Words that rhyme with dais

• ablaze 0
  adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] 3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" 4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]
• ace 0
  adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face 3: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 4: proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II [syn: angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE] 5: a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey [syn: Allied Command Europe, ACE] 6: a serve that the receiver is unable to reach v 1: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" [syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail] 2: score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" 3: play (a hole) in one stroke 4: serve an ace against (someone)
• amaze 0
  v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound] 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• appraise 0
  v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]
• baize 0
  n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
• base 0
  adj 1: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base] 2: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly] 3: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" 4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: base, immoral] 5: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 6: illegitimate [syn: base, baseborn] 7: debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" n 1: installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn: base, base of operations] 2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 3: a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" [syn: base, bag] 4: the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" 5: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" 6: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base] 7: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 8: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] 9: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide, base] 10: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" [syn: base, alkali] 11: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" 12: the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: basis, base] 13: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: base, radix] 14: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end [syn: base, home] 15: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries [syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base] 16: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical] 17: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base] 18: the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" 19: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" 20: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector v 1: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found] 2: situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" 3: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes [syn: free-base, base]
• bass 0
  adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
• blaze 0
  n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" 2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" [syn: blaze away, blaze] 3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" 4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out] 5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
• brace 0
  n 1: a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" 2: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 3: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: pair, brace] 4: either of two punctuation marks ({ or ) used to enclose textual material 5: a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it 6: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus] 7: an appliance that corrects dental irregularities [syn: brace, braces, orthodontic braces] 8: a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring [syn: brace, bitstock] 9: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing] v 1: prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult [syn: brace, poise] 2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 3: support by bracing 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
• braise 0
  v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
• braze 0
  v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
• case 0
  n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa] 4: the actual state of things; "that was not the case" 5: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 6: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 7: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: subject, case, guinea pig] 8: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 9: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: case, caseful] 11: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: case, grammatical case] 12: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 13: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 14: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 15: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: sheath, case] 16: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case] 18: (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" [syn: case, compositor's case, typesetter's case] 19: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip] 20: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine] v 1: look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• chaise 0
  n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise, daybed] 2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
• chase 0
  n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following] 2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn: Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase] 3: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track] 2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase after] 3: cut a groove into; "chase silver" 4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]
• craze 0
  n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
• dace 0
  n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]
• days 0
  n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]
• daze 0
  n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze] 2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
• face 0
  n 1: the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" [syn: face, human face] 2: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 3: the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing" 4: the striking or working surface of an implement 5: a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" 6: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" [syn: side, face] 7: the part of an animal corresponding to the human face 8: the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" 9: a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: grimace, face] 10: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 11: status in the eyes of others; "he lost face" 12: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 13: a vertical surface of a building or cliff v 1: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" [syn: confront, face up, face] [ant: avoid] 2: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" [syn: confront, face] 3: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 4: be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" 5: turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now" 6: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 7: turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card" 8: line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket" 9: cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
• faze 0
  v 1: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle]
• gaze 0
  n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze, regard] v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]
• glaze 0
  n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods 2: a glossy finish on a fabric 3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite" 2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over] 3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
• grace 0
  n 1: (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" [syn: grace, saving grace, state of grace] 2: elegance and beauty of movement or expression; "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace" [syn: grace, gracility] 3: a sense of propriety and consideration for others; "a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace" [syn: seemliness, grace] [ant: unseemliness] 4: a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" [syn: grace, good will, goodwill] 5: (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors 6: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving] 7: (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I" [syn: grace, grace of God, free grace] v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify]
• graze 0
  n 1: a superficial abrasion 2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" 3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
• harass 0
  v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke] 2: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
• hays 0
  n 1: United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) [syn: Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays] 2: United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954) [syn: Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays] 3: a town in central Kansas
• haze 0
  n 1: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: become hazy, dull, or cloudy 2: harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
• hollandaise 0
  n 1: eggs and butter with lemon juice
• lace 0
  n 1: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 2: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine] 2: make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" [syn: braid, lace, plait] 3: do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" 4: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" [syn: lace, lace up] 5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify]
• mace 0
  n 1: (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization [syn: Mace, Chemical Mace] 2: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: macebearer, mace, macer] 3: spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed 4: a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
• maize 0
  n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays] 2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize]
• malaise 0
  n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness]
• mayonnaise 0
  n 1: egg yolks and oil and vinegar [syn: mayonnaise, mayo]
• maze 0
  n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth] 2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
• nowadays 0
  adv 1: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now, today] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays]
• pace 0
  n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: pace, gait] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread] 5: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace] 6: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace] v 1: walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" 2: go at a pace; "The horse paced" 3: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step] 4: regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"
• paraphrase 0
  n 1: rewording for the purpose of clarification [syn: paraphrase, paraphrasis] v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
• phase 0
  n 1: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: phase, stage] 2: (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" [syn: phase, form] 3: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle [syn: phase, phase angle] 4: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon" v 1: arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal" 2: adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
• phrase 0
  n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase] 3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase] 4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"
• place 0
  n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot] 2: any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" [syn: place, property] 3: an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" 4: a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" 5: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place, lieu] 6: a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?" [syn: place, shoes] 7: where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" [syn: home, place] 8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 9: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position, place] 10: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 11: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" [syn: seat, place] 12: the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" 13: proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" 14: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza] 15: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place, position] 16: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place] v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 2: place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" 3: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place] 4: assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site] 5: to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet" 6: take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" [syn: place, come in, come out] 7: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point] 8: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: identify, place] 9: assign to (a job or a home) 10: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place] 11: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set] 12: identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" [syn: place, localize, localise] 13: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest] 14: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place] 15: finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place" 16: sing a note with the correct pitch
• plaice 0
  n 1: flesh of large European flatfish 2: large European food fish [syn: plaice, Pleuronectes platessa]
• polonaise 0
  n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
• praise 0
  n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment] 2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" [ant: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart]
• race 0
  n 1: any competition; "the race for the presidency" 2: a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift" 3: people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" 4: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species [syn: subspecies, race] 5: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash] 6: a canal for a current of water [syn: raceway, race] v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger] 2: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: race, run] 3: to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS" 4: cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" [syn: race, rush]
• raise 0
  n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 3: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it" 4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave] v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" 2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down] 3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" 4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" 5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce] 6: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 7: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise] 9: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down] 10: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" 12: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate] 13: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove] 16: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level 17: bet more than the previous player 18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise] 19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn: raise, bring up] 20: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" 21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" 22: establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" 23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 24: bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" 25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift] 26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise] 27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]
• raze 0
  v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
• reappraise 0
  v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"
• rephrase 0
  v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
• space 0
  n 1: the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" [syn: space, infinite] 2: an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" 3: an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space" 4: any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth" [syn: outer space, space] 5: a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank] 6: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space] 7: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place] 8: one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" 9: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space] v 1: place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
• stays 0
  n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays]
• trace 0
  n 1: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion] 2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow] 3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: touch, trace, ghost] 4: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 5: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree 6: a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle v 1: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" [syn: trace, follow] 2: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate] 3: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace] 4: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace] 5: discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" 6: make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" 7: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" 8: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: decipher, trace]
• ways 0
  n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: ways, shipway, slipway]
• bayes 0
  n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]
• fraise 0
  n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century 2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
• hayes 0
  n 1: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) [syn: Hayes, Helen Hayes] 2: 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) [syn: Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes]
• mays 0
  n 1: United States baseball player (born in 1931) [syn: Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid]
• rase 0
  v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
• res 0
  n 1: a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells [syn: reticuloendothelial system, RES]
• lyonnais 0
  n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes
• lyonnaise 0
  adj 1: cooked with onions
• urokinase 0
  n 1: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis [syn: plasminogen activator, urokinase]
• thrace 0
  n 1: an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
• blase 0
  adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"
• allays 0
• arrays 0
• ballets 0
• ballet's 0
• bays 0
• berets 0
• betrays 0
• birthdays 0
• bouquets 0
• buffets 0
• cabarets 0
• caches 0
• cafes 0
• clays 0
• conveys 0
• day's 0
• decays 0
• defrays 0
• delays 0
• dismays 0
• displays 0
• dossiers 0
• essays 0
• filets 0
• holidays 0
• lays 0
• obeys 0
• okays 0
• pays 0
• plays 0
• portrays 0
• prays 0
• preys 0
• rays 0
• repays 0
• replays 0
• shays 0

See also dais definition and dais synonyms