Words that rhyme with cleburne

v 1: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up] 2: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire]

adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"

n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 3: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation 4: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) [syn: burn, burn mark] 5: damage inflicted by fire v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow] 3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn, combust] 4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust] 6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" 7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate] 8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" 9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" 10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" 11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn] 12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn] 13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up] 15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

n 1: a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk [syn: churn, butter churn] v 1: stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter 2: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil]

n 1: something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" 2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care, fear] 3: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern] 4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache, vexation] 5: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] v 1: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" [syn: concern, interest, occupy, worry]

v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]

v 1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn, garner]

n 1: bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]

n 1: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

n 1: United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) [syn: Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern] 2: the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body v 1: furnish with a kern [ant: kern] 2: remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) [ant: kern]

v 1: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: learn, larn, acquire] 2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 3: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn] 4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take] 5: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn, instruct] 6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn]

n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, income tax return, return] 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming] 3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction [syn: return, coming back] 4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining] 5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" 6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return] 8: 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] 9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key, return] 10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even] 11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" 12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble 13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance, return] v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" 2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return] 3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back, recall] 5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take back, bring back] 6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" 7: make a return; "return a kickback" 8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] 9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, return] 10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] 11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return] 12: elect again [syn: reelect, return] 13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" 15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"

n 1: semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California [syn: Sauterne, Sauternes]

v 1: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]

adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere, stern] 2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting] 3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting] 4: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 2: United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [syn: Stern, Isaac Stern] 3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 2: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning] 3: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" [syn: turn, play] 4: an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" [syn: turn, turn of events, twist] 5: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn] 6: the act of turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her" 7: turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" [syn: twist, turn] 8: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 9: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive [syn: turn, bout, round] 10: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 11: a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" [syn: turn, good turn] 12: taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" v 1: change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" 2: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" [syn: change state, turn] 3: undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" [syn: become, turn] 4: cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way" 5: change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" [syn: change by reversal, turn, reverse] 6: pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" [syn: turn, move around] 7: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" [syn: turn, grow] 8: let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" [syn: turn, release] 9: move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning" 10: cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book" [syn: turn, turn over] 11: to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" 12: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn] 13: shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel" 14: change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" 15: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick] 16: cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold" 17: accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" 18: get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" 19: cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around" 20: channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium" 21: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend] 22: alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down" 23: direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" 24: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" [syn: call on, turn] 25: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work] 26: become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year"

n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference] 2: a feeling of lack of concern [ant: concern]

n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity

n 1: a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet 2: a large pot for making coffee or tea

v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: have affection for; feel tenderness for

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

n 1: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766) [syn: Sterne, Laurence Sterne]

n 1: French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) [syn: Verne, Jules Verne]