Synonym of the word COVER

cover

n. A lid.
n. A hiding from view.
n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
n. A top sheet of a bed.
n. A cover charge.
n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
v. To deal with.
v. To be enough money for.
v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
v. To provide insurance coverage for.
v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

address

n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
n. A description of the location of a property.
n. (by extension) The property itself.
n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
n. An email address.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

adjoin

v. (transitive) To be in contact or connection with.
v. (transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field,…

apparel

n. Clothing.
n. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
n. (nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
v. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
v. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
v. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental.

ascertain

v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

assure

v. (transitive) To make sure and secure.
v. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
v. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
v. To reassure.

back

adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
adj. (not comparable) Not current.
adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
adj. In arrear; overdue.
adj. Moving or operating backward.
adj. (comparable, phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
adv. In a manner that impedes.
adv. In a reciprocal manner.
n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest…
n. That which is farthest away from the front.
n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
n. A support or resource in reserve.
n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
n. (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
v. (transitive) To support.
v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise…
v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to…
v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
v. (Britain, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
v. (transitive) To push or force backwards.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
v. (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend…
v. To row backward with (oars).
n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers,…
n. A ferryboat.

be

v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

bedclothes

n. Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

bedding

n. The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
n. Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
n. (geology) a structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined…
n. (horticulture) the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary,…
v. present participle of bed.

binding

adj. Assigning something that one will be held to.
adj. (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
n. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
n. The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
n. (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
n. (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
n. (programming) The interface of some library for the programming language other than one it is written…
n. (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
v. present participle of bind.

blanket

n. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
n. A layer of anything.
n. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being…
n. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
adj. In general; covering or encompassing everything.
v. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
v. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
v. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
v. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

breed

v. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
v. (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
v. Of animals, to mate.
v. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
v. To arrange the mating of specific animals.
v. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
v. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
v. To yield or result in.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before…
v. To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up.
v. To produce or obtain by any natural process.
v. (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
n. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
n. A race or lineage.
n. (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.

broach

n. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel.
n. (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
n. Alternative spelling of brooch.
n. A spit for cooking food.
n. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
n. (architecture, Britain, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
n. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
n. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
n. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
v. (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
v. (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
v. (intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
v. (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually…
v. (transitive) To be overcome or submerged by a wave or surge of water.

brood

n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same…
n. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together…
n. The children in one family.
n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
v. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
v. (transitive) To protect.
v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over).

check

n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
n. An inspection or examination.
n. A control; a limit or stop.
n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
n. A small chink or crack.
v. To inspect; to examine.
v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
v. To control, limit, or halt.
v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
v. To leave in safekeeping.
v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
v. To act as a curb or restraint.
v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

clothe

v. (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
v. (figuratively) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

compensate

v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

comprehend

v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

conceal

v. (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

concealing

v. present participle of conceal.
n. An act of concealment.
n. Material, etc. that conceals something.

concealment

n. The practice of keeping secrets.
n. The condition of being hidden or concealed.
n. (military) protection from observation or surveillance.

contact

n. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
n. The establishment of communication (with).
n. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
n. Someone with whom one is in communication.
n. (informal) A contact lens.
n. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
n. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
n. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
v. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
v. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone.

continue

v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
v. (intransitive) To resume.
v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

control

v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

copulate

v. To engage in sexual intercourse.
adj. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
adj. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.

correct

adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

counterbalance

n. (literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
n. (figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
v. (transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
v. (transitive) To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition.

couple

n. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
n. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
n. (informal) A small number.
n. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic…
n. (physics) Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel…
n. (architecture) A couple-close.
n. (obsolete) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
adj. (informal, US) Two or (a) small number of.
v. (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
v. (transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
v. (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

covering

n. (countable) That which covers something.
n. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
v. present participle of cover.

covert

adj. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
adj. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
n. A covering.
n. A disguise.
n. A hiding place.
n. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
n. (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

cross

n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
n. A line drawn across or through another line.
n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
prep. (archaic) across.
prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
v. To make or form a cross.
v. To move relatively.
v. (social) To oppose.
v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

deal

n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
v. (baseball) To pitch.
v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
adj. Made of deal.

deputise

v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.

deputize

v. To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.
v. To make or name as a substitute.

dress

n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
n. A dress rehearsal.
v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
v. To adorn, ornament.
v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

embrace

v. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
v. (obsolete) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
v. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
v. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
v. To encircle; to encompass; to enclose.
v. (figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
v. To fasten on, as armour.
v. (law) To attempt to influence (a jury, court, etc.) corruptly.
n. Hug (noun); putting arms around someone.
n. (metaphorical) Enfolding, including.

empower

v. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
v. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to…

enclose

v. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
v. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
v. (intransitive) To hold or contain.

enclothe

v. (transitive) To cover with clothing.

