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| n. (time) | 1. go, spell, tour, turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).; "it's my go"; "a spell of work" |
| ~ duty period, work shift, shift | the time period during which you are at work. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. adam, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, x, xtc | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine. |
| ~ mdma, methylenedioxymethamphetamine | a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States.; "MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time" |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl | a usually brief attempt.; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| n. (act) | 4. go, go game | a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters. |
| ~ board game | a game played on a specially designed board. |
| ~ nihon, nippon, japan | a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building. |
| v. (motion) | 5. go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ carry | cover a certain distance or advance beyond.; "The drive carried to the green" |
| ~ ease | move gently or carefully.; "He eased himself into the chair" |
| ~ whish | move with a whishing sound.; "The car whished past her" |
| ~ float | move lightly, as if suspended.; "The dancer floated across the stage" |
| ~ swap | move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science. |
| ~ seek | go to or towards.; "a liquid seeks its own level" |
| ~ whine | move with a whining sound.; "The bullets were whining past us" |
| ~ fly | be dispersed or disseminated.; "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
| ~ ride | move like a floating object.; "The moon rode high in the night sky" |
| ~ come | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| ~ ghost | move like a ghost.; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" |
| ~ betake oneself | displace oneself; go from one location to another. |
| ~ overfly, pass over | fly over.; "The plane passed over Damascus" |
| ~ travel | undergo transportation as in a vehicle.; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" |
| ~ wend | direct one's course or way.; "wend your way through the crowds" |
| ~ do | travel or traverse (a distance).; "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" |
| ~ raft | travel by raft in water.; "Raft the Colorado River" |
| ~ get about, get around | move around; move from place to place.; "How does she get around without a car?" |
| ~ resort, repair | move, travel, or proceed toward some place.; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" |
| ~ cruise | travel at a moderate speed.; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" |
| ~ journey, travel | travel upon or across.; "travel the oceans" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ round | wind around; move along a circular course.; "round the bend" |
| ~ trundle | move heavily.; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" |
| ~ push | move strenuously and with effort.; "The crowd pushed forward" |
| ~ travel purposefully | travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal. |
| ~ swing | change direction with a swinging motion; turn.; "swing back"; "swing forward" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ take the air, walk | take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure.; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" |
| ~ meander, thread, wind, wander, weave | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ spirt, spurt, forge | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ crawl, creep | move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
| ~ scramble | to move hurriedly.; "The friend scrambled after them" |
| ~ slither, slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" |
| ~ roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ jounce, bounce | move up and down repeatedly. |
| ~ breeze | to proceed quickly and easily. |
| ~ be adrift, drift, float, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current.; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" |
| ~ play | move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly.; "The spotlights played on the politicians" |
| ~ float, swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. |
| ~ swim | move as if gliding through water.; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ move around, turn | pass to the other side of.; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" |
| ~ circle | travel around something.; "circle the globe" |
| ~ slice into, slice through | move through a body or an object with a slicing motion.; "His hand sliced through the air" |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ run | travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" |
| ~ step | shift or move by taking a step.; "step back" |
| ~ motor, drive | travel or be transported in a vehicle.; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" |
| ~ automobile | travel in an automobile. |
| ~ ski | move along on skis.; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski" |
| ~ fly, wing | travel through the air; be airborne.; "Man cannot fly" |
| ~ steam, steamer | travel by means of steam power.; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" |
| ~ tram | travel by tram. |
| ~ taxi | travel slowly.; "The plane taxied down the runway" |
| ~ ferry | travel by ferry. |
| ~ caravan | travel in a caravan. |
| ~ ride, sit | sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions.; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" |
| ~ prance | spring forward on the hind legs.; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow" |
| ~ swim | travel through water.; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ascend, go up | travel up,.; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ crank, zigzag | travel along a zigzag path.; "The river zigzags through the countryside" |
| ~ travel along, follow | travel along a certain course.; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ retrograde | move in a direction contrary to the usual one.; "retrograding planets" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ back | travel backward.; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
| ~ pan | make a sweeping movement.; "The camera panned across the room" |
| ~ follow | to travel behind, go after, come after.; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
| ~ precede, lead | move ahead (of others) in time or space. |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| ~ derail, jump | run off or leave the rails.; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" |
| ~ flock | move as a crowd or in a group.; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ billow | move with great difficulty.; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" |
| ~ circulate | move around freely.; "She circulates among royalty" |
| ~ circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| ~ angle | move or proceed at an angle.; "he angled his way into the room" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ hurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed | move very fast.; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| ~ speed | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.; "I got a ticket for speeding" |
| ~ zoom | move with a low humming noise. |
