Words that rhyme with forays

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]

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"

n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]

n 1: (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

n 1: rewording for the purpose of clarification [syn: paraphrase, paraphrasis] v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]

adj 1: (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" [syn: agaze, staring]

n 1: a phrase that has become a catchword [syn: catchphrase, catch phrase]

n 1: an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

n 1: a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

v 1: praise excessively