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accost
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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]
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cost
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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"
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crossed
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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]
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defrost
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v 1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car
window" [syn: defrost, deice, de-ice]
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embossed
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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]
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exhaust
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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]
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frost
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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"
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holocaust
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n 1: an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in
war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust"
2: the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from
1941 until 1945 [syn: Holocaust, final solution]
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last
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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]
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lost
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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]
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sportscast
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n 1: a broadcast of sports news or commentary
v 1: broadcast a sports event
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pentecost
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n 1: seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of
the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
[syn: Pentecost, Whitsunday]
2: (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to
celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments [syn:
Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost,
Feast of Weeks]
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alecost
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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]
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bossed
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dost
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glossed
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hypocaust
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tossed
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aust
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bost
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drost
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jost
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knost
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kost
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maust
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pfost
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prost
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quast
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rost
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trost
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lacoste
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armacost
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