| ~ drive | move by being propelled by a force.; "The car drove around the corner" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ shack, trail | move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" |
| ~ shuttle | travel back and forth between two points. |
| ~ hiss, whoosh | move with a whooshing sound. |
| ~ whisk | move quickly and nimbly.; "He whisked into the house" |
| ~ career | move headlong at high speed.; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" |
| ~ circuit | make a circuit.; "They were circuiting about the state" |
| ~ lance | move quickly, as if by cutting one's way.; "Planes lanced towards the shore" |
| ~ outflank, go around | go around the flank of (an opposing army). |
| ~ propagate | travel through the air.; "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
| ~ draw | move or go steadily or gradually.; "The ship drew near the shore" |
| ~ transfer, change | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another.; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" |
| ~ swash | make violent, noisy movements. |
| ~ pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| ~ tread, step | put down or press the foot, place the foot.; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" |
| ~ step | move with one's feet in a specific manner.; "step lively" |
| ~ hurtle | move with or as if with a rushing sound.; "The cars hurtled by" |
| ~ retreat | move away, as for privacy.; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer" |
| ~ whistle | move with, or as with, a whistling sound.; "The bullets whistled past him" |
| ~ island hop | travel from one island to the next.; "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping" |
| ~ plough, plow | move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.; "The ship plowed through the water" |
| ~ lurch | move slowly and unsteadily.; "The truck lurched down the road" |
| ~ sift | move as if through a sieve.; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" |
| ~ fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ drag | move slowly and as if with great effort. |
| ~ run | move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" |
| ~ bang | move noisily.; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" |
| ~ precess | move in a gyrating fashion.; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied" |
| ~ move around, travel | travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge. |
| ~ ride | sit on and control a vehicle.; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" |
| ~ snowshoe | travel on snowshoes.; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store" |
| ~ beetle | fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home" |
| v. (social) | 6. go, move, proceed | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| ~ venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| v. (motion) | 7. depart, go, go away | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ shove along, shove off, blow | leave; informal or rude.; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| v. (change) | 8. become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ sober up, sober | become sober after excessive alcohol consumption.; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" |
| ~ sober, sober up | become more realistic.; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" |
| ~ work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion.; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" |
| ~ take effect | go into effect or become effective or operative.; "The new law will take effect next month" |
| ~ run | change from one state to another.; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" |
| ~ take | be seized or affected in a specified way.; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" |
| ~ break | come into being.; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" |
| ~ settle | become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" |
| v. (stative) | 9. go | be awarded; be allotted.; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes" |
| v. (stative) | 10. go, run | have a particular form.; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 11. extend, go, lead, pass, run | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ come | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| ~ ray, radiate | extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" |
| ~ range, run | change or be different within limits.; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" |
| ~ go deep, go far | extend in importance or range.; "His accomplishments go far" |
| v. (change) | 12. go, proceed | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ drag on, drag out, drag | proceed for an extended period of time.; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
| ~ fare, get along, do, make out, come | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| v. (change) | 13. go | be abolished or discarded.; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (stative) | 14. go | be or continue to be in a certain condition.; "The children went hungry that day" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (perception) | 15. go, sound | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ snarl | make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise.; "Bullets snarled past us" |
| ~ sing, whistle | make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" |
| ~ cause to be perceived | have perceptible qualities. |
| ~ blow | make a sound as if blown.; "The whistle blew" |
| ~ ting | make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'. |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| ~ splat | give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact. |
| ~ twang | sound with a twang.; "the bowstring was twanging" |
| ~ clang, clangor | make a loud noise.; "clanging metal" |
| ~ clank | make a clank.; "the train clanked through the village" |
| ~ clangor, clangour | make a loud resonant noise.; "the alarm clangored throughout the building" |
| ~ boom out, boom | make a deep hollow sound.; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" |
| ~ drum, thrum, beat | make a rhythmic sound.; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" |
| ~ rattle | make short successive sounds. |
| ~ ticktack, ticktock, tick, beat | make a sound like a clock or a timer.; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" |
| ~ resonate, vibrate | sound with resonance.; "The sound resonates well in this theater" |
| ~ crash | make a sudden loud sound.; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" |
| ~ tweet, twirp | make a weak, chirping sound.; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" |
| ~ skirl | make a shrill, wailing sound.; "skirling bagpipes" |
| ~ gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water.; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" |
| ~ glug | make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.; "the wine bottles glugged" |
| ~ blow | sound by having air expelled through a tube.; "The trumpets blew" |
| ~ whish | make a sibilant sound. |
| ~ guggle | make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle. |
| ~ ping | make a short high-pitched sound.; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" |
| ~ ping, pink, knock | sound like a car engine that is firing too early.; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" |
| ~ trump | produce a sound as if from a trumpet. |
