Words that rhyme with burge

n 1: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier [syn: iceberg, berg] 2: Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935) [syn: Berg, Alban Berg]

n 1: colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"

v 1: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge] 2: approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit [ant: diverge] 3: move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" [ant: diverge] 4: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"

n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody]

v 1: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" [ant: converge] 2: have no limits as a mathematical series [ant: converge, meet] 3: extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged" [ant: converge, meet] 4: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform]

v 1: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office" 2: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress] 3: become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study" 4: come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge" 5: happen or occur as a result of something [syn: come forth, emerge]

n 1: a hat made of felt with a creased crown [syn: fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby]

n 1: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier [syn: iceberg, berg] 2: lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce" [syn: crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg]

v 1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" [syn: unify, unite, merge] [ant: break apart, disunify] 2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] 3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite, unify, merge]

n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation] 2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements [syn: purge, purging] 3: an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin" v 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate] 2: clear of a charge 3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify] 4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind" 5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge] 6: 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] 7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum] 2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis] 3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat] v 1: punish severely; excoriate 2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: flagellate, scourge] 3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]

n 1: a twilled woolen fabric

n 1: an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) 2: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] v 1: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge, fling] 2: be showy or ostentatious

n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

v 1: sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse] 2: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm] 3: put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge, submerse] 4: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge]

n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge] 3: a large sea wave [syn: billow, surge] v 1: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave] 2: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] 3: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out] 4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge] 5: see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge]

n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn: urge, impulse] 2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn: urge, itch] v 1: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 2: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend, urge, advocate] 3: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up]

n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, threshold, verge] 2: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: verge, brink] 3: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand] 4: a grass border along a road v 1: border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal"

n 1: the capital and largest city of Luxembourg [syn: Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg City, capital of Luxembourg] 2: a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center [syn: Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxemburg]

n 1: a borough in Scotland

n 1: German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) [syn: Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg]

n 1: the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701

n 1: a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery 2: a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union [syn: Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg]

n 1: a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden [syn: Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg]

n 1: capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state [syn: Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Luxembourg [syn: Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg City, capital of Luxembourg] 2: a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center [syn: Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxemburg]

n 1: a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46) [syn: Nuremberg, Nurnberg]

n 1: a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river

n 1: a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War 2: the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee [syn: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign]

n 1: city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries

n 1: a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains

n 1: an industrial city and river port in northern Poland [syn: Bydgoszcz, Bromberg]

n 1: United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951) [syn: Romberg, Sigmund Romberg]

n 1: a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League

n 1: United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967) [syn: Sandburg, Carl Sandburg]

n 1: a city in northern West Virginia

n 1: United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982) [syn: Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg]

n 1: city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port [syn: Strasbourg, Strassburg]

n 1: Russian novelist (1891-1967) [syn: Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg]

n 1: United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997) [syn: Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg]

n 1: United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) [syn: Goldberg, Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg]

n 1: United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001) [syn: Greenberg, Joseph Greenberg]

n 1: a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 [syn: Habsburg, Hapsburg]

n 1: a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 [syn: Habsburg, Hapsburg]

n 1: a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh

n 1: United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933) [syn: Weinberg, Steven Weinberg]

n 1: Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904) [syn: Herzberg, Gerhard Herzberg]

n 1: United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974) [syn: Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy]

n 1: a city in central Virginia

n 1: a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters

n 1: a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element [syn: rydberg, rydberg constant, rydberg unit]

n 1: city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart

n 1: United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951) [syn: Schonberg, Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg]

n 1: United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951) [syn: Schonberg, Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg]

n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1947) [syn: Spielberg, Steven Spielberg]

n 1: United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999) [syn: Steinberg, Saul Steinberg]

n 1: a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves 2: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered [syn: Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg]

n 1: German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970) [syn: Warburg, Otto Heinrich Warburg] 2: German art historian (1866-1929) [syn: Warburg, Aby Warburg, Aby Moritz Warburg]

n 1: a city of south central Germany [syn: Wurzburg, Wuerzburg]

n 1: United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929) [syn: Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg, Claes Thure Oldenburg]