Words that rhyme with sowed

n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode] 2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]

adv 1: using the voice; not silently; "please read the passage aloud"; "he laughed out loud" [syn: aloud, out loud] 2: with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly]

adj 1: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: avowed(a), professed(a)]

v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow [ant: plucked] 2: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed] 3: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] 4: showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed, bowing]

n 1: the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry

n 1: any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible 2: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude 3: out of touch with reality; "his head was in the clouds" 4: a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" 5: suspicion affecting your reputation; "after that mistake he was under a cloud" 6: a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores" [syn: swarm, cloud] v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" [syn: overcast, cloud] [ant: brighten, clear, clear up, light up] 2: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist] 3: billow up in the form of a cloud; "The smoke clouded above the houses" 4: make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" 5: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud] 6: make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth" 7: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud] 8: make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

n 1: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification] 2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy 3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions [syn: code, computer code] v 1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" 2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]

n 1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 2: a tall elegant chest of drawers [syn: chiffonier, commode]

v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: corrode, eat, rust] 2: become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn: corrode, rust]

n 1: a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" 2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch] v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd, crowd] 2: fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium" 3: to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" [syn: crowd, crowd together] 4: approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" [syn: push, crowd]

v 1: convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode, decrypt, decipher] [ant: encode]

v 1: convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally" [ant: decipher, decode, decrypt]

adj 1: provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "a well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" [ant: unendowed]

v 1: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover]

v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away] 2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode, eat away, fret]

v 1: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate, blow up, set off] 2: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" [syn: explode, burst] [ant: go off, implode] 3: show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary" 4: be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded" [syn: explode, burst forth, break loose] 5: destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge" 6: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ 7: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 8: show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete 9: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up] 10: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted" [syn: explode, irrupt]

v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise]

n 1: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad] 2: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] v 1: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad] 2: urge with or as if with a goad 3: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad, prick] 4: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad]

v 1: burst inward; "The bottle imploded" [syn: implode, go off] [ant: burst, explode]

n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" 3: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn: modality, mode] 4: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality] 5: any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave [syn: mode, musical mode] 6: the most frequent value of a random variable [syn: mode, modal value]

n 1: a connecting point at which several lines come together 2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening] 3: (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge [syn: node, leaf node] 4: (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system [ant: antinode] 5: (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane 6: the source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node, lymph gland, node] 7: any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part 8: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest]

n 1: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

adj 1: (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields" [syn: plowed, ploughed] [ant: unbroken, unploughed, unplowed]

adj 1: feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" [ant: humble] 2: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud]

v 1: load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully" [syn: recharge, reload] 2: place a new load on; "The movers reloaded the truck"

n 1: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation [syn: road, route] 2: a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"

adj 1: fastened with stitches [syn: sewed, sewn, stitched]

n 1: a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute 2: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud] 3: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes] v 1: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover] 2: form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle" 3: wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"

n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species [syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian]

adj 1: having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination; "long-toed; "five-toed" [ant: toeless]

adj 1: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed] 2: not forced to bow down to a conqueror

v 1: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge] 2: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade, offload]

adj 1: (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed fields" [syn: plowed, ploughed] [ant: unbroken, unploughed, unplowed]

n 1: Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935) [syn: Macleod, John Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod]