Words that rhyme with les

n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" 2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall" 3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array, raiment, regalia] 4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: range, array, lay out, set out] 2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: align, array]

adj 1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment] 2: the sound of a hound on the scent 3: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis] 4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay" 5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay" 6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove, bay] 7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones 2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]

v 1: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" [syn: betray, bewray] 2: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell] 3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" [syn: fail, betray] 4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander] 5: 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] 6: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" [syn: deceive, betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive]

v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]

n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored [syn: address, computer address, reference] 2: the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with 3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" [syn: address, speech] 4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" 5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described 6: written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address] 7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball 8: social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address] v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn: address, turn to] 2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: address, speak] 3: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct] 4: direct a question at someone 5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question 6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" [syn: address, call] 7: access or locate by address 8: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 9: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to] 10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

v 1: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [syn: attack, aggress]

v 1: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease] 2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench, slake, allay, assuage]

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: charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine 3: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: tax, assess] 4: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"

adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray" 2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: wide, astray]

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]

n 1: a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers [syn: ballet, concert dance] 2: music written for a ballet

v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict] 2: confer prosperity or happiness on 3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign] 4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]

n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] 2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness]

n 1: a slope or hillside

n 1: the cry of an ass v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray] 2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute] 3: laugh loudly and harshly

n 1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard] 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpensive bar [syn: snack bar, snack counter, buffet] v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter] 2: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff]

n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot] 2: a series of acts at a night club [syn: cabaret, floorshow, floor show]

n 1: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: cab, cabriolet]

n 1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) 2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache, stash] 3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics [syn: cache, memory cache] v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away]

n 1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]

n 1: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face" v 1: touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi" [syn: caress, fondle]

n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key]

n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus] 2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game]

n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay] 3: United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay] 4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn: Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] 5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains]

v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] 2: fuse or cause to grow together

n 1: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant: decompress, uncompress] 2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press]

v 1: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink] 2: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 3: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

v 1: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce] [ant: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop]

v 1: make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me" 2: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express] 3: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey, transmit, communicate] 4: transmit a title or property 5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 6: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring, convey, take] 7: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away]

n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, cress plant] 2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

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 game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball" 2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day] 2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" 3: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" 4: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 5: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed" 6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" 7: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" 8: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day [syn: sidereal day, day] 9: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" 10: United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) [syn: Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.]

n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]

n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline] 3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay, decomposition] 4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" 5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay, radioactive decay, disintegration] v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] 2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate] 3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

v 1: bear the expenses of

n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait] 2: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time [syn: delay, holdup] v 1: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" [syn: delay, detain, hold up] [ant: hurry, rush] 2: act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" 3: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay, detain, delay] 4: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check, retard, delay]

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: lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices" 3: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress] 4: press down; "Depress the space key" [syn: press down, depress] 5: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

v 1: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander] 2: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle]

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

v 1: deprive of the possession of real estate

n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering] 2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" 3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" 4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" [syn: distress, distraint] v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

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]

adj 1: suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full- dress uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: full-dress, dress] 2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony" [syn: dress, full-dress] n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] 2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb, dress] 3: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes] v 1: put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: dress, get dressed] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 3: put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth" 4: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: dress, dress up] 5: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress] 6: kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey" [syn: dress, dress out] 7: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up] 8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress] 9: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate] 10: put a dressing on; "dress the salads" 11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back] 12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width 13: convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins" 14: apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" 15: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry] 16: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion, ingress] 2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue] 3: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: egress, egression, emergence] v 1: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]

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: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday] 2: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday, daily] 3: commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world"

adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety] 2: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness] 3: the state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, excess, overabundance] 4: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence, excess]

adv 1: by express; "please send the letter express" adj 1: not tacit or implied; "her express wish" 2: without unnecessary stops; "an express train"; "an express shipment" n 1: mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system [syn: express, express mail] 2: public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York" [syn: express, limited] [ant: local] 3: rapid transport of goods [syn: express, expressage] v 1: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" [syn: express, show, evince] 2: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to] 3: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express] 4: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state] 5: manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait" 6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: press out, express, extract] 7: send by rapid transport or special messenger service; "She expressed the letter to Florida"

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"

adj 1: slightly insane [syn: fey, touched(p)] 2: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: elfin, fey]

n 1: a city in north central Morocco; religious center [syn: Fez, Fes] 2: a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown [syn: fez, tarboosh]

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]

n 1: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse]

v 1: strip the skin off

v 1: exhibit or undergo fluorescence

n 1: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle] v 1: wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" [syn: fray, frazzle] 2: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch]

adj 1: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn: cheery, gay, sunny] 2: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful] 3: given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies" 4: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay] 5: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay, festal, festive, merry] 6: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay, queer, homophile(a)] n 1: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: homosexual, homophile, homo, gay]

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: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) [syn: Grey, Zane Grey] 2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) [syn: Grey, Lady Jane Grey] 3: Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) [syn: Grey, Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey] 4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey" [syn: grey, gray] 5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black [syn: gray, grayness, grey, greyness] 6: clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" [syn: grey, gray] 7: horse of a light gray or whitish color [syn: grey, 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]

n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle, HA]

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: grass mowed and cured for use as fodder v 1: convert (plant material) into hay

n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn: hurrah, hooray]

n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: impress, impressment] v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike] 2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience" 3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn: impress, ingrain, instill] 4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint] 5: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress] 6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress] 7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: impress, yarn-dye]

n 1: an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States [syn: Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS]

n 1: United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) [syn: Jay, John Jay] 2: crested largely blue bird

n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess, largesse] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness]

adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" [syn: less, to a lesser extent] [ant: more, to a greater extent] 2: comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" [ant: more] adj 1: (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" [ant: more than, more(a)] 2: (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect" 3: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"

n 1: the month following April and preceding June 2: thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America [syn: whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha]

n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] 3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" 4: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel 5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax [syn: mess, mess hall] 6: (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] v 1: eat in a mess hall 2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" [syn: mess, mess up]

n 1: family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked [syn: moray, moray eel]

adv 1: not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique" n 1: a negative; "the nays have it" [ant: yea]

n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny] v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny]

adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

n 1: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility, noblesse] 2: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)

adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

v 1: be obedient to [ant: disobey]

v 1: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: haunt, obsess, ghost] 2: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

adv 1: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory] n 1: an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" [syn: O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh] v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove, reject]

v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush] 2: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" [syn: persecute, oppress]

v 1: exaggerate one's acting [syn: overact, ham it up, ham, overplay] [ant: underact, underplay]

v 1: stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" [syn: overstay, outstay]

n 1: layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream

n 1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: parquet, parquet floor] 2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle

n 1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary] v 1: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" 2: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: give, pay] 3: cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" [syn: pay up, ante up, pay] [ant: default, default on] 4: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay, bear] 5: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [syn: pay, pay off, make up, compensate] 6: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote] 7: be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble" 8: render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call" 9: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" 10: make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back" 11: discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"

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: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East" 2: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own, have, possess] 3: enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

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: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 2: the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public press] 3: a machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press] 4: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press] 5: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press] 6: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 7: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press, mechanical press] 8: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press, military press] 9: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" 2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press] 4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" 5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" 7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" 8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem" 9: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate] 10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press out] 11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn: press, push] 12: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press] 13: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight- lift, weightlift, press] 14: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]

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]

v 1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" 2: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist" 3: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 4: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades" 5: receive into a religious order or congregation 6: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun" 7: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" [syn: profess, pretend]

n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: advancement, progress] 2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat] 3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance] v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress] 2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw] 3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress]