| at | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. astatine, at, atomic number 85 | a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium. |
| ~ chemical element, element | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter. |
| ~ halogen | any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. at | 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos. |
| ~ laotian monetary unit | monetary unit in Laos. |
| ~ kip | the basic unit of money in Laos. |
| by | | |
| adv. | 1. by, past | so as to pass a given point.; "every hour a train goes past" |
| adv. | 2. aside, away, by | in reserve; not for immediate use.; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" |
| in | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. in, inch | a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ ft, foot | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ ligne | a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons. |
| ~ mesh | the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles.; "a 100 mesh screen"; "100 mesh powdered cellulose" |
| ~ mil | a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire). |
| ~ pica em, em, pica | a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. |
| n. (substance) | 2. atomic number 49, in, indium | a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite. |
| ~ metal, metallic element | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.. |
| ~ blende, sphalerite, zinc blende | an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form. |
| n. (location) | 3. hoosier state, in, indiana | a state in midwestern United States. |
| ~ corn belt | the midwestern states where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock. |
| ~ middle west, midwest, midwestern united states | the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America). |
| ~ american state | one of the 50 states of the United States. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| ~ bloomington | a university town in south central Indiana. |
| ~ evansville | a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River. |
| ~ fort wayne | a city in northeastern Indiana. |
| ~ gary | a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production. |
| ~ capital of indiana, indianapolis | the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race. |
| ~ lafayette | a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River. |
| ~ muncie | a town in east central Indiana. |
| ~ south bend | a city in northern Indiana. |
| ~ wabash, wabash river | a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana. |
| adj. | 4. in | holding office.; "the in party" |
| ~ successful | having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome.; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" |
| adj. | 5. in | directed or bound inward.; "took the in bus"; "the in basket" |
| ~ incoming | arriving at a place or position.; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" |
| adj. | 6. in | currently fashionable.; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ fashionable, stylish | being or in accordance with current social fashions.; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" |
| adv. | 7. in, inward, inwards | to or toward the inside of.; "come in"; "smash in the door" |
| on | | |
| adj. | 1. on | in operation or operational.; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" |
| ~ connected | plugged in.; "first check to see whether the appliance is connected" |
| adj. | 2. on | (of events) planned or scheduled.; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" |
| adv. | 3. along, on | with a forward motion.; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" |
| adv. | 4. on | indicates continuity or persistence or concentration.; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" |
| adv. | 5. on | in a state required for something to function or be effective.; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" |
| through | | |
| adj. | 1. done, through, through with | having finished or arrived at completion.; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" |
| ~ finished | ended or brought to an end.; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript" |
| adj. | 2. through | (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes.; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic" |
| ~ direct | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short.; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" |
| adv. | 3. through | from beginning to end.; "read this book through" |
| adv. | 4. through | over the whole distance.; "this bus goes through to New York" |
| adv. | 5. through | to completion.; "think this through very carefully!" |
| adv. | 6. through | in diameter.; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through" |
| adv. | 7. through, through and through | throughout the entire extent.; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through" |
| guilt | | |
| n. (state) | 1. guilt, guiltiness | the state of having committed an offense. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness | a state of guilt. |
| ~ bloodguilt | the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder. |
| ~ complicity | guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense. |
| ~ criminalism, criminality, criminalness | the state of being a criminal. |
| ~ guilt by association | the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty. |
| ~ impeachability, indictability | the state of being liable to impeachment. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense. |
| ~ compunction, remorse, self-reproach | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed). |
| ~ survivor guilt | a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died.; "survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust" |
| sin | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. sin, sinfulness, wickedness | estrangement from god. |
| ~ unrighteousness | failure to adhere to moral principles.; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness" |
| ~ mark of cain | the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature. |
| n. (act) | 2. sin, sinning | an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. |
| ~ evildoing, transgression | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle.; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" |
| ~ fall | a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.; "a fall from virtue" |
| ~ actual sin | a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin). |
| ~ original sin | a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam.; "Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden" |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| ~ venial sin | a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. sin, sine | ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. |
| ~ circular function, trigonometric function | function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle. |
| n. (person) | 4. sin | (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna. |
| ~ mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq. |
| ~ semitic deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites. |
| n. (communication) | 5. sin | the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| ~ hebraic alphabet, hebrew alphabet, hebrew script | a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino). |
| ~ alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter | the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech.; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