| ~ squelch | make a sucking sound. |
| ~ chug | make a dull, explosive sound.; "the engine chugged down the street" |
| ~ ring, peal | sound loudly and sonorously.; "the bells rang" |
| ~ bombilate, bombinate, buzz | make a buzzing sound.; "bees were buzzing around the hive" |
| ~ chime | emit a sound.; "bells and gongs chimed" |
| ~ rustle | make a dry crackling sound.; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" |
| ~ crack, snap | make a sharp sound.; "his fingers snapped" |
| ~ crack | make a very sharp explosive sound.; "His gun cracked" |
| ~ beep, claxon, honk, toot, blare | make a loud noise.; "The horns of the taxis blared" |
| ~ whistle | make whistling sounds.; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" |
| ~ resound, reverberate, echo, ring | ring or echo with sound.; "the hall resounded with laughter" |
| ~ thud, thump | make a dull sound.; "the knocker thudded against the front door" |
| ~ clop, clump, clunk, plunk | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. |
| ~ patter, pitter-patter | make light, rapid and repeated sounds.; "gently pattering rain" |
| ~ pink, rap, knock, tap | make light, repeated taps on a surface.; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" |
| ~ tick, click | make a clicking or ticking sound.; "The clock ticked away" |
| ~ chatter, click | click repeatedly or uncontrollably.; "Chattering teeth" |
| ~ pop | make a sharp explosive noise.; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped" |
| ~ chink, tink, tinkle, clink | make or emit a high sound.; "tinkling bells" |
| ~ slosh, slush, splosh, splash | make a splashing sound.; "water was splashing on the floor" |
| ~ thrum, hum | sound with a monotonous hum. |
| ~ bleep | emit a single short high-pitched signal.; "The computer bleeped away" |
| ~ rumble, grumble | make a low noise.; "rumbling thunder" |
| ~ boom, din | make a resonant sound, like artillery.; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" |
| ~ bang | to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound.; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" |
| ~ burble, guggle, gurgle, bubble, ripple, babble | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.; "babbling brooks" |
| ~ swish, swoosh, swosh, lap | move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" |
| ~ drone | make a monotonous low dull sound.; "The harmonium was droning on" |
| ~ birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz | make a soft swishing sound.; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" |
| ~ roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
| v. (contact) | 16. function, go, operate, run, work | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| ~ double | do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions.; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
| ~ roll | begin operating or running.; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
| ~ run | be operating, running or functioning.; "The car is still running--turn it off!" |
| ~ run | be operating, running or functioning.; "The car is still running--turn it off!" |
| ~ cut | function as a cutting instrument.; "This knife cuts well" |
| ~ work | operate in or through.; "Work the phones" |
| ~ service, serve | be used by; as of a utility.; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" |
| v. (consumption) | 17. go, run low, run short | to be spent or finished.; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" |
| ~ go | be spent.; "All my money went for food and rent" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (change) | 18. go, move, run | progress by being changed.; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (stative) | 19. endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ subsist, exist, survive, live | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ hold water, stand up, hold up | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" |
| ~ perennate | survive from season to season, of plants. |
| ~ live out | live out one's life; live to the end. |
| v. (stative) | 20. go | pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action.; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call" |
| v. (change) | 21. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ buy it, pip out | be killed or die. |
| ~ drown | die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.; "The child drowned in the lake" |
| ~ predecease | die before; die earlier than.; "She predeceased her husband" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ starve, famish | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| v. (stative) | 22. belong, go | be in the right place or situation.; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 23. go | be ranked or compare.; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go" |
| ~ compare | be comparable.; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes" |
| v. (motion) | 24. get going, go, start | begin or set in motion.; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" |
| ~ come on, go on, come up | start running, functioning, or operating.; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" |
| ~ get off the ground, take off | get started or set in motion, used figuratively.; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" |
| v. (competition) | 25. go, move | have a turn; make one's move in a game.; "Can I go now?" |
| ~ make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ bluff, bluff out | deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. |
| ~ stalemate | subject to a stalemate. |
| ~ castle | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king. |
| ~ serve | put the ball into play.; "It was Agassi's turn to serve" |
| ~ open | make the opening move.; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" |
| ~ cast, draw | choose at random.; "draw a card"; "cast lots" |
| ~ ruff, trump | play a trump. |
| ~ maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate | perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense. |
| ~ check | decline to initiate betting. |
| v. (stative) | 26. go | be contained in.; "How many times does 18 go into 54?" |
| v. (stative) | 27. go | be sounded, played, or expressed.; "How does this song go again?" |
| v. (stative) | 28. blend, blend in, go | blend or harmonize.; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" |
| ~ fit, go | be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired.; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| v. (stative) | 29. go, lead | lead, extend, or afford access.; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 30. fit, go | be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired.; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" |
| ~ tessellate | fit together exactly, of identical shapes.; "triangles tessellate" |
| ~ joint | fit as if by joints.; "The boards fit neatly" |
| ~ blend in, blend, go | blend or harmonize.; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" |
| ~ fit | conform to some shape or size.; "How does this shirt fit?" |
| v. (contact) | 31. go, rifle | go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way.; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" |
| ~ search | subject to a search.; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
| v. (consumption) | 32. go | be spent.; "All my money went for food and rent" |
