Words that rhyme with traherne

n 1: United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) [syn: Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern] 2: the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body v 1: furnish with a kern [ant: kern] 2: remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) [ant: kern]

v 1: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: learn, larn, acquire] 2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 3: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn] 4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take] 5: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn, instruct] 6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn]

n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, income tax return, return] 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming] 3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction [syn: return, coming back] 4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining] 5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" 6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return] 8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key, return] 10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even] 11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" 12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble 13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance, return] v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" 2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return] 3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back, recall] 5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take back, bring back] 6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" 7: make a return; "return a kickback" 8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] 9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, return] 10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] 11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return] 12: elect again [syn: reelect, return] 13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" 15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"

n 1: semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California [syn: Sauterne, Sauternes]

adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere, stern] 2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting] 3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting] 4: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 2: United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [syn: Stern, Isaac Stern] 3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

n 1: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766) [syn: Sterne, Laurence Sterne]

n 1: French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) [syn: Verne, Jules Verne]