| n. (act) | 6. hell, sin | violent and excited activity.; "they began to fight like sin" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| v. (social) | 7. sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| v. (social) | 8. blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| offence | | |
| n. (act) | 1. offence, offense, offensive | the action of attacking an enemy. |
| ~ military operation, operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign).; "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" |
| ~ counteroffensive | a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force. |
| ~ dirty war | an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims.; "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s" |
| ~ push back, rollback | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw. |
| n. (group) | 2. offence, offense | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score. |
| ~ team, squad | a cooperative unit (especially in sports). |
| n. (feeling) | 3. offence, offense, umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended.; "he took offence at my question" |
| ~ anger, ire, choler | a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. |
| n. (act) | 4. discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ behavior, conduct, doings, behaviour | manner of acting or controlling yourself. |
| ~ derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| ~ indelicacy | an impolite act or expression. |
| ~ insolence | an offensive disrespectful impudent act. |
| ~ affront, insult | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| ~ presumption | a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming.; "his presumption was intolerable" |
| ~ rebuff, slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). |
| n. (act) | 5. crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ evildoing, transgression | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle.; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" |
| ~ barratry | the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels. |
| ~ capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate. |
| ~ cybercrime | crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs. |
| ~ felony | a serious crime (such as murder or arson). |
| ~ forgery | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud. |
| ~ fraud | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person. |
| ~ had crime | (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran.; "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery" |
| ~ highjack, hijack | seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination. |
| ~ mayhem | the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person. |
| ~ infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement | a crime less serious than a felony. |
| ~ perpetration, committal, commission | the act of committing a crime. |
| ~ attempt, attack | the act of attacking.; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" |
| ~ tazir crime | (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way.; "in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation" |
| ~ regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense | crimes created by statutes and not by common law. |
| ~ thuggery | violent or brutal acts as of thugs. |
| ~ high treason, lese majesty, treason | a crime that undermines the offender's government. |
| ~ vice crime | a vice that is illegal. |
| ~ victimless crime | an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims.; "he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime" |
| ~ war crime | a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war. |
| ~ criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. |
| ~ abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" |
| ~ shanghai, impress | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" |
| ~ commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate | take arbitrarily or by force.; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" |
| ~ skyjack | subject an aircraft to air piracy.; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan" |
| ~ carjack | take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it.; "My car was carjacked last night!" |
| ~ extort | obtain through intimidation. |
| ~ blackmail | obtain through threats. |
| ~ scalp | sell illegally, as on the black market. |
| ~ bootleg | sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol.; "They were bootlegging whiskey" |
| ~ black market, run | deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor. |
| ~ fob off, foist off, palm off | sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive. |
| ~ push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs).; "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs" |
| ~ black marketeer | deal on the black market. |
| ~ pyramid | use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal. |
| ~ ransom, redeem | exchange or buy back for money; under threat. |
| ~ traffic | deal illegally.; "traffic drugs" |
| ~ rustle, lift | take illegally.; "rustle cattle" |
| ~ shoplift | steal in a store. |
| ~ stick up, hold up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. |
| ~ mug | rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night" |
| ~ pirate | copy illegally; of published material. |
| ~ plagiarise, plagiarize, lift | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. |
| ~ crib | take unauthorized (intellectual material). |
| ~ bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.; "This judge can be bought" |
| ~ rake off | take money from an illegal transaction. |
| ~ buy off, pay off | pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor. |
| ~ loot, plunder | take illegally; of intellectual property.; "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
| ~ smuggle | import or export without paying customs duties.; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" |
| ~ kick back | pay a kickback; make an illegal payment. |
| living room | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. front room, living room, living-room, parlor, parlour, sitting room | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax. |
| ~ common room | a sitting room (usually at school or university). |
| ~ dwelling, dwelling house, abode, domicile, habitation, home | housing that someone is living in.; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| ~ morning room | a sitting room used during the daylight hours. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| ~ salon | elegant sitting room where guests are received. |
| offense | | |
| salon | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. salon | gallery where works of art can be displayed. |
| ~ art gallery, picture gallery, gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work. |
| ~ shop, store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. salon | elegant sitting room where guests are received. |
| ~ front room, living-room, living room, sitting room, parlor, parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax. |
| strain | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. strain | (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ deformation | alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it. |
| ~ overstrain | too much strain. |
| n. (state) | 2. strain, stress | difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| n. (communication) | 3. air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| ~ tucket, fanfare, flourish | (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" |
