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Synonyms of the word 
LOOK → AGREE - AMBIANCE - AMBIENCE - APPEAR - APPEARANCE - ASPECT - ATMOSPHERE - ATTEND - AWAIT - BANK - BE - BET - CALCULATE - CARE - CHECK - CONVEY - CORRESPOND - COUNT - COUNTENANCE - DEPEND - EXAMINE - EXPECT - EXPRESSION - FACE - FEEL - FEELING - FIT - FLAVOR - FLAVOUR - FRONT - GIBE - IMPART - JIBE - LIE - LOOKING - MATCH - PERCEPTION - RECKON - RELY - SEARCH - SEE - SEEM - SENSING - SMELL - SPIRIT - SWEAR - TALLY - TONE - TRUST - VISAGE - WAITlook- v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- v. To appear, to seem.
- v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
- v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
- v. To face or present a view.
- v. To expect or anticipate.
- v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
- v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
- v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
- v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
- interj. Pay attention.
- n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
- n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
- n. A facial expression.
agree- v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
- v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
- v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
- v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
- v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
- v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
- v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
- v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
ambiance- n. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
- n. (computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
ambience- n. Alternative spelling of ambiance.
appear- v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
- v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
- v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge,…
- v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation…
- v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
appearance- n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- n. Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
- n. Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
- n. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed…
- n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before…
- n. (law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court…
- n. (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
aspect- n. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- n. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- n. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- n. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- n. One's appearance or expression.
- n. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction;…
- n. Prospect; outlook.
- n. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal…
- n. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular…
- n. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
- n. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
- n. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a…
atmosphere- n. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
- n. The air in a particular place.
- n. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
- n. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm).
attend- v. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
- v. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto).
- v. (intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look…
- v. (transitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
- v. (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings;…
- v. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
- v. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
- v. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
- v. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").
await- v. (transitive, formal) To wait for.
- v. (transitive) To expect.
- v. (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- v. (intransitive) To watch, observe.
- v. (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
- n. (obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
- n. (obsolete) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
bank- n. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- n. A branch office of such an institution.
- n. An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.
- n. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- n. (gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and…
- n. (slang, uncountable) money; profit.
- n. In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- n. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- n. A device used to store coins or currency.
- v. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution.
- v. (transitive) To put into a bank.
- n. (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- n. (nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand,…
- n. (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- n. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- n. (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- n. A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
- n. (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- n. (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- n. (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
- v. (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- v. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- v. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- v. (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- v. (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of.
- n. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- n. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- v. (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- n. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- n. A bench or seat for judges in court.
- n. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law,…
- n. (archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers.
- n. (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
- n. (uncountable) slang for money.
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…
bet- n. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the…
- n. A degree of certainty.
- v. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
- v. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
- v. (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the…
- n. Alternative form of beth.
- prep. (knitting) between.
calculate- v. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical…
- v. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- v. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- v. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other…
- v. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of…
care- n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
- n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
- n. Worry.
- n. Maintenance, upkeep.
- n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
- n. The state of being cared for by others.
- n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
- v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
- v. (intransitive) To look after.
- v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
- v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.
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…
convey- v. To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
- v. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- v. (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- v. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
- v. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
correspond- v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
- v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…
count- v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- v. (transitive) To determine the number (of objects in a group).
- v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
- v. (intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- v. (transitive) To consider something an example of something.
- v. (obsolete) To take account or note (of).
- v. (Britain, law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
- n. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- n. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- n. A countdown.
- n. (law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
- n. (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- n. (obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
- n. The male ruler of a county.
- n. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
countenance- n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- n. Favour; support; encouragement.
- n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
depend- v. (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something…
- v. (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
- v. (Can we verify([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +]) this sense?) To serve; to attend;…
- v. (now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
- v. (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
examine- v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
- v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
- v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
- v. To interrogate.
expect- v. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or…
- v. To consider obligatory or required.
- v. To consider reasonably due.
- v. (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.
expression- n. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- n. A colloquialism or idiom.
- n. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- n. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- n. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- n. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- n. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
- n. A specific blend of whisky.
face- n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
- n. One's facial expression.
- n. The public image; outward appearance.
- n. The frontal aspect of something.
- n. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
- n. The directed force of something.
- n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
- n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces…
- n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
- n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
- n. (slang) The mouth.
- n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- n. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic…
- n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- n. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same…
- n. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- n. (typography) A typeface.
- n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- n. (computing) An interface.
- n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to…
- v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
- v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- v. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
- v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception,…
- v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,…
feel- v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
- v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
- v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
- v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
- v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
- n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
- n. A vague mental impression.
