Words that rhyme with last

• alas 6
  adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]
• fast 5
  adv 1: quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters" 2: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight] adj 1: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" [ant: slow] 2: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast" [ant: slow] 3: at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" [ant: slow] 4: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" 5: resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors" 6: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] 7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast] 8: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile] 9: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)] 10: (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens" n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting] v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" 2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
• cost 2
  n 1: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor 2: the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" [syn: monetary value, price, cost] 3: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn: price, cost, toll] v 1: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be] 2: require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
• counterblast 2
  n 1: a vigorous and unrestrained response; "her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband"
• accost 0
  v 1: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to] 2: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]
• aghast 0
  adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
• amass 0
  v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass] 2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]
• ass 0
  n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 2: a pompous fool 3: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse 4: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]
• 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
• bedfast 0
  adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]
• blast 0
  n 1: a very long fly ball 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam] 3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow] 4: an explosion (as of dynamite) 5: a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" [syn: good time, blast] 6: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare] 2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail, boom, blast] 3: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 4: apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" 5: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 6: make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" 7: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" [syn: blast, shoot] 8: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify] 9: shatter as if by explosion [syn: blast, knock down] 10: shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
• bombast 0
  n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
• brass 0
  n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc 2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument] 3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation] 4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 5: an ornament or utensil made of brass 6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments [syn: brass section, brass] 7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]
• broadcast 0
  n 1: message that is transmitted by radio or television 2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] v 1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" 3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
• cast 0
  n 1: the actors in a play [syn: cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae] 2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens [syn: mold, mould, cast] 3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp] 4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast] 5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn: cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage] 6: object formed by a mold [syn: cast, casting] 7: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel [syn: casting, cast] 9: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast] v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot" 3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" 4: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast] 5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" 6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: cast, mold, mould] 8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw, cast] 10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] 11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
• caste 0
  n 1: social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" 2: (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity 3: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth 4: in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
• chloroplast 0
  n 1: plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
• class 0
  n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course] 3: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class] 5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year] 7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders 8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
• contrast 0
  n 1: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" [syn: contrast, direct contrast] 2: the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 3: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast] 4: the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 5: the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) v 1: put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student" 2: to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: contrast, counterpoint]
• crass 0
  adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
• crossed 0
  adj 1: placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across" [ant: uncrossed] 2: (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it [ant: uncrossed]
• defrost 0
  v 1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" [syn: defrost, deice, de-ice]
• downcast 0
  adj 1: directed downward; "a downcast glance" 2: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] n 1: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
• durmast 0
  n 1: deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood [syn: durmast, Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora]
• dynast 0
  n 1: a hereditary ruler
• ecdysiast 0
  n 1: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler]
• embossed 0
  adj 1: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork" [syn: brocaded, embossed, raised]
• enthusiast 0
  n 1: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan] 2: a person having a strong liking for something [syn: fancier, enthusiast]
• erythroblast 0
  n 1: a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop
• exhaust 0
  n 1: gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn: exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes] 2: system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged [syn: exhaust, exhaust system] v 1: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out] 2: 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] 3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire] 4: use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies" 5: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]
• fantast 0
  n 1: someone who predicts the future [syn: fantast, futurist]
• flabbergast 0
  v 1: overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn: flabbergast, boggle, bowl over]
• flypast 0
  n 1: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground [syn: flyover, fly-by, flypast]
• forecast 0
  n 1: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop [syn: prognosis, forecast] v 1: predict in advance [syn: forecast, calculate] 2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
• foremast 0
  n 1: the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts
• frost 0
  n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze, frost] 3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: frost, icing] 4: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost] v 1: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: frost, ice] 2: provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair" 3: cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass" 4: damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
• gas 0
  n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container [syn: gas, gaseous state] 2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely 3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol] 4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas] 5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] 6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes [syn: natural gas, gas] v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" 2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
• glass 0
  n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass, drinking glass] 3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful] 4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass] 5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash] 6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking glass, glass] 7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass" v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars 3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass in] 4: put in a glass container 5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over]
• glassed 0
  adj 1: fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls" [syn: glazed, glassed] [ant: glassless, unglazed]
• grass 0
  n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay 2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) [syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass] 3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass] 4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: shoot down, of birds 2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property" 3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach 4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over] 5: feed with grass 6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]
• gymnast 0
  n 1: an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
• 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"
• harassed 0
  adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed]
• holdfast 0
  n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]
• hypoblast 0
  n 1: the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems [syn: endoderm, entoderm, endoblast, entoblast, hypoblast]
• iconoclast 0
  n 1: a destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn: iconoclast, image breaker] 2: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
• impasse 0
  n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]
• lambaste 0
  v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast] 2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• mainmast 0
  n 1: the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
• mass 0
  adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] n 1: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) 4: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist 5: a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" 6: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed] 7: 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] 8: a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven" 9: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass" v 1: join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
• mast 0
  n 1: a vertical spar for supporting sails 2: nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground 3: nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine 4: any sturdy upright pole
• miscast 0
  v 1: cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
• mizzenmast 0
  n 1: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen]
• morass 0
  n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]
• newscast 0
  n 1: a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
• opencast 0
  adj 1: (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" [syn: opencast, opencut]
• outcast 0
  adj 1: excluded from a society [syn: friendless, outcast] n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
• outcaste 0
  adj 1: not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person" [syn: outcaste, casteless] n 1: a person belonging to no caste
• outlast 0
  v 1: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive]
• overcast 0
  adj 1: filled or abounding with clouds [syn: cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless] n 1: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn: cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast] 2: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: cloudiness, overcast] 3: a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling [syn: overcast, overcasting] 4: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" [syn: overcast, cloud] [ant: brighten, clear, clear up, light up] 2: sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches 3: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"
• pass 0
  adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)] [ant: running(a)] n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass] 2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days" 3: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game, passing] 4: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass, mountain pass, notch] 5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport] 6: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" [syn: pass, laissez passer] 7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" 8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn: pass, strait, straits] 9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits] 10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" 11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn: bye, pass] 12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty chit] 13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family" 14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip] 16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk] v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" [syn: pass, go through, go across] 2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass] 4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along] 5: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend] 7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul] 8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place] 9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" [syn: pass, clear] 10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass] 11: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass] 12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across] 13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] 14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" [syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk, flush it] 15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top] 16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" [ant: fail] 17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" 18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" 19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse] 20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed" 21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass, make pass] 23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise, pass, clear] 24: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
• past 0
  adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" [syn: by, past] adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" [ant: future, present(a)] 2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)] n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past, past times, yesteryear] [ant: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come] 2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past [syn: past, past tense]
• pederast 0
  n 1: a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner [syn: pederast, paederast, child molester]
• rebroadcast 0
  n 1: a broadcast that repeated at a later time v 1: broadcast again, as of a film [syn: rerun, rebroadcast]
• recast 0
  v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago" 2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: recast, remold, remould] 3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge, remodel]
• repast 0
  n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal, repast]
• roughcast 0
  n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls 2: a rough preliminary model v 1: shape roughly 2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" 3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]
• sandblast 0
  n 1: a blast of wind laden with sand v 1: grind with a sandblast; "sandblast the facade of the building"
• sass 0
  n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth] v 1: answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";
• simulcast 0
  n 1: a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
• sportscast 0
  n 1: a broadcast of sports news or commentary v 1: broadcast a sports event
• steadfast 0
  adj 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" [syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering] 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" [syn: steadfast, staunch, unswerving]
• surpass 0
  v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass] 2: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform] 3: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 4: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass]
• telecast 0
  n 1: a television broadcast v 1: broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised" [syn: telecast, televise]
• topmast 0
  n 1: the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and- aft rig
• typecast 0
  v 1: cast repeatedly in the same kind of role 2: identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" [syn: type, typecast]
• unsurpassed 0
  adj 1: not capable of being improved on [syn: unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed]
• vast 0
  adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]
• lambast 0
  v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast] 2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• das 0
  n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
• alsace 0
  n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
• bast 0
  n 1: strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants [syn: bast, bast fiber] 2: (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes [syn: phloem, bast] 3: cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
• clast 0
  n 1: (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
• lymphoblast 0
  n 1: an immature lymphocyte
• casque 0
  n 1: (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor
• chasse 0
  n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading [syn: chasse, sashay] v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
• kvass 0
  n 1: fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
• masse 0
  n 1: a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse, masse shot]
• tasse 0
  n 1: one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset, tasse]
• belfast 0
  n 1: capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland [syn: Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland]
• upcast 0
  n 1: air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
• mesoblast 0
  n 1: the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue [syn: mesoderm, mesoblast]
• trophoblast 0
  n 1: the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall; "after implantation of the blastocyst in the uterine wall the trophoblast divides into two layers, the chorion and the placenta"
• symposiast 0
  n 1: someone who participates in a symposium
• headfast 0
  n 1: a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf
• bras 4
• amassed 0
• asked 0
• bossed 0
• cineaste 0

See also last definition and last synonyms