Words that rhyme with pillowcase

• ace 0
  adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face 3: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 4: proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II [syn: angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE] 5: a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey [syn: Allied Command Europe, ACE] 6: a serve that the receiver is unable to reach v 1: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" [syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail] 2: score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" 3: play (a hole) in one stroke 4: serve an ace against (someone)
• apace 0
  adv 1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant: easy, slow, slowly, tardily]
• base 0
  adj 1: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base] 2: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly] 3: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" 4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: base, immoral] 5: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 6: illegitimate [syn: base, baseborn] 7: debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" n 1: installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn: base, base of operations] 2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 3: a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" [syn: base, bag] 4: the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" 5: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" 6: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base] 7: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 8: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] 9: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide, base] 10: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" [syn: base, alkali] 11: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" 12: the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: basis, base] 13: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: base, radix] 14: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end [syn: base, home] 15: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries [syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base] 16: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical] 17: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base] 18: the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" 19: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" 20: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector v 1: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found] 2: situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" 3: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes [syn: free-base, base]
• bass 0
  adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
• bookcase 0
  n 1: a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
• brace 0
  n 1: a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" 2: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 3: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: pair, brace] 4: either of two punctuation marks ({ or ) used to enclose textual material 5: a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it 6: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus] 7: an appliance that corrects dental irregularities [syn: brace, braces, orthodontic braces] 8: a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring [syn: brace, bitstock] 9: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing] v 1: prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult [syn: brace, poise] 2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 3: support by bracing 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
• briefcase 0
  n 1: a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
• case 0
  n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa] 4: the actual state of things; "that was not the case" 5: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 6: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 7: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: subject, case, guinea pig] 8: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 9: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: case, caseful] 11: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: case, grammatical case] 12: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 13: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 14: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 15: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: sheath, case] 16: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case] 18: (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" [syn: case, compositor's case, typesetter's case] 19: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip] 20: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine] v 1: look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• chase 0
  n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following] 2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn: Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase] 3: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track] 2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase after] 3: cut a groove into; "chase silver" 4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]
• crankcase 0
  n 1: housing for a crankshaft
• dace 0
  n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]
• debase 0
  v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn: debase, alloy] 3: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase]
• deface 0
  v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure, blemish]
• disgrace 0
  n 1: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy] v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward] 2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down] 3: damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" [syn: discredit, disgrace]
• displace 0
  v 1: cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" 2: take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor" [syn: preempt, displace] 3: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire] 4: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" [syn: move, displace]
• efface 0
  v 1: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" [syn: obliterate, efface] 2: make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" 3: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off]
• embrace 0
  n 1: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace, embracing, embracement] 2: the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea" 3: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" [syn: embrace, bosom] v 1: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover] 2: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" [syn: embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze] 3: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up]
• encase 0
  v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• erase 0
  v 1: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" [syn: erase, wipe out] 2: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off] 3: wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" [syn: erase, delete] [ant: record, tape]
• face 0
  n 1: the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" [syn: face, human face] 2: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 3: the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing" 4: the striking or working surface of an implement 5: a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" 6: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" [syn: side, face] 7: the part of an animal corresponding to the human face 8: the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" 9: a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" [syn: grimace, face] 10: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 11: status in the eyes of others; "he lost face" 12: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 13: a vertical surface of a building or cliff v 1: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" [syn: confront, face up, face] [ant: avoid] 2: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" [syn: confront, face] 3: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 4: be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" 5: turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now" 6: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 7: turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card" 8: line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket" 9: cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
• grace 0
  n 1: (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" [syn: grace, saving grace, state of grace] 2: elegance and beauty of movement or expression; "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace" [syn: grace, gracility] 3: a sense of propriety and consideration for others; "a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace" [syn: seemliness, grace] [ant: unseemliness] 4: a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" [syn: grace, good will, goodwill] 5: (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors 6: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving] 7: (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I" [syn: grace, grace of God, free grace] v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify]
• interlace 0
  v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine] 2: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" [syn: lock, interlock, interlace]
• lace 0
  n 1: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing] 2: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace] [ant: untwine] 2: make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" [syn: braid, lace, plait] 3: do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" 4: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" [syn: lace, lace up] 5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify]
• mace 0
  n 1: (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization [syn: Mace, Chemical Mace] 2: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: macebearer, mace, macer] 3: spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed 4: a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
• misplace 0
  v 1: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose] 2: place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers"
• notecase 0
  n 1: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
• nutcase 0
  n 1: someone deranged and possibly dangerous [syn: crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo]
• pace 0
  n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: pace, gait] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread] 5: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace] 6: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace] v 1: walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" 2: go at a pace; "The horse paced" 3: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step] 4: regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"
• place 0
  n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot] 2: any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" [syn: place, property] 3: an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" 4: a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" 5: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place, lieu] 6: a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?" [syn: place, shoes] 7: where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" [syn: home, place] 8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] 9: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position, place] 10: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 11: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" [syn: seat, place] 12: the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" 13: proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" 14: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza] 15: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place, position] 16: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place] v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 2: place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" 3: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place] 4: assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site] 5: to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet" 6: take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" [syn: place, come in, come out] 7: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point] 8: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: identify, place] 9: assign to (a job or a home) 10: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place] 11: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set] 12: identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" [syn: place, localize, localise] 13: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest] 14: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place] 15: finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place" 16: sing a note with the correct pitch
• race 0
  n 1: any competition; "the race for the presidency" 2: a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift" 3: people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" 4: (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species [syn: subspecies, race] 5: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash] 6: a canal for a current of water [syn: raceway, race] v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger] 2: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: race, run] 3: to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS" 4: cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" [syn: race, rush]
• replace 0
  v 1: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" 2: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede] 3: put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" [syn: replace, put back] 4: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" [syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]
• retrace 0
  v 1: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace] 2: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
• showcase 0
  n 1: a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa" [syn: showcase, show window] 2: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine]
• space 0
  n 1: the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" [syn: space, infinite] 2: an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" 3: an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space" 4: any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth" [syn: outer space, space] 5: a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank] 6: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space] 7: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place] 8: one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" 9: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space] v 1: place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
• staircase 0
  n 1: a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps [syn: stairway, staircase]
• suitcase 0
  n 1: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase]
• trace 0
  n 1: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion] 2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow] 3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: touch, trace, ghost] 4: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace] 5: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree 6: a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle v 1: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" [syn: trace, follow] 2: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate] 3: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace] 4: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace] 5: discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth" 6: make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" 7: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern" 8: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: decipher, trace]
• uppercase 0
  adj 1: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" [ant: lowercase] n 1: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" [syn: capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter]
• vase 0
  n 1: an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
• incase 0
  v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• ukase 0
  n 1: an edict of the Russian tsar
• doorcase 0
  n 1: the frame that supports a door [syn: doorframe, doorcase]
• uncase 0
  v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]
• slipcase 0
• watchcase 0
• caisse 0
• cayce 0
• wace 0

See also pillowcase definition and pillowcase synonyms