Words that rhyme with coomb

n 1: the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume" 2: unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume" 3: the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) 4: the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume" v 1: dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" [syn: costume, dress up] 2: furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]

v 1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies [syn: disinter, exhume]

n 1: a narrow gorge with a stream running through it [syn: gulch, flume] 2: watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

n 1: a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume] v 1: be mad, angry, or furious 2: emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" [syn: fume, smoke] 3: treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests [syn: fumigate, fume] 4: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume]

n 1: a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" [syn: gloom, somberness, sombreness] 2: a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness] 3: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess, glumness]

n 1: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom, bridegroom] 2: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler] 3: a man who has recently been married [syn: groom, bridegroom] v 1: educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" [syn: prepare, groom, train] 2: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry] 3: care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]

n 1: a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1: come into view indistinctly, often threateningly; "Another air plane loomed into the sky" 2: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk] 3: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn: brood, hover, loom, bulk large] 4: weave on a loom; "materials loomed in Egypt"

n 1: a distinctive odor that is pleasant [syn: aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent] 2: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor [syn: perfume, essence] v 1: fill or impregnate with an odor; "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden" [syn: perfume, aromatize, aromatise] 2: apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day" [syn: perfume, scent]

n 1: anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes" 2: a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament 3: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage] v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 2: be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate] 3: deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet" 4: clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen, plume] 5: form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke" 6: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]

v 1: take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" [syn: assume, presume, take for granted] 2: take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?" [syn: make bold, dare, presume] 3: constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food" 4: take liberties or act with too much confidence

n 1: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: sketch, survey, resume] 2: a summary of your academic and work history [syn: curriculum vitae, CV, resume] v 1: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" [syn: resume, restart, re-start] 2: return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" [syn: resume, take up] 3: assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties" 4: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" [syn: sum up, summarize, summarise, resume]

n 1: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose) 2: rhubarb [syn: Rheum, genus Rheum]

n 1: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" 2: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow room] 3: opportunity for; "room for improvement" 4: the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" v 1: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room]

n 1: foam or froth on the sea v 1: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: froth, spume, suds]

n 1: the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed v 1: make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving

n 1: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus [syn: uterus, womb]

n 1: a rapid rise [syn: rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom] 2: the act of rising upward into the air [syn: soar, zoom] v 1: move along very quickly [syn: zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along] 2: move with a low humming noise 3: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom]

n 1: small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

n 1: a thick viscous liquid 2: a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells [syn: blood clot, grume]

n 1: Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776) [syn: Hume, David Hume]

n 1: the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile [syn: Khartoum, capital of Sudan]

n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]