Synonyms of the word

fort

• n. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
• n. Any permanent army post.
• v. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

assemble

• v. (transitive) To put together.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
• v. (computing) to translate from assembly language to machine code.

base

• n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
• n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
• n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
• n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
• n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
• n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
• n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
• n. Important areas in games and sports.
• n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
• n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
• n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
• n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
• n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
• n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
• n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
• n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
• n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
• n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
• n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• n. (music) Dated form of bass.
• n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
• n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
• n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
• n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
• n. (obsolete) An apron.
• n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
• v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
• v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
• v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
• adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
• adj. Low in place or position.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
• adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• adj. Not classical or correct.
• adj. Obsolete form of bass.
• adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
• n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
• acr. Alternative form of BASE.

defence

• n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
• n. Something used to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.

defense

• n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
• n. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

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.

foregather

• v. Alternative form of forgather.

forgather

• v. (intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.

fortify

• v. To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against…
• v. To impart strength or vigor to.
• v. To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.

fortress

• n. A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle;…
• n. (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side,…
• v. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

garrison

• n. A permanent military post.
• n. The troops stationed at such a post.
• n. (allusive) Occupants.
• v. To assign troops to a military post.
• v. To convert into a military fort.
• v. To occupy with troops. example: 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens…

gather

• v. To collect; normally separate things.
• v. To bring parts of a whole closer.
• v. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
• v. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus.
• v. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
• v. To gain; to win.
• n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
• n. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
• n. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
• n. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

inclose

• v. (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose.

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.

place

• n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
• n. A location or position in space.
• n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
• n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
• n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
• n. A frame of mind.
• n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
• n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
• n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
• n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
• n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
• n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
• v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
• v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
• v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
• v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
• v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
• v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
• v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
• v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

post

• n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
• n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
• n. A pole in a battery.
• n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
• n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
• n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
• n. (sports) A goalpost.
• n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
• v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
• v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
• v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
• v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
• v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
• n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
• n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
• n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
• n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
• n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
• n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
• n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
• n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
• n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
• n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
• n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
• v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
• v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
• v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
• v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
• v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
• adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
• adv. Sent via the postal service.
• n. An assigned station; a guard post.
• n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
• v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
• v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
• prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
• n. (film, informal) Post-production.

send

• v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
• v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
• v. To bring to a certain condition.
• v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
• v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
• v. (nautical) To pitch.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
• n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.

station

• n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde…
• n. A stopping place.
• n. A place where workers are stationed.
• n. One of the Stations of the Cross.
• n. The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the…
• n. A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
• n. Standing; rank; position.
• n. A broadcasting entity.
• n. (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
• n. (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
• n. The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
• n. (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation…
• n. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere…
• v. To put in place to perform a task.
• v. To put in place to perform military duty.