Words that rhyme with purt

v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 2: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" [syn: avert, turn away]

n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] v 1: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear] 2: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert] 3: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer]

adj 1: engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" [syn: alert, watchful] [ant: unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful] 2: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] 3: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)] n 1: condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [syn: alert, qui vive] 2: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn: alert, alerting] 3: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum] v 1: warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" [syn: alarm, alert]

v 1: state categorically [syn: assert, asseverate, maintain] 2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 3: insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!" [syn: assert, put forward] 4: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn: insist, assert]

v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate]

n 1: variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz

n 1: a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging v 1: contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement 2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"

n 1: a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief v 1: change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" [syn: convert, change over] 2: change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" 3: change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism" 4: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange, commute, convert] 5: cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" 6: score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won" 7: complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw" 8: score (a spare) 9: make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" [syn: convert, win over, convince] 10: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, convert, exchange] 11: change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"

adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)] 2: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: crisp, curt, laconic, terse]

n 1: arid land with little or no vegetation v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert] 2: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" [syn: defect, desert] 3: leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

n 1: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert, sweet, afters]

adj 1: (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel [syn: dirt, ungraded] n 1: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock [syn: soil, dirt] 2: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] 3: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd] 4: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people [syn: scandal, dirt, malicious gossip]

v 1: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off] 2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit]

v 1: turn aside; turn away from [syn: deviate, divert] 2: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one 3: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert, disport] 4: withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: divert, hive off]

adj 1: suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women" [syn: hurt, wounded] 2: damaged inanimate objects or their value [syn: hurt, weakened] n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm, trauma] 2: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering] 3: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: suffering, hurt] 4: a damage or loss [syn: detriment, hurt] 5: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm, hurt, scathe] v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart, hurt] 2: give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" 3: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" [syn: pain, anguish, hurt] 4: cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" [syn: hurt, injure] 5: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite] 6: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: hurt, ache, suffer] 7: feel pain or be in pain [syn: suffer, hurt] [ant: be well]

v 1: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted" 2: reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn: invert, reverse] 3: turn inside out or upside down [syn: turn back, invert, reverse]

adj 1: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" [syn: overt, open] [ant: covert]

n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate] 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: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate] 3: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse]

n 1: whip with a leather thong at the end

v 1: strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" [syn: confirm, reassert]

v 1: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 2: undergo reversion, as in a mutation

n 1: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist 2: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women 3: (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: annulus, skirt] 4: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] v 1: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] 2: pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" 3: form the edge of 4: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border]

n 1: someone who is small and insignificant [syn: pip-squeak, squirt, small fry] 2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt] v 1: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject] 2: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"

v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down] 2: 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] 3: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken] 4: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

n 1: a small tower extending above a building 2: a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation [syn: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret]

adj 1: not injured [syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole] 2: free from danger or injury; "the children were found safe and sound" [syn: safe and sound, unhurt]

n 1: English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) [syn: Burt, Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt]