Words that rhyme with merge
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converge
v 1: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge] 2: approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit [ant: diverge] 3: move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" [ant: diverge] 4: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power" -
dirge
n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody] -
diverge
v 1: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" [ant: converge] 2: have no limits as a mathematical series [ant: converge, meet] 3: extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged" [ant: converge, meet] 4: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] -
emerge
v 1: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office" 2: 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] 3: become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study" 4: come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge" 5: happen or occur as a result of something [syn: come forth, emerge] -
purge
n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation] 2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements [syn: purge, purging] 3: an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin" v 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate] 2: clear of a charge 3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify] 4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind" 5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge] 6: 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] 7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" -
scourge
n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum] 2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis] 3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat] v 1: punish severely; excoriate 2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: flagellate, scourge] 3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge] -
serge
n 1: a twilled woolen fabric -
splurge
n 1: an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) 2: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] v 1: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge, fling] 2: be showy or ostentatious -
spurge
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice -
submerge
v 1: sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse] 2: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm] 3: put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge, submerse] 4: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge] -
surge
n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge] 3: a large sea wave [syn: billow, surge] v 1: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave] 2: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] 3: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out] 4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge] 5: see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead" -
upsurge
n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge] -
urge
n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn: urge, impulse] 2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn: urge, itch] v 1: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 2: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend, urge, advocate] 3: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up] -
verge
n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, threshold, verge] 2: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: verge, brink] 3: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand] 4: a grass border along a road v 1: border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal" -
dramaturge
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immerge
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burge
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berge
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birge
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burdge
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virge
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reemerge
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