| ~ glissando | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale. |
| ~ roulade | (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ leitmotif, leitmotiv | a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas). |
| ~ theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie. |
| ~ signature tune, theme song, signature | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program. |
| ~ melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ part, voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.; "he tried to sing the tenor part" |
| ~ musical phrase, phrase | a short musical passage. |
| n. (state) | 4. mental strain, nervous strain, strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress.; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
| ~ nerves, nervousness | an uneasy psychological state.; "he suffered an attack of nerves" |
| ~ tension, stress, tenseness | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense.; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" |
| n. (group) | 5. breed, stock, strain | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| ~ variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" |
| ~ bloodstock | thoroughbred horses (collectively). |
| ~ pedigree | line of descent of a purebred animal. |
| ~ species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. |
| n. (group) | 6. form, strain, var., variant | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.; "a new strain of microorganisms" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | animal or plant group having natural relations. |
| ~ species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. |
| n. (state) | 7. strain | injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain. |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| n. (cognition) | 8. strain, tenor | the general meaning or substance of an utterance.; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" |
| ~ meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| ~ purport, drift | the pervading meaning or tenor.; "caught the general drift of the conversation" |
| n. (act) | 9. nisus, pains, strain, striving | an effortful attempt to attain a goal. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ jehad, jihad | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal. |
| n. (act) | 10. strain, straining | an intense or violent exertion. |
| ~ elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| n. (act) | 11. song, strain | the act of singing.; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" |
| ~ vocal music | music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music). |
| ~ carol | a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ). |
| ~ cradlesong, lullaby | the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep. |
| v. (competition) | 12. reach, strain, strive | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" |
| ~ extend oneself | strain to the utmost. |
| ~ kill oneself, overexert oneself | strain oneself more than is healthy. |
| ~ labor, labour, tug, push, drive | strive and make an effort to reach a goal.; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" |
| ~ bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself, trouble | take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" |
| v. (emotion) | 13. strain, stress, try | test the limits of.; "You are trying my patience!" |
| ~ afflict | cause great unhappiness for; distress.; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" |
| ~ rack | stretch to the limits.; "rack one's brains" |
| v. (consumption) | 14. extend, strain | use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ overextend, overstrain | strain excessively.; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" |
| ~ task, tax | use to the limit.; "you are taxing my patience" |
| v. (contact) | 15. sieve, sift, strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.; "sift the flour" |
| ~ separate | divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| ~ rice | sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice.; "rice the potatoes" |
| ~ resift | sift anew. |
| ~ riddle, screen | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff. |
| ~ winnow, fan | separate the chaff from by using air currents.; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" |
| v. (body) | 16. strain, tense, tense up | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" |
| ~ affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| ~ tense up, tense | become tense, nervous, or uneasy.; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room" |
| ~ stretch, extend | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body.; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" |
| v. (contact) | 17. strain, tense | become stretched or tense or taut.; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;"; "the rope strained when the weight was attached" |
| ~ tighten | become tight or tighter.; "The rope tightened" |
| v. (contact) | 18. filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain | remove by passing through a filter.; "filter out the impurities" |
| ~ separate | divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| v. (contact) | 19. puree, strain | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender.; "puree the vegetables for the baby" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| v. (change) | 20. deform, distort, strain | alter the shape of (something) by stress.; "His body was deformed by leprosy" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ jaundice | distort adversely.; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment" |
| filter | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it. |
| ~ air cleaner, air filter | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it. |
| ~ bacteria bed | layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganisms. |
| ~ coffee filter | filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ drain basket | a filter in a sink drain; traps debris but passes water. |
| ~ filter bed | filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water. |
| ~ fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel. |
| ~ diffusing screen, light filter | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it. |
| ~ oil filter | a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine. |
| ~ strainer | a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through. |
| ~ water filter | a filter to remove impurities from the water supply. |
| ~ glass wool | glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool. |
| ~ diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. filter | an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it. |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value. |
| ~ low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value. |
| v. (contact) | 3. filter, percolate, permeate, sink in | pass through.; "Water permeates sand easily" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ infiltrate | pass into or through by filtering or permeating.; "the substance infiltrated the material" |
| ~ infiltrate | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices. |
| v. (motion) | 4. dribble, filter, trickle | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ percolate, leach | permeate or penetrate gradually.; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" |
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