| ~ run low, run short, go | to be spent or finished.; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" |
| v. (cognition) | 33. go, plump | give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number.; "I plumped for the losing candidates" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| v. (change) | 34. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| adj. | 35. go | functioning correctly and ready for action.; "all systems are go" |
| ~ a-ok, a-okay | in perfect condition or order. |
| leave | | |
| n. (time) | 1. leave, leave of absence | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" |
| ~ time off | a time period when you are not required to work.; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral" |
| ~ furlough | a temporary leave of absence from military duty. |
| ~ pass | (military) a written leave of absence.; "he had a pass for three days" |
| ~ compassionate leave | (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death. |
| ~ sabbatical, sabbatical leave | a leave usually taken every seventh year. |
| ~ shore leave, liberty | leave granted to a sailor or naval officer. |
| ~ sick leave | a leave of absence from work because of illness. |
| ~ terminal leave | final leave before discharge from military service. |
| n. (communication) | 2. leave | permission to do something.; "she was granted leave to speak" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| n. (act) | 3. farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting | the act of departing politely.; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| ~ valediction | the act of saying farewell. |
| v. (motion) | 4. go away, go forth, leave | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ go out | leave the house to go somewhere.; "We never went out when our children were small" |
| ~ desert | leave behind.; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" |
| ~ take leave, quit, depart | go away or leave. |
| ~ pop off | leave quickly. |
| ~ walk away, walk off | go away from.; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off" |
| ~ hightail | leave as fast as possible.; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in" |
| ~ walk out | leave abruptly, often in protest or anger.; "The customer that was not served walked out" |
| ~ come away | leave in a certain condition.; "She came away angry" |
| ~ vamoose, decamp, skip | leave suddenly.; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" |
| ~ bugger off, buzz off, scram, fuck off, get | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out, bolt | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
| ~ ride away, ride off | ride away on a horse, for example. |
| ~ go out | take the field.; "The soldiers went out on missions" |
| ~ tarry, linger | leave slowly and hesitantly. |
| ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| ~ pull out, get out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ rush away, rush off | depart in a hurry. |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away | leave furtively and stealthily.; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" |
| ~ vacate, abandon, empty | leave behind empty; move out of.; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| ~ forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally.; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" |
| ~ jilt | cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.; "jilt a lover or a bride" |
| ~ desert, desolate, forsake, abandon | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children" |
| v. (stative) | 6. leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (change) | 7. leave, leave alone, leave behind | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
| ~ let | leave unchanged.; "let it be" |
| ~ refrain, forbear | resist doing something.; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" |
| ~ leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| v. (motion) | 8. exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ depart, go away, go | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ pop out | exit briefly.; "He popped out for a quick coffee break" |
| ~ file out | march out, in a file. |
| ~ hop out, get off | get out of quickly.; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" |
| ~ fall out | leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation.; "the soldiers fell out" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ get off | leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.. |
| ~ step out | go outside a room or building for a short period of time. |
| ~ eject | leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule. |
| ~ undock | move out of a dock.; "We docked at noon" |
| ~ log off, log out | exit a computer.; "Please log off before you go home" |
| v. (stative) | 9. allow, allow for, leave, provide | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ admit, allow | afford possibility.; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
| v. (stative) | 10. lead, leave, result | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ lead | tend to or result in.; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
| ~ leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| ~ leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| v. (social) | 11. depart, leave, pull up stakes | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ drop out | leave school or an educational program prematurely.; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program" |
| v. (possession) | 12. entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| v. (possession) | 13. bequeath, leave, will | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| ~ leave behind, leave | be survived by after one's death.; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ devise | give by will, especially real property. |
| ~ pass on | give to or transfer possession of.; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" |
| ~ impart, pass on, give, leave | transmit (knowledge or skills).; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" |
| ~ remember | show appreciation to.; "He remembered her in his will" |
| ~ fee-tail, entail | limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs. |
| v. (stative) | 14. leave | have left or have as a remainder.; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11" |
| ~ leave alone, leave behind, leave | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
| ~ have | have left.; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire" |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (change) | 15. leave, leave behind | be survived by after one's death.; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ widow | cause to be without a spouse.; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" |
| ~ leave behind | depart and not take along.; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe" |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| v. (possession) | 16. give, impart, leave, pass on | transmit (knowledge or skills).; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| v. (cognition) | 17. forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally.; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" |
| ~ leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| ~ lose | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.; "I've lost my glasses again!" |
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