encompass

v. (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
v. (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to…
v. (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
v. (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

endow

v. (archaic, transitive) To provide with a dower.
v. (transitive) To provide with money or other benefits, as a permanent fund for support.
v. (transitive, followed by "with"or, rarely, by "of") To enrich or furnish with something as a gift, quality…
v. (transitive, usually in passive) To be furnished with something naturally.

endue

v. (obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.
v. To take on, to take the form of.
v. To clothe (someone with something).
v. To invest (someone) with a given quality, property etc.; to endow.

enfold

v. To fold something around; to envelop.
v. To embrace.

enshroud

v. (transitive) to cover with (or as if with) a shroud.

ensure

v. (transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
v. (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

envelop

v. (transitive) To surround or enclose.

enwrap

v. To wrap around, surround; to envelop.
v. To absorb completely or engross.

extend

v. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
v. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
v. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
v. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
v. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
v. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
v. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
v. (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ…
v. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype…

fire

n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
v. To feed or serve the fire of.
v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
v. (farriery) To cauterize.
v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
adj. (slang) Amazing.
interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
interj. A signal to shoot.

firing

n. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
n. The fuel for a fire.
n. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
n. The dismissal of someone from a job.
v. present participle of fire.

fulfil

v. (archaic) To fill up.
v. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
v. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
v. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

fulfill

v. (archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
v. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
v. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
v. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

garb

n. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
n. A type of dress or clothing.
n. (figuratively) A guise, external appearance.
v. (transitive) To dress in garb.
n. (heraldry) A wheat sheaf.
n. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

garment

n. A single item of clothing.

gift

n. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
n. A talent or natural ability.
n. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
n. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
v. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
v. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

guarantee

n. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
n. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
n. More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly;…
n. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
n. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
v. To give an assurance that something will be done right.
v. To assume responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
v. To make something certain.

habilitate

adj. (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
v. European institutions of higher education: To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated…

handle

n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

hatch

n. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
n. A trapdoor.
n. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
n. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided…
n. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
n. (slang) A gullet.
n. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
n. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
n. (Scotland) A bedstead.
n. (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
v. (transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
v. (intransitive) (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
v. (intransitive) (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
v. (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
v. (transitive) To devise.
n. The act of hatching.
n. Development; disclosure; discovery.
n. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
n. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one…
n. (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched…
v. (transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

hide

v. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
v. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
n. (countable) The skin of an animal.
n. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
n. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
n. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals…
v. To beat with a whip made from hide.
n. (historical) An English unit of land and tax assessment intended to support one household and notionally…

hiding

v. present participle of hide.
n. (uncountable) A state of concealment.
n. (countable) A place of concealment.
n. (colloquial, countable) A beating or spanking.

include

v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another…

incubate

v. (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal…
v. (transitive) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation…

indue

v. Alternative form of endue.

inform

v. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
v. (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
v. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
v. To act as an informer; denounce.
v. (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with…
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide.
v. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
adj. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

initiate

adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
n. A new member of an organization.
n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

insure

v. (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract)…
v. (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.
v. (chiefly US, transitive) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.

invest

v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
v. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
v. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
v. To envelop, wrap, cover.
v. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
v. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
v. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
v. To formally give (power or authority).
v. To surround, accompany, or attend.
v. To lay siege to.
v. (intransitive) To make investments.
v. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand…
n. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant…

masking

v. present participle of mask.
n. The act by which something is masked.
n. An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.

mate

n. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
n. (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
n. (colloquial, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A friend, usually of the same sex.
n. (colloquial, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) a colloquial "sir"; an informal and friendly term of address…
n. (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's…
n. (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
n. (nautical) A first mate.
n. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
n. The other member of a matched pair of objects.
n. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
v. (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
v. (intransitive) To copulate.
v. (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
v. (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
v. (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
v. (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
v. (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
v. (transitive) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
v. (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
v. (transitive, aeronautics, space) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can…
n. (chess) Short for checkmate.
v. (intransitive) To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate.
v. To confuse; to confound.
n. Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
n. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea.

meet

v. (heading) Of individuals: to make personal contact.
v. (heading) Of groups: to gather or oppose.
v. (heading) To make physical or perceptual contact.
v. To satisfy; to comply with.
v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
n. A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
n. A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into…
n. A meeting.
n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the…
n. (Ireland) An act of French kissing someone.
adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

multiply

v. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
v. (transitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
v. (intransitive) To grow in number.
v. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
v. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
v. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
n. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
adv. In many or multiple ways.

overcompensate

v. To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
v. To provide excessive pay or reward for work performed.

overlay

v. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
v. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
v. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
v. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
n. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger…
n. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
n. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
n. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
n. (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace…
n. (Internet) A pop-up.

pair

n. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
n. Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.
n. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale…
n. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
n. (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better…
n. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
n. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
n. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
n. (slang) A pair of breasts.
n. (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of…
n. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote…
n. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
n. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually…
v. (transitive) To group into sets of two.
v. (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
v. (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question…
v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
v. (computing) to form wireless connection between to devices.
v. (obsolete) To impair.

pass

v. (heading) Physical movement.
v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
v. (heading) To move through time.
v. (heading) To be accepted.
v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
v. (heading) To do or be better.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
n. An attempt.
n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
n. A sexual advance.
n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

play

v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
n. The conduct, or course of a game.
n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
n. (countable) A major move by a business.
n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

plow

n. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.
v. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.

procreate

v. (transitive) To beget or conceive (offspring).
v. (transitive) To originate, create or produce something.
v. (intransitive) To reproduce.

protect

v. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

protection

n. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
n. The state of being safe.
n. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
n. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
n. (insurance) Coverage.
n. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
n. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers…
n. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

raiment

n. (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

recording

v. present participle of record.
n. A reproduction of sound and/or video stored in a permanent medium.

report

v. (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
v. (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information…
v. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
v. (transitive) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct…
v. (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
v. (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
v. (intransitive) To be accountable.
v. (politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter…
v. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
v. (obsolete) To refer.
v. (obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
n. A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with…
n. The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
n. An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.

reproduce

v. To produce an image or copy of something.
v. (biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
v. To produce again; to recreate.
v. To bring something to mind; to recall.

satisfy

v. (transitive) To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
v. (transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
v. (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
v. (transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
v. (transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.

screen

n. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
n. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing…
n. The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
n. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
n. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
n. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
n. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects.
n. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball…
n. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by…
n. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame…
n. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's…
n. (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection,…
n. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
v. To filter by passing through a screen.
v. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
v. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
v. To fit with a screen.
v. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility…
v. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds…

screening

n. (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
n. The process of checking or filtering.
n. The showing of a film.
n. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions.
n. (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
n. (soccer) shielding.
n. (medicine) A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
v. present participle of screen.

see

v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
v. To form a mental picture of.
v. (social) To meet, to visit.
v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

shroud

n. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
n. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
n. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
n. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
n. The branching top of a tree; foliage.
n. (nautical) A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
n. One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets;…
v. To cover with a shroud.
v. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
v. To take shelter or harbour.

substitute

v. (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
v. (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
v. (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
v. (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
n. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
n. (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually…
n. (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

tog

n. A cloak.
n. A coat.
n. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces…
v. (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
adv. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.

top

n. The highest part or component of an object.
n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
n. (physics) A top quark.
n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
v. To cover on the top or with a top.
v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
v. (archaic) To predominate.
v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
adj. Situated on the top of something.
adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
adv. Rated first.

touch

v. Primarily physical senses.
v. Primarily non-physical senses.
v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
n. A little bit; a small amount.
n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
n. The children's game of tag.
n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

track

n. A mark left by something that has passed along.
n. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
n. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
n. A road or other similar beaten path.
n. Physical course; way.
n. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
n. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
n. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
n. A tract or area, such as of land.
n. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
n. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width).
n. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
n. (cricket) The pitch.
n. Sound stored on a record.
n. The physical track on a record.
n. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short…
n. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
n. (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
n. A session talk on a conference.
v. To continue observing over time.
v. (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
v. (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).

traverse

n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
v. (law) To deny formally.
adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.

treat

v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
v. To provide something special and pleasant.
n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

underwrite

v. (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
v. (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
v. (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
v. (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against…
v. (intransitive) To act as an underwriter.
v. (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
v. (transitive) To submit to; put up with.

warrant

n. (obsolete) A protector or defender.
n. Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
n. Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a…
n. An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
n. (law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
n. A warrant officer.
n. (finance) An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another…
n. (New Zealand) A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards…
v. (obsolete, transitive) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
v. (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.).
v. (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (someone) a guarantee or assurance (of something); also, with double object,…
v. (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
v. (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

wrap

v. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
v. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
v. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
v. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show,…
v. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line.
v. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
n. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
n. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
n. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
n. A wraparound mortgage.

Synonyms of the word

cover

address

adjoin

apparel

ascertain

assure

back

be

bedclothes

bedding

binding

blanket

breed

broach

brood

check

clothe

compensate

comprehend

conceal

concealing

concealment

contact

continue

control

copulate

correct

counterbalance

couple

covering

covert

cross

deal

deputise

deputize

dress

embrace

empower

enclose

enclothe

encompass

endow

endue

enfold

enshroud

ensure

envelop

enwrap

extend

fire

firing

fulfil

fulfill

garb

garment

gift

guarantee

habilitate

handle

hatch

hide

hiding

include

incubate

indue

inform

initiate

insure

invest

masking

mate

meet

multiply

overcompensate

overlay

pair

pass

play

plow