- n. An act of fondling.
- n. A vague understanding.
- n. An intuitive ability.
- n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
- pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
- adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
- adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
feeling- adj. Emotionally sensitive.
- adj. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
- n. Sensation, particularly through the skin.
- n. Emotion; impression.
- n. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
- n. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
- n. Intuition.
- n. An opinion, an attitude.
- v. present participle of feel.
fit- adj. Suitable, proper.
- adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- adj. In good shape; physically well.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
- adj. Prepared; ready.
- v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
- v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
- v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
- v. (transitive) To make ready.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
- v. To be proper or becoming.
- v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- n. The degree to which something fits.
- n. Conformity of elements one to another.
- n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
- n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- n. A seizure or convulsion.
- n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
- n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
flavor- n. American standard spelling of flavour.
- v. American standard spelling of flavour.
flavour- n. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
- n. A substance used to produce a taste. Flavouring.
- n. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
- n. The characteristic quality of something.
- n. (informal) A kind or type.
- n. (physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types…
- n. (archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
- v. (transitive) To add flavouring to something.
front- n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
- n. A field of activity.
- n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting…
- n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity…
- n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
- n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command…
- n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- n. The most conspicuous part.
- n. (obsolete) The beginning.
- n. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
- n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
- n. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word…
- adj. Located at or near the front.
- adj. (comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
- v. (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
- v. (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- v. (transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
- v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
- v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
- v. (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
- v. (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
- v. (transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
- v. To appear before, as in to front court.
gibe- n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
- v. (intransitive) To agree.
- v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
impart- v. To give a part or share.
- v. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
- v. To hold a conference or consultation.
- v. To obtain a share of; to partake of.
jibe- n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
- v. (intransitive) To agree.
- n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
- v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
- v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
- v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
lie- v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
- v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
- n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
looking- v. present participle of look.
- n. The act of one who looks; a glance.
- n. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.
match- n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- n. A marriage.
- n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- n. Suitability.
- n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- n. An agreement or compact.
- n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
- v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
- v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
- v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
- v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
- n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…
perception- n. Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
- n. Conscious understanding of something.
- n. Vision (ability).
- n. Acuity.
- n. (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through…
reckon- v. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- v. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account;…
- v. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- v. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by…
- v. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
- v. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and…
rely- v. (with on or upon, formerly also with in) To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity,…
search- n. An attempt to find something.
- n. The act of searching in general.
- v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
- v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
- v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.
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.
seem- v. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
- v. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
sensing- v. present participle of sense.
- n. The act of sensation.
smell- n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals,…
- n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
- v. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
- v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or…
- v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
- v. To detect or perceive; often with out.
- v. (obsolete) To give heed to.
spirit- n. The collective souls of man or another entity.
- n. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- n. Enthusiasm.
- n. The manner or style of something.
- n. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term…
- n. Energy; ardour.
- n. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or…
- n. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in…
- n. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- n. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- n. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- n. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according…
- n. (dyeing) stannic chloride.
- v. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- v. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.
swear- v. (intransitive, transitive) To take an oath.
- v. (intransitive) To use offensive language.
- n. A swear word.
- adj. (Britain dialectal) Heavy.
- adj. (Britain dialectal) Top-heavy; too high.
- adj. (Britain dialectal) Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
- adj. (Britain dialectal) Niggardly.
- adj. (Britain dialectal) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
- v. (Britain dialectal) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
tally- adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
- interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
- n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
- n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
- n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- n. A tally shop.
- n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- v. (transitive) To count something.
- v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- v. (intransitive) To keep score.
- v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
- v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
tone- n. (music) A specific pitch.
- n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- n. General character, mood, or trend.
- n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
- n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
- n. The shade or quality of a colour.
- n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
- n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
- n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
- v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
- v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
- v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
- v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
- pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).
trust- n. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
- n. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- n. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- n. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- n. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- n. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- n. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- n. (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit…
- n. (law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose…
- n. A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities…
- n. (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- v. (transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
- v. (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- v. (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object).
- v. (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- v. (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- v. (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- v. (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
- v. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- v. (intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
- v. (archaic, intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
- adj. (obsolete) Secure, safe.
- adj. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
- adj. (law) of or relating to a trust.
visage- n. Countenance; appearance; one's face.
wait- v. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now…
- v. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- v. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- v. (obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- v. (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
- v. (obsolete) To defer or postpone (a meal).
- v. (intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
- n. A delay.
- n. An ambush.
- n. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
- n. (in the plural, obsolete, Britain) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
- n. (in the plural, archaic, Britain) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially…
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