Words that rhyme with overtask

v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" [syn: ask, inquire, enquire] 2: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan" 3: direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question" 4: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [syn: ask, require, expect] 5: address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" 6: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 7: require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

v 1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour] 2: be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"

n 1: the quantity a cask will hold [syn: cask, caskful] 2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel, cask]

n 1: bottle that has a narrow neck 2: the quantity a flask will hold [syn: flask, flaskful]

n 1: a covering to disguise or conceal the face 2: activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship" 3: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask] 4: a protective covering worn over the face v 1: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment" [syn: dissemble, cloak, mask] 2: put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween" [ant: unmask] 3: make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn: disguise, mask] 4: cover with a sauce; "mask the meat" 5: shield from light [syn: mask, block out]

n 1: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask]

n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn: job, task, chore] v 1: assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" 2: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: tax, task]

v 1: reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" [syn: unmask, uncloak] 2: take the mask off; "unmask the imposter" [ant: mask]

n 1: (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor

n 1: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain 2: the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

n 1: the Jewish feast of the Passover [syn: Pasch, Pascha] 2: the Christian festival of Easter [syn: Pasch, Pascha]

n 1: Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) [syn: Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people [syn: Monacan, Monegasque] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Monaco [syn: Monegasque, Monacan]