Words that rhyme with mote
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afloat
adj 1: aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected] 2: borne on the water; floating [ant: aground(p)] 3: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing] -
bloat
n 1: swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas v 1: become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" 2: make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" -
boat
n 1: a small vessel for travel on water 2: a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat] v 1: ride in a boat on water -
bole
n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) 2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber [syn: trunk, tree trunk, bole] 3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa [syn: Bole, Bolanci] -
boll
n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant -
bowl
n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; 2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough] 3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods 4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful] 5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 6: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling [syn: bowling ball, bowl] 7: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling 8: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl] 9: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl] v 1: roll (a ball) 2: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end 3: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights" -
capote
n 1: a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head [syn: capote, hooded coat] 2: a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head [syn: capote, hooded cloak] -
coat
n 1: an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors 2: a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint" [syn: coating, coat] 3: growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal [syn: coat, pelage] v 1: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface] 2: cover or provide with a coat 3: form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face" [syn: coat, cake] -
connote
v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote] 2: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote, predicate] -
cote
n 1: a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) -
demote
v 1: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade] -
denote
v 1: be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed" 2: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: denote, refer] 3: make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly" [syn: announce, denote] -
devote
v 1: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote] 2: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote] 3: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining" -
dole
n 1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given 2: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy, pogey] -
dote
v 1: be foolish or senile due to old age 2: shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" -
droll
adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor" -
float
n 1: the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment 2: the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public 3: a drink with ice cream floating in it [syn: ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float] 4: an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade 5: a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco [syn: float, plasterer's float] 6: something that floats on the surface of water 7: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy [syn: air bladder, swim bladder, float] v 1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float, drift, be adrift, blow] 2: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom [syn: float, swim] [ant: go down, go under, settle, sink] 3: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" 4: circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" 5: move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" 6: put into the water; "float a ship" 7: make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster" 8: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" 9: convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" -
foal
n 1: a young horse v 1: give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled" -
gloat
n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee] v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph, crow] 2: gaze at or think about something with great self- satisfaction, gratification, or joy -
goal
n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal, end] 2: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 3: game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points 4: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" -
goat
n 1: any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns [syn: goat, caprine animal] 2: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge] 3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn [syn: Capricorn, Goat] 4: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19 [syn: Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat, Goat] -
groat
n 1: a former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: fourpence, groat] -
hole
n 1: an opening into or through something 2: an opening deliberately made in or through something 3: one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" [syn: hole, golf hole] 4: an unoccupied space 5: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole, hollow] 6: a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" 7: 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] 8: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob] v 1: hit the ball into the hole [syn: hole, hole out] 2: make holes in -
knoll
n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock] -
misquote
n 1: an incorrect quotation [syn: misquotation, misquote] v 1: quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician" -
moat
n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: moat, fosse] -
note
n 1: a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment" 2: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet] 3: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: note, musical note, tone] 4: a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" 5: a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm" 6: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback] 7: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: note, annotation, notation] 8: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence, note] 9: a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank" [syn: note, promissory note, note of hand] v 1: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" [syn: note, observe, mention, remark] 2: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" [syn: notice, mark, note] [ant: ignore] 3: observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction" [syn: note, take note, observe] 4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" [syn: note, take down] -
oat
n 1: annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') 2: seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') -
outvote
v 1: defeat by a majority of votes; "The Democrats outvoted the Republicans" -
pole
n 1: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic 2: a native or inhabitant of Poland 3: one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" 4: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole] 5: a square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole] 6: one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [syn: pole, celestial pole] 7: one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface 8: a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal, pole] 9: a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting 10: one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated [syn: pole, magnetic pole] v 1: propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole] 2: support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans" 3: deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole -
poll
n 1: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass] 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown] 3: the part of the head between the ears 4: a tame parrot [syn: poll, poll parrot] 5: the counting of votes (as in an election) v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions [syn: poll, canvass, canvas] 2: vote in an election at a polling station 3: get the votes of 4: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll, pollard] -
promote
v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage] 2: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 3: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise, advertize, promote, push] 4: be changed for a superior chess or checker piece 5: change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent -
quote
n 1: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [syn: quotation mark, quote, inverted comma] 2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation] v 1: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote, cite] 2: name the price of; "quote prices for cars" 3: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote, cite] 4: put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" -
remote
adj 1: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" [syn: distant, remote] 2: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote] 3: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed] 4: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a), remote] 5: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" [syn: distant, remote] [ant: close] n 1: a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn: remote control, remote] -
role
n 1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role] 2: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 3: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use] 4: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?" -
roll
n 1: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" [syn: axial rotation, axial motion, roll] 2: a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" [syn: roll, roster] 3: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn: roller, roll, rolling wave] 4: photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light 5: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 6: a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" [syn: bankroll, roll] 7: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll] 8: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] 9: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously [syn: paradiddle, roll, drum roll] 10: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: scroll, roll] 11: anything rolled up in cylindrical form 12: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 13: walking with a swaying gait 14: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude 15: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl] v 1: move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" [syn: roll, turn over] 2: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel, roll] 3: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn: roll, undulate] 4: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" [syn: roll out, roll] 5: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" 6: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off] 7: begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" 8: shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" 9: execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" 10: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll] 11: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave] 12: 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] 13: move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" 14: cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" [syn: roll, revolve] 15: pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's" 16: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" [syn: seethe, roll] 17: take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" 18: show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" [syn: roll, roll up] -
rote
n 1: memorization by repetition [syn: rote, rote learning] -
scroll
n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 2: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: scroll, roll] v 1: move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text" -
shoal
n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 2: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow] 3: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: school, shoal] v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow, shoal] 2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow, shoal] -
shoat
n 1: a young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote] -
sole
adj 1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: exclusive, sole(a)] 2: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)] n 1: the underside of footwear or a golf club 2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: sole, fillet of sole] 3: the underside of the foot 4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European v 1: put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: sole, resole] -
soul
n 1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life [syn: soul, psyche] 2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul] 3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soul, soulfulness] 4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor" 5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement" -
stoat
n 1: the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail -
stole
n 1: a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women -
stroll
n 1: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation] v 1: walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, saunter] -
throat
n 1: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn: throat, pharynx] 2: an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep 3: a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; 4: the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat -
toll
n 1: a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) 2: 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] 3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" [syn: bell, toll] v 1: ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" 2: charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City" -
tote
n 1: a capacious bag or basket [syn: carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag] v 1: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" [syn: lug, tote, tug] -
troll
n 1: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains 2: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll] 3: a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll" 4: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn: troll, trolling] v 1: circulate, move around 2: cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop" 3: sing the parts of (a round) in succession 4: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water 5: sing loudly and without inhibition 6: praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you" 7: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice -
vote
n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting] 2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote" 3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage] 4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote" 5: the total number of voters who participated; "they are expecting a large vote" [syn: vote, voter turnout] v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night" 2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket" 3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant" 4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience" 5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia" -
whole
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly] adj 1: including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread" [ant: fractional] 2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" [ant: half] 3: not injured [syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole] 4: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [syn: hale, whole] 5: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole] n 1: all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" 2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" [syn: whole, unit] -
joel
n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet 2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: Joel, Book of Joel] -
seoul
n 1: the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea [syn: Seoul, capital of South Korea] -
mol
n 1: the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: gram molecule, mole, mol] -
phot
n 1: a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux -
dhole
n 1: fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs [syn: dhole, Cuon alpinus] -
kohl
n 1: a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids -
thole
n 1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock] -
thoth
n 1: Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods -
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See also mote definition and mote synonyms
