Words that rhyme with inhume

  • abloom
    adj 1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: abloom, efflorescent]
  • assume
    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 on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" [syn: assume, adopt, take on, take over] 3: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take] 4: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept, assume] 5: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike, take up] 6: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate] 7: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign] 8: take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" 9: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]
  • bloom
    n 1: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming, bloom] 2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom] 3: the best time of youth [syn: bloom, bloom of youth, salad days] 4: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness] 5: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 6: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence, bloom] v 1: produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower]
  • boom
    n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] 2: a state of economic prosperity 3: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" [syn: boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce] 4: a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set [syn: boom, microphone boom] 5: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring v 1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" [syn: boom, din] 2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast] 3: be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: thunder, boom] 4: make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" [syn: boom, boom out] 5: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive, flourish, expand]
  • broom
    n 1: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle 2: any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers 3: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris] v 1: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" [syn: sweep, broom] 2: finish with a broom
  • consume
    v 1: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume, go through] 2: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn: consume, ingest, take in, take, have] [ant: abstain, desist, refrain] 3: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware] 4: destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" 5: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out] 6: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
  • costume
    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
  • doom
    n 1: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world] v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 2: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom] 3: make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
  • entomb
    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]
  • exhume
    v 1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies [syn: disinter, exhume]
  • flume
    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
  • fume
    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]
  • gloom
    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]
  • groom
    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]
  • illume
    v 1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate]
  • legume
    n 1: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae [syn: legume, leguminous plant] 2: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case 3: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
  • loom
    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"
  • perfume
    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]
  • plume
    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]
  • presume
    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
  • resume
    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]
  • room
    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]
  • spume
    n 1: foam or froth on the sea v 1: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: froth, spume, suds]
  • subsume
    v 1: contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one" 2: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle [syn: subsume, colligate]
  • tomb
    n 1: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: grave, tomb]
  • vacuum
    n 1: the absence of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity] 2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum] 3: a region that is devoid of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity] 4: an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction [syn: vacuum, vacuum cleaner] v 1: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover]
  • volume
    n 1: the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" 2: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume] 3: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: book, volume] 4: a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" 5: a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water" 6: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume, loudness, intensity] [ant: softness]
  • vroom
    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
  • womb
    n 1: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus [syn: uterus, womb]
  • zoom
    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]
  • glume
    n 1: small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
  • hume
    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]
  • khartoum
    n 1: the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile [syn: Khartoum, capital of Sudan]
  • whom
  • reassume
  • leverhulme

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