring | a stadium where bullfights take place. |
| ~ circus | (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games. |
| ~ covered stadium, domed stadium, dome | a stadium that has a roof. |
| ~ field house | an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport. |
| ~ football stadium | a stadium where football games are held. |
| ~ hippodrome | a stadium for horse shows or horse races. |
| ~ skybox | an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium. |
| ~ stand | tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade). |
| ~ standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand.; "there was standing room for thousands more people" |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ tiered seat | seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front. |
| ~ athletic field, playing area, playing field, field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game.; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. arena, scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place. |
| ~ circus | an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent.; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus" |
| ~ athletic field, playing area, playing field, field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game.; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" |
| pit | | |
| n. (object) | 1. cavity, pit | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).; "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
| ~ trou-de-loup | a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy. |
| ~ barbecue pit | a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat. |
| ~ borrow pit | a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site. |
| ~ divot | (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke.; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" |
| ~ fire pit | a pit whose floor is incandescent lava.; "the fire pit of the crater" |
| ~ hollow, hole | a depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| ~ quicksand | a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down. |
| ~ sandpit | a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug. |
| ~ sawpit | a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw. |
| ~ tar pit | a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved. |
| n. (shape) | 2. fossa, pit | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). |
| ~ glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa | the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint. |
| ~ glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa | a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible. |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach | a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus). |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (plant) | 3. endocarp, pit, stone | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" |
| ~ pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. |
| ~ peach pit | the stone seed of a peach. |
| ~ cherry stone | the stone seed of a cherry. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. hell, infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions" |
| ~ fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings. |
| ~ gehenna, tartarus | a place where the wicked are punished after death. |
| ~ hellfire, red region | a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned. |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pit | an enclosure in which animals are made to fight. |
| ~ cockpit | a pit for cockfights. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pit | (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ commodities exchange, commodities market, commodity exchange | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. pit | (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled. |
| ~ auto racing, car racing | the sport of racing automobiles. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. pit, pitfall | a trap in the form of a concealed hole. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pit, quarry, stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
| ~ chalk pit, chalkpit | a quarry for chalk. |
| ~ excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating. |
| ~ gravel pit | a quarry for gravel. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. orchestra pit, pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ theater, theatre, house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. colliery, pit | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. |
| ~ coal mine, coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground. |
| ~ mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| v. (competition) | 12. match, oppose, pit, play off | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| v. (contact) | 13. mark, pit, pock, scar | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| ~ pockmark | mark with or as if with pockmarks.; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" |
| ~ cicatrise, cicatrize | form a scar, after an injury.; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (change) | 14. pit, stone | remove the pits from.; "pit plums and cherries" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| whirl | | |
| n. (event) | 1. commotion, whirl | confused movement.; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (shape) | 2. convolution, swirl, vortex, whirl | the shape of something rotating rapidly. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl | a usually brief attempt.; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| n. (act) | 4. spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl | the act of rotating rapidly.; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" |
| ~ rotary motion, rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis.; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| ~ pirouette | (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet). |
| ~ birling, logrolling | rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport). |
| v. (motion) | 5. swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl | turn in a twisting or spinning motion.; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" |
| ~ revolve, rotate, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| v. (motion) | 6. birl, spin, twirl, whirl | cause to spin.; "spin a coin" |
| ~ circumvolve, rotate | cause to turn on an axis or center.; "Rotate the handle" |
| v. (motion) | 7. eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool | flow in a circular current, of liquids. |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (motion) | 8. gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirl | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
| ~ revolve, rotate, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| ~ whirligig | whirl or spin like a whirligig. |
| v. (motion) | 9. tumble, whirl, whirl around | fly around.; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
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