Words that rhyme with clarridge

v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 2: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"

n 1: an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on" [syn: acreage, land area]

n 1: the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes

n 1: the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family" 2: a fee for anchoring 3: a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska" 4: place for vessels to anchor [syn: anchorage, anchorage ground] 5: the act of anchoring

adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)] 2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" [syn: average, ordinary] 3: lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" [syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling] 4: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" [syn: average, intermediate, medium] 5: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average] 6: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" [syn: median(a), average] n 1: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm] 2: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities 3: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average" v 1: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn: average, average out] 2: achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C" 3: compute the average of [syn: average, average out]

n 1: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable]

n 1: a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller [syn: brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm] 2: the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties 3: place where a broker conducts his business [syn: brokerage house, brokerage]

n 1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: cabbage, chou] 2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum] 3: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea] v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage] 2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig] 3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture] 4: a machine part that carries something else 5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher]

n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun 2: a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required [syn: magazine, cartridge] 3: a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck" 4: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup]

n 1: a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness]

n 1: the total amount and type of insurance carried [syn: coverage, insurance coverage] 2: the extent to which something is covered; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent" 3: the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting, reportage]

n 1: a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure 2: detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged [ant: encourage] 3: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish]

v 1: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [syn: disparage, belittle, pick at] [ant: blandish, flatter]

n 1: a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it [syn: drawbridge, lift bridge]

n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock] 2: two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" [syn: marriage, married couple, man and wife] 3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony] 4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"

n 1: failure of a plan [syn: miscarriage, abortion] 2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth] [ant: live birth]

n 1: soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

n 1: a university in England [syn: Cambridge University, Cambridge] 2: a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3: a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University

n 1: general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)