Words that rhyme with use

• abstruse 0
  adj 1: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep, recondite]
• abuse 0
  n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse] 2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification] 3: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse] 3: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout] 4: use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
• accuse 0
  v 1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate] 2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: charge, accuse]
• adduce 0
  v 1: advance evidence for [syn: adduce, abduce, cite]
• amuse 0
  v 1: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert, disport] 2: make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
• bemuse 0
  v 1: cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw]
• blues 0
  n 1: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes 2: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" [syn: blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours]
• booze 0
  n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink] v 1: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle]
• bruise 0
  n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion] v 1: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" [syn: bruise, contuse] 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] 3: break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" 4: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
• caboose 0
  n 1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse] 2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: cabin car, caboose]
• chartreuse 0
  adj 1: of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur n 1: aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France 2: a shade of green tinged with yellow [syn: yellow green, yellowish green, chartreuse, Paris green, pea green]
• choose 0
  v 1: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: choose, take, select, pick out] 2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" [syn: choose, prefer, opt] 3: see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
• confuse 0
  v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confuse, confound] 2: 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] 3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off] 4: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, confuse, mix up] 5: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]
• cruise 0
  n 1: an ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: cruise, sail] v 1: drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible" 2: travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" 3: look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were cruising the park" 4: sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
• cruse 0
  n 1: small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
• cuisse 0
  n 1: armor plate that protects the thigh
• deduce 0
  v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] 2: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer]
• defuse 0
  v 1: remove the triggering device from [ant: fuse]
• deuce 0
  n 1: a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce] 3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil, deuce, dickens] 4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two]
• diffuse 0
  adj 1: spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization" 2: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected [syn: soft, diffuse, diffused] [ant: concentrated, hard] 3: lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel" v 1: move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out] 2: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle] 3: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
• disabuse 0
  v 1: free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
• disuse 0
  n 1: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse]
• enthuse 0
  v 1: cause to feel enthusiasm 2: utter with enthusiasm
• excuse 0
  n 1: a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" [syn: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification] 2: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" 3: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" [syn: apology, excuse] v 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: excuse, pardon] 2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" [syn: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt] 3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" [syn: excuse, explain] 4: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn: apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise] 5: ask for permission to be released from an engagement [syn: excuse, beg off] 6: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
• fuse 0
  n 1: an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded [syn: fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse] 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] 2: become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature" 3: equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: defuse] 4: make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"
• goose 0
  n 1: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks 2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] 3: flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) v 1: pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" 2: prod into action 3: give a spurt of fuel to; "goose the car"
• house 0
  n 1: a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" 2: the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" [syn: firm, house, business firm] 3: the members of a religious community living together 4: the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house" 5: an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses" 6: aristocratic family line; "the House of York" 7: play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house" 8: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house] 9: the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet" 10: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage] 11: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theater, theatre, house] 12: a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house" v 1: contain or cover; "This box houses the gears" 2: provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate]
• induce 0
  v 1: cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: induce, bring on] 2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 3: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] 4: reason or establish by induction 5: produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induce, induct]
• infuse 0
  v 1: teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse] 2: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture] 3: undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing" 4: let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" [syn: steep, infuse] 5: introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"
• introduce 0
  v 1: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 2: bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced" [syn: introduce, innovate] 3: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce] 4: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" [syn: bring in, introduce] 5: bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits" 6: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce] 7: bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. [syn: introduce, bring out] 8: put before (a body); "introduce legislation" 9: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" [syn: precede, preface, premise, introduce] 10: be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" [syn: inaugurate, usher in, introduce]
• juice 0
  n 1: the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking 2: energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing" 3: electric current; "when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice" 4: any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices" [syn: juice, succus]
• loose 0
  adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free] adj 1: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" [ant: compact] 2: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" 3: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" [ant: tight] 4: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn: informal, loose] 5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] 6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: lax, loose] 7: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: unaffixed, loose] [ant: affixed] 8: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: loose, slack] 9: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: loose, open] 10: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" [syn: idle, loose] 11: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" 12: having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" [syn: at large(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p)] 13: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain] 2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: unleash, let loose, loose] 3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: loosen, loose] [ant: stiffen] 4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant: stiffen]
• lose 0
  v 1: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" [ant: hold on, keep] 2: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" [ant: win] 3: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" 4: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose] 5: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" [ant: find, regain] 6: allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" 7: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" [syn: lose, turn a loss] [ant: break even, profit, turn a profit] 8: fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" [ant: acquire, gain, win] 9: retreat [syn: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede] [ant: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win] 10: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" [syn: miss, lose] 11: be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer, lose]
• mews 0
  n 1: street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews"
• misuse 0
  n 1: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" [syn: misapply, misuse] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse]
• moose 0
  n 1: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America [syn: elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces]
• mousse 0
  n 1: a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream 2: a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin 3: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling [syn: mousse, hair mousse, hair gel] v 1: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse, gel]
• muse 0
  n 1: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science 2: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" v 1: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]
• news 0
  n 1: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence, tidings, word] 2: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" 3: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night" [syn: news program, news show, news] 4: informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone; "it was news to me" 5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn: newsworthiness, news]
• noose 0
  n 1: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose [syn: snare, gin, noose] 2: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled [syn: noose, running noose, slip noose] v 1: make a noose in or of 2: secure with a noose
• obtuse 0
  adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute] 2: (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex 3: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse, purblind] 4: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow]
• ooze 0
  n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] 2: the process of seeping [syn: seepage, ooze, oozing] v 1: pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings [syn: seep, ooze] 2: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" [syn: exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze]
• overproduce 0
  v 1: produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted 2: produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars"
• overuse 0
  n 1: exploitation to the point of diminishing returns [syn: overexploitation, overuse, overutilization, overutilisation] v 1: make use of too often or too extensively [syn: overuse, overdrive]
• peruse 0
  v 1: examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
• produce 0
  n 1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck] v 1: bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit" [syn: produce, bring forth] 2: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create] 3: cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn: produce, bring about, give rise] 4: bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring forth] 5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce] 6: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring on, bring out] 7: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire]
• profuse 0
  adj 1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]
• puce 0
  n 1: a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
• recluse 0
  adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
• reduce 0
  v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 2: make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" 3: bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" 4: simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another 5: lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" 6: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" [syn: reduce, come down, boil down] 7: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink, reduce] 8: lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" 9: make smaller; "reduce an image" [syn: reduce, scale down] [ant: blow up, enlarge, magnify] 10: to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons [syn: deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce] [ant: oxidate, oxidise, oxidize] 11: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce, tighten] 12: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce] 13: undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" 14: reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site 15: destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it 16: 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] 17: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate] 18: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: reduce, boil down, concentrate] 19: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut] 20: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put on]
• refuse 0
  n 1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps] v 1: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" [syn: refuse, decline] [ant: accept, consent, go for] 2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take] 3: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant: apply, lend oneself] 4: refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" [syn: deny, refuse] [ant: allow, grant] 5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse] 6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
• reintroduce 0
  v 1: introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" [syn: reintroduce, re-introduce]
• reproduce 0
  v 1: make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" 2: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply] 3: recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" 4: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce]
• reuse 0
  v 1: use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" [syn: recycle, reprocess, reuse]
• roux 0
  n 1: a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
• ruse 0
  n 1: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse, artifice]
• schmooze 0
  n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] v 1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]
• seduce 0
  v 1: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make] 2: lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
• shoes 0
  n 1: a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?" [syn: place, shoes]
• sluice 0
  n 1: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock] v 1: pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" [syn: sluice, sluice down] 2: irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" [syn: sluice, flush] 3: transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" 4: draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
• snooze 0
  n 1: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) [syn: nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze] v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]
• spruce 0
  adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce] n 1: light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork 2: any coniferous tree of the genus Picea v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up] 2: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" [syn: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up]
• suffuse 0
  v 1: cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" [syn: suffuse, perfuse] 2: to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
• transfuse 0
  v 1: impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill, transfuse] 2: pour out of one vessel into another 3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse] 4: give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
• truce 0
  n 1: a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms [syn: armistice, cease-fire, truce]
• bruce 0
  n 1: Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) [syn: Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce] 2: king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) [syn: Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I]
• duce 0
  n 1: leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"
• luce 0
  n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn: Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] 2: United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) [syn: Luce, Clare Booth Luce]
• nous 0
  n 1: common sense; "she has great social nous" 2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous]
• zeus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter 2: type genus of the family Zeidae [syn: Zeus, genus Zeus]
• clews 0
  n 1: the cords used to suspend a hammock
• druse 0
  n 1: an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives" [syn: Druze, Druse]
• druze 0
  n 1: an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives" [syn: Druze, Druse]
• hughes 0
  n 1: English poet (born in 1930) [syn: Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes] 2: United States writer (1902-1967) [syn: Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes] 3: United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976) [syn: Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes] 4: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) [syn: Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes]
• loos 0
  n 1: Austrian architect (1870-1933) [syn: Loos, Adolf Loos]
• meuse 0
  n 1: a European river; flows into the North Sea [syn: Meuse, Meuse River] 2: an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11 [syn: Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse- Argonne operation]
• shmooze 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk v 1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]
• trews 0
  n 1: tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan
• recuse 0
  v 1: disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case 2: challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
• toulouse 0
  n 1: a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
• schuss 0
  v 1: ski downhill
• fuze 0
  n 1: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming]
• accrues 0
• boos 0
• brews 0
• canoes 0
• chews 0
• clues 0
• coups 0
• crews 0
• cues 0
• dews 0
• dues 0
• ensues 0
• eschews 0
• flews 0
• glues 0
• hews 0
• hues 0
• kangaroos 0

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