Words that rhyme with matin

n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

n 1: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber [syn: batting, batten] 2: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm v 1: furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure] 2: secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"

v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]

v 1: make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" 2: become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [syn: flatten, flatten out] 3: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen]

n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"

n 1: brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

v 1: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] [ant: weigh down, weigh on] 2: reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey" 3: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] 4: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 5: become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: lighten, lighten up] [ant: darken] 6: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn: relieve, lighten]

n 1: agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels [syn: marten, marten cat]

v 1: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 2: care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]

adj 1: of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"

n 1: work table of a machine tool 2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike

n 1: a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out] 3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" 4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll out, straighten] 6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: squeeze together

v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour] 2: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"

adj 1: of or relating to or derived from wheat; "wheaten bread" [syn: wheaten, whole-wheat, wholemeal]

v 1: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany

adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations" 2: relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; "Latin America" 3: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" [syn: Romance, Latin] 4: of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns" n 1: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome 2: an inhabitant of ancient Latium 3: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta, patten, sabot]

n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]

n 1: the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian

n 1: one of the five boroughs of New York City 2: a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters

n 1: South African writer (1903-1988) [syn: Paton, Alan Paton, Alan Stewart Paton]