Words that rhyme with mapel

n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh 2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila]

n 1: a place of worship that has its own altar 2: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service, chapel]

n 1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] v 1: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud]

n 1: a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope [syn: grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron] 2: a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam [syn: clamshell, grapple] 3: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle] v 1: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage] 2: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" [syn: grapple, grip]

n 1: a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics [syn: pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus] 2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: pineapple, ananas]

n 1: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body [syn: rappel, abseil] v 1: lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" [syn: rappel, abseil, rope down]

n 1: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying

n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel] 2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar v 1: bind the arms of [syn: pinion, shackle] 2: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle]

n 1: powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster [syn: spackle, spackling compound]

n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position 2: a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars 3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] 4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options v 1: sit or stand astride of 2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle] 3: be noncommittal

n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle] 2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]

n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate]

n 1: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student" 2: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: rigging, tackle] 3: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] 4: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle" 5: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground v 1: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: undertake, tackle, take on] 2: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle] [ant: unharness] 3: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

n 1: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 2: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

n 1: North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit [syn: mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum]