Synonyms of the word

pickle

• n. A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
• n. (Often in plural: pickles), any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
• n. The brine used for preserving food.
• n. A difficult situation, peril.
• n. (affectionate) A mildly mischievous loved one.
• n. (baseball) A rundown.
• n. A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (slang) A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
• n. (metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc…
• n. In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the…
• v. To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
• v. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
• v. (programming) (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
• n. (Northern England, Scotland) A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.).
• n. (Northern England, Scotland) A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit,…

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

hole

• n. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.;…
• n. (heading) In games.
• n. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
• n. (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw.
• n. (informal) A container or receptacle.
• n. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged…
• n. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
• n. (slang anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus.
• n. (Ireland, idiomatic, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
• n. (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
• n. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
• n. (figuratively) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
• n. (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
• v. (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
• v. (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
• v. (intransitive) To go into a hole.
• v. (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
• v. (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
• v. simple past tense of hele.
• adj. Obsolete form of whole.

jam

• n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used…
• n. (countable) A difficult situation.
• n. (countable) Blockage, congestion.
• n. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
• n. (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
• n. (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
• n. (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
• n. (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
• n. (climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
• n. (Britain, slang) luck.
• n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
• v. To get something stuck in a confined space.
• v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
• v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
• v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
• v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
• v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
• v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
• v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
• v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
• v. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.
• n. (dated) A kind of frock for children.
• n. (mining) Alternative form of jamb.

keep

• v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
• v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
• v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
• v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
• n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
• n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
• n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
• n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

mess

• n. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.
• n. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one…
• n. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel…
• n. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
• n. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
• v. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
• v. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
• v. (intransitive) To eat (with others).
• v. (transitive) To supply with a mess.
• n. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding;…
• n. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
• n. (euphemistic) Excrement.
• v. (transitive) To make a mess of.
• v. (transitive) To throw into confusion.
• v. (intransitive) To interfere.

muddle

• v. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
• v. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
• v. To dabble in mud.
• v. To make turbid or muddy.
• v. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
• v. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
• v. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
• n. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

preserve

• n. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
• n. A reservation, a nature preserve.
• n. An activity with restricted access.
• v. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
• v. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare…
• v. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

relish

• n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
• n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
• n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
• n. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable…
• n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
• n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
• n. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
• v. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
• v. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of.
• v. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
• v. (transitive) to look forward to.