Words that rhyme with tart

• abreact 0
  v 1: discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
• abstract 0
  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)
• apart 0
  adv 1: separated or at a distance in place or position or time; "These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart" 2: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside] 3: away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart" 4: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart] 5: one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart" 6: into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: apart, asunder] adj 1: remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn: apart(p), isolated, obscure] 2: having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
• art 0
  n 1: the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" [syn: art, fine art] 2: the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" [syn: art, artistic creation, artistic production] 3: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess] 4: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter]
• artefact 0
  n 1: a man-made object taken as a whole [syn: artifact, artefact] [ant: natural object]
• attract 0
  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"
• autodidact 0
  n 1: a person who has taught himself
• baht 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Thailand [syn: baht, tical]
• bract 0
  n 1: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
• cart 0
  n 1: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal 2: wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries" [syn: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart] v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag] 2: transport something in a cart
• carte 0
  n 1: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte]
• cataract 0
  n 1: an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye 2: a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
• chart 0
  n 1: a visual display of information 2: a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea v 1: make a chart of; "chart the territory" 2: plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein" 3: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: graph, chart]
• compact 0
  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]
• contact 0
  n 1: close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" 2: the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" [syn: contact, physical contact] 3: the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" 4: the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn: contact, impinging, striking] 5: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" [syn: contact, middleman] 6: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication] 7: (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" [syn: contact, tangency] 8: a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" [syn: contact, touch] 9: a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication [syn: contact, contact lens] v 1: be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" [syn: reach, get through, get hold of, contact] 2: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]
• contract 0
  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]
• counteract 0
  v 1: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] 2: oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: countercheck, counteract] 3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance] 4: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken]
• counterpart 0
  n 1: a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis] 2: a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
• dart 0
  n 1: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot 2: a tapered tuck made in dressmaking 3: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart] v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart] 2: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot] 3: move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"
• depart 0
  v 1: move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn: go, go away, depart] [ant: come, come up] 2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off] 4: go away or leave [syn: depart, take leave, quit] [ant: stay] 5: remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" [syn: leave, depart, pull up stakes] 6: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle]
• detract 0
  v 1: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" [syn: take away, detract]
• diffract 0
  v 1: undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"
• distract 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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"
• fart 0
  n 1: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind] v 1: expel intestinal gases through the anus [syn: fart, break wind]
• forepart 0
  n 1: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: front, front end, forepart] [ant: back end, backside, rear]
• hart 0
  n 1: United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961) [syn: Hart, Moss Hart] 2: United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943) [syn: Hart, Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart] 3: a male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn: hart, stag]
• heart 0
  n 1: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: heart, bosom] 2: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" [syn: heart, pump, ticker] 3: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart, mettle, nerve, spunk] 4: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" [syn: center, centre, middle, heart, eye] 5: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 6: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" [syn: heart, spirit] 7: a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine" 8: a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six" 9: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia] 10: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"
• humpbacked 0
  adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic]
• hunchbacked 0
  adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic]
• impact 0
  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]
• impart 0
  v 1: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on] 2: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring] 3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel]
• inexact 0
  adj 1: not exact [ant: exact]
• infract 0
  v 1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
• intact 0
  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 0
  v 1: act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"
• mart 0
  n 1: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market]
• mouthpart 0
  n 1: any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
• overact 0
  v 1: exaggerate one's acting [syn: overact, ham it up, ham, overplay] [ant: underact, underplay]
• overreact 0
  v 1: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"
• pact 0
  n 1: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: treaty, pact, accord]
• part 0
  adv 1: in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: partially, partly, part] [ant: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly] n 1: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent] 2: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: part, portion] 3: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: part, piece] 4: that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" 5: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: region, part] 6: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role] 7: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 8: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, portion, part, percentage] 9: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: part, section, division] 10: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part, parting] 11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn: part, voice] 12: the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: contribution, part, share] v 1: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: separate, part, split] 2: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off] 4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide, part] 5: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part]
• pate 0
  n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]
• protract 0
  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]
• rampart 0
  n 1: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart, bulwark, wall]
• react 0
  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 0
  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]
• refract 0
  v 1: subject to refraction; "refract a light beam" 2: determine the refracting power of (a lens)
• restart 0
  v 1: start an engine again, for example [syn: restart, re- start] 2: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" [syn: resume, restart, re-start]
• retract 0
  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]
• smart 0
  adj 1: showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness [ant: stupid] 2: elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" [syn: chic, smart, voguish] 3: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright, smart] 4: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise] 5: painfully severe; "he gave the dog a smart blow" 6: quick and brisk; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace" 7: capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons" n 1: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore [syn: smart, smarting, smartness] v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart, hurt]
• spare 0
  adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" [syn: spare, trim] 2: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 3: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free] 4: kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" 5: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty, spare] 6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented] n 1: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus [syn: spare part, spare] 2: an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle [syn: fifth wheel, spare] 3: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls v 1: refrain from harming [syn: spare, save] 2: save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" 3: give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: spare, give up, part with, dispense with] 4: use frugally or carefully
• start 0
  n 1: the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" [syn: start, starting] 4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing] 6: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, scratch line] 7: a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" [syn: starting signal, start] 8: the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" [syn: start, head start] v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 2: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off] 4: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: begin, start] [ant: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate] 5: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: originate, initiate, start] 6: get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start, start up, embark on, commence] 7: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump, start] 8: get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start, start up] [ant: stop] 9: begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: start, go, get going] [ant: halt, stop] 10: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: start, take up] 11: play in the starting lineup 12: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin, start] 13: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: begin, start] 14: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out]
• subcompact 0
  n 1: a car smaller than a compact car [syn: subcompact, subcompact car]
• subcontract 0
  n 1: a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract v 1: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn: subcontract, farm out, job] 2: work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract
• subtract 0
  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"
• sweetheart 0
  adj 1: privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically); "another sweetheart deal based on political influence" n 1: a person loved by another person [syn: sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove] 2: any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart" 3: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
• tract 0
  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 0
  v 1: conduct business; "transact with foreign governments"
• untracked 0
  adj 1: lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" [syn: pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden]
• jat 0
  n 1: a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs
• kyat 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Myanmar
• bart 0
  n 1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: baronet, Bart]
• haart 0
  n 1: a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV [syn: drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART]
• harte 0
  n 1: United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902) [syn: Harte, Bret Harte]
• descartes 0
  n 1: French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650) [syn: Descartes, Rene Descartes]
• unbacked 0
  adj 1: unsupported by other people [syn: single-handed, unassisted, unbacked]
• artifact 0
  n 1: a man-made object taken as a whole [syn: artifact, artefact] [ant: natural object]
• underact 0
  v 1: act (a role) with great restraint [syn: underact, underplay] [ant: ham, ham it up, overact, overplay]
• ghat 0
  n 1: stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
• bonaparte 0
  n 1: French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) [syn: Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal]
• underpart 0
  n 1: a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body; "the warbler has a white throat and underparts"; "a woodland mouse with white underparts"
• epact 0
• kart 0
• re-enact 0
• retroact 0
• quarte 0
• maat 0
• dartt 0
• smartt 0
• tarte 0
• tartt 0
• bossart 0
• goulart 0
• kabart 0
• mccart 0
• mccartt 0
• ahart 0
• outact 0
• ventifact 0
• scart 0

See also tart definition and tart synonyms