Words that rhyme with roes

adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" [syn: near, nigh, close] 2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, closely, tight] adj 1: at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" [ant: distant] 2: close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" [ant: distant, remote] 3: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" [syn: near, close, nigh] [ant: far] 4: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures" 5: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" [syn: close, faithful] 6: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close, tight] 7: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining] 8: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy, unaired] 9: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight] 10: strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody" 11: confined to specific persons; "a close secret" 12: fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn: close, snug, close-fitting] 13: used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut" 14: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny] 15: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis] v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 3: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant: open, open up] 4: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" [ant: open] 5: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" [syn: conclude, close] 6: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building" 7: be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night" 8: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy" 9: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop [ant: open] 10: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact 11: come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" [syn: close, come together] 12: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station" 13: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks" 14: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" 15: fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" [syn: close, fill up] 16: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close] 17: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

n 1: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes]

v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" 2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose, write] 3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite] 4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn: compose, compile] 5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" 6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: frame, compose, draw up]

v 1: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts [syn: decompose, break up, break down] 2: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] 3: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, rot, molder, moulder]

v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out] 2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose, depone]

v 1: give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions" 2: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away] 3: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn: dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose] 4: place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" 5: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job" [syn: qualify, dispose] [ant: disqualify, indispose, unfit]

n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" [syn: expose, unmasking] v 1: expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 3: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose, exhibit, display] 4: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" [syn: uncover, expose] [ant: cover] 5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose] 6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril] 7: expose to light, of photographic film 8: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: debunk, expose] 9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

v 1: compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy" [syn: enforce, impose] 2: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose] 3: impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose]

v 1: be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way" 2: introduce; "God interposed death" 3: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject] 4: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere, interpose]

v 1: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

v 1: be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion" 2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend] 3: contrast with equal weight or force [syn: oppose, counterbalance] 4: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off] 5: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" [syn: react, oppose] 6: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict]

v 1: expose to too much light; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image" [ant: underexpose] 2: expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" [ant: underexpose]

v 1: make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"

v 1: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose, suppose] 2: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]

v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise] 2: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project, propose] 3: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose] 4: put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" [syn: nominate, propose] 5: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman" [syn: propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question]

n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] 2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis] 3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility] v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" 2: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose] 3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" 4: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" [syn: recumb, repose, recline] 5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, put down, repose] 6: to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

v 1: place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" [syn: superimpose, superpose, lay over]

v 1: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: suppose, say] 2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 3: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose] 4: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose, suppose] 5: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]

n 1: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix v 1: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose] 2: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transfer, transpose, transplant] 3: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose, interchange] 4: transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality 5: put (a piece of music) into another key 6: exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" [syn: commute, transpose] 7: change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"

v 1: impose anew; "The fine was reimposed"

n 1: Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons [syn: Bose, Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose]