Words that rhyme with backend

v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document" 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]

v 1: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement, affix] 2: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on] 3: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append, supply]

v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn: ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" 3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" 4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up] 5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" 6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" 7: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set] 8: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn: ascend, move up, rise]

v 1: be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" [syn: attend, go to] [ant: miss] 2: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 3: to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation" 4: work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years" [syn: serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist] 5: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear]

v 1: become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"

n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 2: movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend] 3: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend, curve] 4: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend] 5: a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range 6: diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left [syn: bend, bend dexter] v 1: form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend, flex] [ant: straighten, unbend] 2: change direction; "The road bends" 3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend] 4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend, bow] 5: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away] 6: bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn: flex, bend]

n 1: an occurrence of thorough mixing 2: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau] 3: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend, blending] v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" [syn: blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle] 2: blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn: blend, go, blend in] 3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

v 1: express approval of 2: present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world" 3: give to in charge; "I commend my children to you" 4: express a good opinion of [syn: commend, recommend] 5: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember]

v 1: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend] 2: to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: perceive, comprehend] 3: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover]

v 1: behave in a patronizing and condescending manner 2: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend] 3: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" [syn: condescend, stoop, lower oneself] 4: treat condescendingly [syn: patronize, patronise, condescend]

v 1: maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" [syn: contend, postulate] 2: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence] 3: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest, contend, repugn] 4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage] 5: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others [syn: compete, vie, contend] 6: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" [syn: contend, fight, struggle]

v 1: argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" [syn: defend, support, fend for] 2: be on the defensive; act against an attack [ant: assail, attack] 3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" [syn: defend, guard, hold] 4: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend] 5: protect or fight for as a champion [syn: champion, defend] 6: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" [syn: defend, represent] [ant: prosecute] 7: state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" [syn: maintain, defend]

v 1: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" 2: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]

v 1: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down, come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise] 2: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend] 3: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend] 4: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall, descend, settle]

v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate, distend] 2: cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body" 3: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

n 1: either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" [syn: end, terminal] 2: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending] [ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time] 3: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 4: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal, end] 5: a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" [ant: beginning, middle] 6: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end, destruction, death] 7: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'" 8: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass" 9: a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" 10: one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time" 11: the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end" 12: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending] 13: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment] 14: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end" v 1: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start] 2: bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out] 3: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate] 4: put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

v 1: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" [syn: use, expend] 2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop]

v 1: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend] 2: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend] 3: span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" [syn: cover, continue, extend] 4: make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" [syn: extend, offer] 5: thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" [syn: exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth] 6: reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" [syn: extend, poke out, reach out] 7: offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" [syn: offer, extend] 8: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" [syn: stretch, extend] 9: expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [syn: extend, expand] 10: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out] 11: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend] 12: cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [syn: gallop, extend] 13: open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" 14: 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" [syn: strain, extend] 15: prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" 16: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend] 17: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" [syn: extend, stretch]

v 1: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" 2: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend]

n 1: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe] 3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: acquaintance, friend] [ant: alien, stranger, unknown] 4: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend] 5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) [syn: Friend, Quaker]

v 1: be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"

v 1: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think] 2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify] 3: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean, intend] 4: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: mean, intend, signify, stand for]

v 1: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring] 2: give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" [syn: lend, loan] [ant: borrow] 3: have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"

n 1: sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: mend, patch, darn] 2: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation] v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust] 2: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal]

v 1: spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth" 2: spend (money or other resources) unwisely

v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend] 2: 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" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe] 3: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage] 4: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]

v 1: strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" [syn: overstrain, overextend]

v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

adj 1: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" [syn: make-believe, pretend] n 1: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" [syn: make-believe, pretend] v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn: dissemble, pretend, act] 3: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King" 4: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard] 5: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: make, pretend, make believe] 6: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" [syn: profess, pretend]

v 1: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend, urge, advocate] 2: express a good opinion of [syn: commend, recommend] 3: make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"

v 1: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: send, direct] 2: to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" [syn: send, send out] 3: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" [syn: mail, post, send] 4: transport commercially [syn: transport, send, ship] 5: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place] 6: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" [syn: send, get off, send off] 7: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge] 8: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit]

v 1: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass] 2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop] 3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"

v 1: hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" 2: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles" 3: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar] 4: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend] 5: make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" [syn: suspend, set aside] 6: render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 2: have care of or look after; "She tends to the children" 3: manage or run; "tend a store"

v 1: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass] 2: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top]

n 1: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" [syn: tendency, trend] 2: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course, trend] 3: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement] 4: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" [syn: vogue, trend, style] v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]

v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay 3: free from flexure; "unbend a bow" [ant: bend, deform, flex, turn, twist] 4: make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn: relax, unbend] 5: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up] 6: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"

v 1: direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

n 1: an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende, blende, sphalerite]

v 1: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge]