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undak [un.dak.] : emphasis (n.); stress (n.); stomp (v.)

Derivatives of undak


Glosses:
emphasis
n. (state)1. accent, emphasisspecial importance or significance.; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
~ grandness, importancea prominent status.; "a person of importance"
~ stress, focusspecial emphasis attached to something.; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
n. (attribute)2. emphasis, vehemenceintensity or forcefulness of expression.; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
~ intensiveness, intensityhigh level or degree; the property of being intense.
~ overemphasistoo much emphasis.
n. (communication)3. emphasisspecial and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g..
~ topicalization(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English.; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization"
~ rhetorical devicea use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance).
n. (communication)4. accent, emphasis, stressthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).; "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
~ prosody, inflectionthe patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
~ accentuationthe use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.
~ pitch accent, tonic accentemphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness.
~ word accent, word stressthe distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word.
~ sentence stressthe distribution of stresses within a sentence.
stress
n. (state)1. stress, tenseness, tension(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense.; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
~ psychological science, psychologythe science of mental life.
~ 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"
~ yipsnervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts).; "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"
~ breaking point(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial.
n. (state)2. focus, stressspecial emphasis attached to something.; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
~ emphasis, accentspecial importance or significance.; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
n. (state)3. strain, stressdifficulty 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"
~ difficultya 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. (phenomenon)4. stress(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body.; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
~ natural philosophy, physicsthe science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics"
~ force(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration"
~ tension(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body.; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
~ breaking pointthe degree of tension or stress at which something breaks.
v. (communication)5. accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stressto stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
~ background, play down, downplayunderstate the importance or quality of.; "he played down his royal ancestry"
~ set off, bring outdirect attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
~ re-emphasise, re-emphasizeemphasize anew.; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"
~ bear downpay special attention to.; "The lectures bore down on the political background"
~ evince, express, showgive expression to.; "She showed her disappointment"
~ topicalizeemphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
~ point upemphasize, especially by identification.; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
~ press home, ram home, drive homemake clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something.; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"
~ emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasizegive extra weight to (a communication).; "Her gesture emphasized her words"
v. (communication)6. accent, accentuate, stressput stress on; utter with an accent.; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, sayspeak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
v. (emotion)7. strain, stress, trytest the limits of.; "You are trying my patience!"
~ afflictcause great unhappiness for; distress.; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
~ rackstretch to the limits.; "rack one's brains"
stomp
n. (act)1. stompa dance involving a rhythmical stamping step.
~ social dancingdancing as part of a social occasion.
v. (motion)2. stamp, stomp, stumpwalk heavily.; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
~ walkuse one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"