Synonyms of the word

bracket

• n. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
• n. (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part…
• n. (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
• n. (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
• n. Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and (computer science) "<" and ">", used in…
• n. (sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
• n. (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
• n. One of several ranges of numbers.
• n. (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
• n. (military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The…
• n. (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
• n. (land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
• v. To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
• v. To place in the same category.
• v. To mark distinctly for special treatment.
• v. To set aside, discount, ignore.
• v. (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order…
• v. (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside…
• n. Alternative form of bragget (drink made with ale and honey).

edit

• n. A change to the text of a document.
• n. (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
• v. To change a text, or a document.
• v. (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
• v. (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, programme etc.
• v. (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
• v. To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.

group

• n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
• n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element,…
• n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
• n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
• n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
• n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
• n. (chemistry) A functional group.
• n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
• n. (military) An air force formation.
• n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
• n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution…
• n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
• n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely…
• n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing…
• v. (transitive) To put together to form a group.
• v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

punctuation

• n. A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into…
• n. An act of punctuating.

redact

• v. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
• v. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically…
• v. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
• v. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
• v. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
• v. (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

sustain

• n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
• v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
• v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
• v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
• v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
• v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
• v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.