Words that rhyme with sacked
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abstract
adj 1: existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" [ant: concrete] 2: not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" [syn: abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective] 3: dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science" n 1: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" [syn: abstraction, abstract] 2: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: outline, synopsis, abstract, precis] v 1: consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically 2: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 3: consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" 4: give an abstract (of) -
act
n 1: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body [syn: act, enactment] 2: something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act, deed, human action, human activity] 3: a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet 4: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 5: a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit" v 1: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" [syn: act, move] [ant: forbear, refrain] 2: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" [syn: act, behave, do] 3: play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent] 4: discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?" 5: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" [syn: act, play, act as] 6: be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well" 7: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" [syn: work, act] 8: be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure 9: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn: dissemble, pretend, act] 10: perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" [syn: act, play, roleplay, playact] -
attract
v 1: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" [syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in] [ant: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse] 2: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract, appeal] [ant: repel, repulse] 3: exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies" -
backed
adj 1: having a back or backing, usually of a specified type [ant: backless] 2: used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light -
bract
n 1: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence -
compact
adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" [ant: loose] 2: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset] 3: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject" [syn: compendious, compact, succinct, summary] n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse [syn: compact, powder compact] 2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat] 3: a small and economical car [syn: compact, compact car] v 1: have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" [syn: compact, pack] 2: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact] 3: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant: decompress, uncompress] 4: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] -
contract
n 1: a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law 2: (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make [syn: contract, declaration] 3: a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid [syn: contract, contract bridge] v 1: enter into a contractual arrangement [syn: contract, undertake] 2: engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" [syn: sign, contract, sign on, sign up] 3: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 4: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" [syn: contract, take, get] 5: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" [syn: shrink, contract] [ant: expand, spread out, stretch] 6: make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" 7: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: condense, concentrate, contract] 8: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: narrow, contract] [ant: widen] 9: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] -
cracked
adj 1: used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips" [syn: chapped, cracked, roughened] 2: of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide [syn: alligatored, cracked] 3: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky] -
detract
v 1: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" [syn: take away, detract] -
diffract
v 1: undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons" -
distract
v 1: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" [syn: distract, deflect] 2: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder] -
enact
v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: ordain, enact] 2: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact, act out] -
exact
adj 1: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" [ant: inexact] 2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact, precise] v 1: claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: demand, exact] 2: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact] -
extract
n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [syn: infusion, extract] 2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection] v 1: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out] 2: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" 3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out] 4: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, extract, distil] 5: separate (a metal) from an ore 6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: press out, express, extract] 7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: excerpt, extract, take out] 8: calculate the root of a number -
fact
n 1: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" 2: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" 3: an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" 4: a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" -
impact
n 1: the striking of one body against another 2: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" [syn: impact, wallop] 3: influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" [syn: impingement, encroachment, impact] 4: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn: shock, impact] v 1: press or wedge together; pack together 2: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch] -
inexact
adj 1: not exact [ant: exact] -
intact
adj 1: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact" [syn: integral, entire, intact] 2: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate] 3: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse" [syn: entire, intact] 4: undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough handling" -
interact
v 1: act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" -
overreact
v 1: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy" -
packed
adj 1: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater" [syn: jammed, jam-packed, packed] 2: pressed together or compressed; "packed snow" -
pact
n 1: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: treaty, pact, accord] -
protract
v 1: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out] -
react
v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react, respond] 2: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" [syn: react, oppose] 3: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" -
redact
n 1: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication [syn: redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man] v 1: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch] 2: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" [syn: edit, redact] -
retract
v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile] 2: pull away from a source of disgust or fear [syn: shrink back, retract] 3: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) [syn: retract, pull back, draw back] 4: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" [syn: draw in, retract] -
subtract
v 1: make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together] 2: take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" -
tact
n 1: consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense [syn: tact, tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness] -
tracked
adj 1: having tracks; "new snow tracked by rabbits"; "tracked vehicles" [ant: trackless] -
tract
n 1: an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel] 2: a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose 3: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [syn: tract, pamphlet] 4: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain [syn: nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway] -
transact
v 1: conduct business; "transact with foreign governments" -
reenact
v 1: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton" 2: enact again; "Congress reenacted the law" 3: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact, act out] -
coact
v 1: act together, as of organisms -
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