Words that rhyme with roche

n 1: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" [syn: approach, attack, plan of attack] 2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: access, approach] 4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn: approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope] 5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approach, approaching] 6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler] 7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" 9: a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" [syn: approach, approach shot] v 1: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near] 2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" [syn: border on, approach] 3: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: set about, go about, approach] 4: come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" [syn: approach, come near] 5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]

n 1: a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet

n 1: a decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin] v 1: bring up a topic for discussion [syn: broach, initiate]

n 1: a decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin] v 1: fasten with or as if with a brooch [syn: brooch, clasp]

n 1: a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century

n 1: a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold 2: a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet

n 1: (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team [syn: coach, manager, handler] 2: a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) [syn: coach, private instructor, tutor] 3: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage] 4: a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver [syn: coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four] 5: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle] v 1: teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew" [syn: coach, train] 2: drive a coach

n 1: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: cockroach, roach]

n 1: a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people [syn: blackjack, cosh, sap] v 1: hit with a cosh, usually on the head

v 1: advance beyond the usual limit [syn: encroach, infringe, impinge] 2: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" [syn: impinge, encroach, entrench, trench]

adj 1: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche" [syn: gauche, graceless, unpolished]

v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

n 1: slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes

n 1: (Yiddish) a snack or light meal v 1: eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" [syn: nosh, snack]

v 1: hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" 2: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"

adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]

n 1: a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach" 2: disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family" v 1: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: reproach, upbraid]

n 1: a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead 2: the butt of a marijuana cigarette 3: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle] 4: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: cockroach, roach] 5: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: roach, Rutilus rutilus] v 1: comb (hair) into a roach 2: cut the mane off (a horse)

v 1: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" [syn: splash, splosh, slosh, slush] 2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop] 3: spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls" [syn: slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around]

n 1: someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" [syn: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the- mud, slowcoach]

n 1: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits [syn: squash, squash vine] 2: edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable 3: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash, squash racquets, squash rackets] v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]

n 1: a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" [syn: stagecoach, stage]

n 1: the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach" v 1: make violent, noisy movements 2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash] 3: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade] 4: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger, bluster, swash]

n 1: a thin coat of water-base paint 2: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: wash, washing, lavation] 3: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) [syn: wash, dry wash] 4: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water" [syn: washout, wash] 5: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash] 6: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other [syn: wash, wash drawing] 7: garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering [syn: laundry, wash, washing, washables] 8: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash" v 1: clean with some chemical process [syn: wash, rinse] 2: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: wash, lave] 3: cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!" [syn: wash, launder] 4: move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge" 5: be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?" 6: admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court" 7: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) 8: apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to 9: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains" [syn: wash, wash out, wash off, wash away] 10: form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside" 11: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten, wash, dampen] 12: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave, lap, wash] 13: to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"

n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]

n 1: Dutch painter (1450-1516) [syn: Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch, Jerom Bos]

v 1: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" [syn: splash, splosh, slosh, slush] 2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop] 3: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle, splash, splosh] 4: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]

n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]

adj 1: of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" [syn: abroach, broached]