Words that rhyme with brayed

n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah] 2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden]

adj 1: filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions" [ant: fearless, unafraid(p)] 2: filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong" 3: feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict" 4: having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"

n 1: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help] 2: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 3: money to support a worthy person or cause [syn: aid, economic aid, financial aid] 4: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid, tending] v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help, assist, aid] 2: improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help, aid]

n 1: an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer [syn: adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp] 2: someone who acts as assistant [syn: aide, auxiliary]

n 1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist] 2: trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains [syn: braid, gold braid, braiding] v 1: make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" [syn: braid, lace, plait] 2: decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar" 3: form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" [syn: braid, pleach] [ant: unbraid]

adj 1: not as far along as normal in development

adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]

v 1: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]

n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: slice, fade, slicing] 2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade, disappearance] v 1: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn: fade, melt] 2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" [syn: fade, wither] 3: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] 4: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade]

n 1: a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

v 1: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [syn: invade, occupy] 2: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" [syn: intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon] 3: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest] 4: penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

adj 1: of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: jade, jade- green] n 1: a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite [syn: jade, jadestone] 2: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop] 3: a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green [syn: jade green, jade] 4: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug] v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade] 2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]

v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden] 2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

adj 1: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set]

adj 1: produced by a manufacturing process; "bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails" 2: (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order; "a neatly made bed" [ant: unmade] 3: successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

adj 1: lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: mislaid, misplaced]

adj 1: marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" [ant: unpaid] 2: involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby [syn: nonrecreational, paid] 3: yielding a fair profit [syn: gainful, paid, paying]

n 1: a ceremonial procession including people marching 2: an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses" 3: a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows" v 1: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march] 2: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" [syn: parade, troop, promenade]

v 1: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway] 2: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" [ant: deter, dissuade]

n 1: relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs" [syn: shade, shadiness, shadowiness] 2: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone] 3: protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade" 4: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] 5: a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade" 6: a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one" [syn: tad, shade] 7: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre] 8: a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) v 1: cast a shadow over [syn: shadow, shade, shade off] 2: represent the effect of shade or shadow on [syn: shade, fill in] 3: protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight" 4: vary slightly; "shade the meaning" 5: pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"

n 1: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps" 2: a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot 3: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra] v 1: dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"

adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid]

n 1: leather with a napped surface [syn: suede, suede leather] 2: a fabric made to resemble suede leather [syn: suede cloth, suede]

v 1: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: reproach, upbraid]

n 1: English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945) [syn: Wade, Virginia Wade] v 1: walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"

n 1: a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice [syn: fruit drink, ade]