Words that rhyme with bost

v 1: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to] 2: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]

n 1: the actors in a play [syn: cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae] 2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens [syn: mold, mould, cast] 3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp] 4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast] 5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn: cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage] 6: object formed by a mold [syn: cast, casting] 7: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel [syn: casting, cast] 9: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast] v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" 3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" 4: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast] 5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" 6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: cast, mold, mould] 8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw, cast] 10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] 11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

n 1: a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer v 1: convert to compost; "compost organic debris"

n 1: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor 2: the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" [syn: monetary value, price, cost] 3: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn: price, cost, toll] v 1: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be] 2: require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"

adj 1: placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across" [ant: uncrossed] 2: (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it [ant: uncrossed]

v 1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" [syn: defrost, deice, de-ice]

adj 1: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork" [syn: brocaded, embossed, raised]

n 1: gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn: exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes] 2: system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged [syn: exhaust, exhaust system] v 1: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out] 2: 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" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out] 3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire] 4: use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies" 5: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]

n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze, frost] 3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 4: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost] v 1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: frost, ice] 2: provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair" 3: cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass" 4: damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"

n 1: money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, customs duty, custom, impost] 2: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn: springer, impost]

adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: 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] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]

adj 1: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities" [ant: found] 2: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" [syn: confused, disoriented, lost] 3: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" [ant: saved] 4: not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" [ant: won] 5: incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor" 6: not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din" [syn: lost, missed] 7: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" [syn: bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied] 8: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea] 9: unable to function; without help [syn: helpless, lost] n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: doomed, lost]

n 1: ground that is permanently frozen

n 1: a high-ranking university administrator

n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge v 1: make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted" 2: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]

n 1: a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

n 1: a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei [syn: teleost fish, teleost, teleostan]

n 1: tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita]