Words that rhyme with softbound

v 1: be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities 2: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle]

adj 1: on or above the surface of the ground; "aboveground nuclear testing"; "surface instruments for detecting oil deposits"; "surface transportation"

adv 1: with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground" adj 1: stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it" [ant: afloat(p)]

adv 1: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn: about, around] 2: by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond" 3: used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: about, around] 4: in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around" 5: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] 6: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" [syn: about, around] 7: to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper" 8: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: about, around] 9: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around" 10: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: round, around]

v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]

n 1: a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background" 2: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" [syn: background, ground] 3: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" [syn: background, background knowledge] 4: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" [syn: background, background signal] 5: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background" 6: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope] 7: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear [syn: background, desktop, screen background] 8: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: backdrop, background, backcloth] v 1: understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" [syn: background, play down, downplay] [ant: foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight]

n 1: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field]

n 1: a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking [syn: bloodhound, sleuthhound]

adj 1: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: unbound] 2: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union [ant: free] 3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant: unbound] 4: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined] 5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn: bandaged, bound] 6: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" [syn: bound, destined] 7: bound by an oath; "a bound official" 8: bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured] 9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" n 1: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge, bound] 2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: boundary, bound, bounds] 3: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary] 4: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound, border] 3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle] 4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]

adj 1: inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" [syn: ironclad, brassbound] 2: having trim or fittings of brass; "a brassbound campaign chest"; "the heavy brassbound door"

adj 1: (of skin) deeply suntanned [syn: brown, browned]

n 1: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area]

adj 1: composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" [ant: simple, unsubdivided] 2: consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit" 3: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: colonial, compound] n 1: a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts 2: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight [syn: compound, chemical compound] 3: an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) v 1: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen] 2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound, combine] 3: calculate principal and interest 4: create by mixing or combining 5: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]

v 1: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] 2: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confuse, confound]

n 1: very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland [syn: Scottish deerhound, deerhound]

v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

adj 1: confined to the earth 2: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]

adj 1: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: eastbound, eastward]

n 1: breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk [syn: Norwegian elkhound, elkhound]

v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten] 2: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth, expound, exposit]

n 1: an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses

adj 1: enveloped in fog; "a fogbound fleet"; "the fogbound city"

n 1: the part of a scene that is near the viewer 2: (computer science) a window for an active application v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down]

adj 1: come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" [ant: lost] n 1: food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found" v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish, get rid of] 2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute] 3: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]

n 1: medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes

n 1: a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

n 1: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma] 2: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" [syn: reason, ground] 3: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" [syn: earth, ground] 4: a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis" [syn: footing, basis, ground] 5: a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground" 6: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" [syn: background, ground] 7: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil] 8: a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused [ant: figure] 9: a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) [syn: ground, earth] 10: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting 11: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat] v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" [syn: anchor, ground] 2: confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" 3: place or put on the ground 4: instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject 5: bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: ground, strand, run aground] 6: hit or reach the ground [syn: ground, run aground] 7: throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage 8: hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman" 9: hit onto the ground 10: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, ground, undercoat] 11: connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" 12: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]

adj 1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover]

n 1: a very evil man 2: (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon [syn: Cerberus, hellhound]

adj 1: stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: hidebound, traditionalist]

adj 1: confined usually by illness [syn: homebound, housebound, shut-in] n 1: people who are confined to their homes

n 1: any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium 2: a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant

n 1: any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears [syn: hound, hound dog] 2: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel] v 1: 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]

adj 1: confined usually by illness [syn: homebound, housebound, shut-in]

adj 1: locked in by ice; "icebound harbors"

v 1: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize] 2: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" [syn: impound, pound]

adj 1: directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn: inbound, inward]

n 1: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands [syn: mound, hill, pitcher's mound] 2: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock] 3: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus] 4: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" [syn: mound, hill] 5: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" [syn: pitcher, mound] v 1: form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"

adj 1: moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic" [syn: northbound, northward]

adj 1: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: outbound, outward, outward-bound]

n 1: an area where many people go for recreation [syn: resort area, playground, vacation spot] 2: yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

n 1: 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds" [syn: pound, lb] 2: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid] 3: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy 4: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Syrian pound, pound] 5: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Sudanese pound, pound] 6: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Lebanese pound, pound] 7: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound] 8: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Egyptian pound, pound] 9: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents [syn: Cypriot pound, pound] 10: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec [syn: pound, lbf.] 11: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) [syn: Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound] 12: a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) [syn: pound, pound sign] 13: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" [syn: pound, dog pound] 14: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering, pounding] v 1: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke] 2: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: ram, ram down, pound] 3: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" [syn: lumber, pound] 4: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump] 5: partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal" [syn: pound, pound off] 6: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded" [syn: pound, pound up] 7: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" [syn: impound, pound] 8: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

adj 1: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret" [ant: superficial] 2: of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock" 3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" [syn: fundamental, profound] 4: coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh" 5: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless] 6: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns" [syn: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded]

v 1: put forward, as of an idea

n 1: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash] 2: a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death" 3: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 2: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound]

v 1: return or recoil; "Fame redounds to the heroes" 2: contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory" 3: have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good"

v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate] 2: emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]

adj 1: abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine" [syn: rock-ribbed, rockbound]

adv 1: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: round, around] adj 1: having a circular shape [syn: round, circular] [ant: square] 2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped] 3: (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers" n 1: a charge of ammunition for a single shot [syn: round, unit of ammunition, one shot] 2: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, rhythm, round] 3: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" [syn: beat, round] 4: (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars" 5: the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours" [syn: round of golf, round] 6: the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds" [syn: round, daily round] 7: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive [syn: turn, bout, round] 8: the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" 9: a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round" [syn: round, round of drinks] 10: a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg 11: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll] 12: an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause" 13: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave] 14: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" [syn: circle, round] v 1: wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend" 2: make round; "round the edges" [syn: round, round out, round off] 3: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: round, labialize, labialise] 4: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault] 5: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up] 6: express as a round number; "round off the amount" [syn: round off, round down, round out, round] 7: become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" [syn: round, flesh out, fill out]

n 1: a detective who follows a trail [syn: sleuth, sleuthhound] 2: a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking [syn: bloodhound, sleuthhound]

adj 1: confined or shut in by heavy snow

adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" [ant: unsound] 2: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound] 3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" [ant: unsound] 4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good, sound] 5: logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned, sound, well-grounded] 6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual] 7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character" 8: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless] 9: thorough; "a sound thrashing" n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" [ant: quiet, silence] 2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" [syn: sound, auditory sensation] 3: mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them" 4: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" 5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials" [syn: audio, sound] 6: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: phone, speech sound, sound] 7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water [syn: strait, sound] 8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" v 1: appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" 2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" [syn: sound, go] 3: give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy" 4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm" 5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise] [ant: devoice] 6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" 7: measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line [syn: fathom, sound]

adj 1: moving toward the south; "a southbound train" [syn: southbound, southward]

adj 1: having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]

n 1: a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound

adj 1: delayed or confined or cut off by a storm; "the airport was filled with stormbound passengers"

adj 1: closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"

n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country-- the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment, environs, surroundings, surround] v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border] 2: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: smother, surround] 3: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent] 4: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround]

n 1: time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip [syn: turnaround, turnaround time] 2: a decision to reverse an earlier decision [syn: reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround] 3: an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around 4: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip [syn: turnaround, turnround] 5: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround]

n 1: very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography 2: using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs [syn: sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound]

adj 1: not secured within a cover; "an unbound book" [ant: bound] 2: not restrained or tied down by bonds [ant: bound] 3: not held in chemical or physical combination

adv 1: in or into hiding or secret operation; "the organization was driven underground" 2: beneath the surface of the earth; "water flowing underground" adj 1: under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns" [syn: belowground, underground] 2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground] n 1: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force [syn: underground, resistance] 2: an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" [syn: metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway]

adj 1: not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation" [ant: sound] 2: not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" [ant: sound] 3: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: fallacious, unsound] 4: suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable] 5: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound] 6: of e.g. advice

adj 1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: westbound, westerly, westward]

n 1: the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves

adj 1: put in a coil n 1: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion] 2: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn: wound, injury, combat injury] 3: a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost 4: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wound, wounding] v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: injure, wound] 2: 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]

n 1: a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around

adj 1: of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound

n 1: a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose); "if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over" 2: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement [syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig]