Words that rhyme with everyway

adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event] 2: in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can" [syn: anyhow, anyway]

adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out] 3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away] 4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away" 5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" 7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" 8: freely or at will; "fire away!" 9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" 10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside] 11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away] adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" 2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)] 3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside]

adj 1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh" 2: (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom [syn: aweigh, atrip]

n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael] 2: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, shipwreck survivor]

n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle [syn: crochet, crocheting] v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread" 2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook]

n 1: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray] 2: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn: disarray, disorderliness] v 1: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant: order]

n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay] 2: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm, dismay, consternation] v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift] 2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]

v 1: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" [ant: obey]

n 1: something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" [syn: display, show] 2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing] 3: a visual representation of something [syn: display, presentation] 4: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion" 5: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage" 6: an electronic device that represents information in visual form [syn: display, video display] v 1: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose, exhibit, display] 2: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

n 1: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

n 1: a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage [syn: dray, camion]

n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition 2: a tentative attempt v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay] 2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay]

adj 1: very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times" [syn: faraway, far-off] 2: far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"

n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: lace having a square mesh v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]

n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus, fillet] 4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] 5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]

adv 1: at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell" [syn: halfway, midway] adj 1: equally distant from the extremes [syn: center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway] 2: at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark" 3: including only half or a portion; "halfway measures"

n 1: a major road for any form of motor transport [syn: highway, main road]

adv 1: at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell" [syn: halfway, midway] adj 1: equally distant from the extremes [syn: center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway] n 1: the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located 2: naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands [syn: Midway, Battle of Midway]

v 1: be heavier than 2: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes" [syn: preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance]

n 1: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" [syn: play, drama, dramatic play] 2: a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours" 3: a preset plan of action in team sports; "the coach drew up the plays for her team" 4: a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, play] 5: a state in which action is feasible; "the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play" 6: utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination" 7: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid, play] 8: activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" [syn: play, child's play] 9: (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" [syn: playing period, period of play, play] 10: the removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent" [syn: free rein, play] 11: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play] 12: verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" [syn: fun, play, sport] 13: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" [syn: looseness, play] [ant: tautness, tightness] 14: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper] 15: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" [syn: turn, play] 16: the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: gambling, gaming, play] 17: the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully [syn: play, swordplay] v 1: participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" 2: act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal" 3: play on an instrument; "The band played all night long" 4: play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent] 5: be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl" 6: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel] 7: perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" 8: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" [syn: act, play, act as] 9: move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians" 10: bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races" 11: engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" [syn: play, recreate] 12: pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" 13: emit recorded sound; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered" 14: perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years" 15: put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" 16: engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" [syn: play, toy] 17: behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair" 18: cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" [syn: play, run] 19: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play] 20: use to one's advantage; "She plays on her clients' emotions" 21: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play] 22: be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; "This speech didn't play well with the American public"; "His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee" 23: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt] 24: cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack" 25: perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" [syn: act, play, roleplay, playact] 26: be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years" 27: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for] 28: discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day" 29: make bets; "Play the races"; "play the casinos in Trouville" 30: stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" [syn: bet, wager, play] 31: shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night" 32: use or move; "I had to play my queen" 33: employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base" 34: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on] 35: exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish"

v 1: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" 2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn] 3: assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [syn: impersonate, portray] 4: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present]

v 1: address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord" 2: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" [syn: beg, implore, pray]

v 1: pay for something before receiving it

n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, quarry, target, fair game] 2: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey, quarry] v 1: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" [syn: prey, feed] 2: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [syn: raven, prey, predate]

n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree, strain]

v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]

n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] adj 1: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway] n 1: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight]

adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter" 2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"

n 1: controlling influence 2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake] 2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back" [syn: swing, sway] 3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway] 4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock, sway]

adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn: way, right smart] n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way] 3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction, way] 4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" 5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path, way of life] 6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" 7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way" 8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow room] 9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" 10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" 11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" 12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways"

v 1: have a certain weight 2: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh] 3: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" [syn: weigh, librate] 4: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh] 5: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press]

n 1: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese [syn: whey, milk whey] 2: watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"

n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A] 2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol, A] 3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A] 4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A] 5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A] 6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a] 7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn: A, type A, group A]

adj 1: of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" [syn: grey, gray, greyish, grayish] 2: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-haired, gray- haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired] 3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure" [syn: grey, gray] 4: intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: grey, gray] n 1: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black [syn: gray, grayness, grey, greyness] 2: clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" [syn: grey, gray] 3: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey" [syn: grey, gray] 4: horse of a light gray or whitish color [syn: grey, gray] 5: the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad [syn: gray, Gy] 6: English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) [syn: Gray, Louis Harold Gray] 7: English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) [syn: Gray, Thomas Gray] 8: American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) [syn: Gray, Robert Gray] 9: United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) [syn: Gray, Asa Gray] v 1: make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [syn: grey, gray] 2: turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" [syn: grey, gray]

adj 1: involving three parties or elements; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff" [syn: tripartite, three-party, three-way]