carve | (verb) cut to pieces | Synonyms: cut up |
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(verb) form by carving | - |
(verb) engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface | Synonyms: chip at |
carved | (adjective) made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary) | Synonyms: carven |
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carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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carven | (adjective) made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary) | Synonyms: carved |
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carver | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker |
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(noun) someone who carves the meat | Synonyms: cutter |
(noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: woodcarver |
conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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(verb) preserve with sugar | - |
(verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: economise, economize, husband |
(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: keep up, maintain, preserve |
(verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change | - |
conserved | (adjective) protected from harm or loss | - |
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conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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corvee | (noun) unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes | - |
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corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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curve | (noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | Synonyms: bender, breaking ball, curve ball |
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(noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: bend |
(noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curvature |
(noun) a line on a graph representing data | - |
(noun) the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | Synonyms: curved shape |
(verb) form a curl, curve, or kink | Synonyms: curl, kink |
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
(verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, arch |
(verb) bend or cause to bend | Synonyms: crook |
(verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: twist, wind |
curved | (adjective) having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend | Synonyms: curving |
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curvet | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: vaulting |
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(verb) perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse | - |
curvey | (adjective) having curves | Synonyms: curvy |
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decurved | (adjective) bent down or curved downward | - |
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defervesce | (verb) experience an abatement of a fever | - |
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defervescence | (noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature | - |
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defervescent | (adjective) of or relating to the reduction of a fever | - |
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deserve | (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: merit |
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deserved | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: merited |
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deservedly | (adverb) as deserved | - |
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effervesce | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
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effervescence | (noun) the property of giving off bubbles | Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness |
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(noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes | - |
effervescent | (adjective) (of a liquid) giving off bubbles | - |
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(adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: sparkling |
(adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly |
effervescing | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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fervency | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
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fervent | (adjective) (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing | Synonyms: fervid |
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(adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
fervently | (adverb) with passionate fervor | Synonyms: fervidly, fierily |
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harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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(noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
(noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
(noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
(verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
(verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
harvester | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: reaper |
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(noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: reaper |
harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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harvestman | (noun) spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | Synonyms: daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio |
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hypervelocity | (noun) excessive velocity | - |
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hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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(verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
hyperventilation | (noun) an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued | - |
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incurved | (adjective) bent into or having an inward curve | Synonyms: incurvate |
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intervene | (verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time | - |
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(verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in |
(verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events | - |
intervening | (adjective) occurring or falling between events or points in time | - |
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intervenor | (noun) (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding | - |
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intervention | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intercession |
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(noun) (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings | - |
(noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: treatment |
(noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: interposition |
(noun) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | Synonyms: interference |
intervertebral | (adjective) pertaining to the space between two vertebrae | - |
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marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: wonder |
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(verb) express astonishment or surprise about something | - |
(verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: wonder |
marveller | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: wonderer |
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marvellous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvelous, tall |
(adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvelous, miraculous |
marvellously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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marvelous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, tall |
(adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvellous, miraculous |
marvelously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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nerve | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk |
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(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face |
(noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nervus |
(verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: steel |
nerveless | (adjective) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | Synonyms: cool, coolheaded |
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(adjective) lacking strength | Synonyms: feeble |
nervelessly | (adverb) in a composed and unconcerned manner | Synonyms: coolly, nonchalantly |
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nervelessness | (noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: coolness |
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nerveroot | (noun) once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America | Synonyms: Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower |
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nerves | (noun) control of your emotions | - |
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(noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nervousness |
noneffervescent | (adjective) not effervescent | - |
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(adjective) not sparkling | Synonyms: still |
nonintervention | (noun) a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes | Synonyms: noninterference |
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observe | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
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(verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, note, remark |
(verb) watch attentively | - |
(verb) observe with care or pay close attention to | Synonyms: note, take note |
(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, notice |
(verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, watch, watch over |
(verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, respect |
(verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, keep |
(verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: keep |
observed | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, discovered |
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observer | (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, perceiver, percipient |
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(noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: commentator |
parve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: pareve |
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parvenu | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenue |
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(adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart |
(noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
parvenue | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenu |
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(adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
perve | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, pervert |
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(verb) look at with amorous intentions | Synonyms: ogle, perv |
perverse | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverted, reprobate |
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(adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrary, obstinate, wayward |
(adjective) marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict | - |
perversely | (adverb) deliberately deviant | - |
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(adverb) in a contrary disobedient manner | Synonyms: contrarily, contrariwise |
perverseness | (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perversity |
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(noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perversity |
perversion | (noun) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use) | - |
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(noun) an aberrant sexual practice | Synonyms: sexual perversion |
(noun) a curve that reverses the direction of something | - |
perversity | (noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perverseness |
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(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness |
perversive | (adjective) tending to corrupt or pervert | Synonyms: corruptive, pestiferous |
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pervert | (noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, perve |
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(verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: abuse, misuse |
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, sophisticate, twist, twist around |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, profane, subvert, vitiate |
perverted | (adjective) (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes | Synonyms: kinky |
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(adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverse, reprobate |
(adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | Synonyms: distorted, misrepresented, twisted |
preserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserves |
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(noun) a reservation where animals are protected | - |
(noun) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone | - |
(verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: keep |
(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain |
(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: save |
(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
(verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: keep |
(verb) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing | - |
preserved | (adjective) kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
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(adjective) prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use | - |
preserver | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning | Synonyms: flotation device, life preserver |
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(noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: refinisher, renovator, restorer |
(noun) someone who keeps safe from harm or danger | - |
(noun) a cook who preserves fruits or meat | - |
preserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserve |
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purvey | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: provision |
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purveyance | (noun) the act of supplying something | - |
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purveyor | (noun) someone who supplies provisions (especially food) | - |
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recurve | (verb) curve or bend (something) back or down | - |
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recurved | (adjective) curved backward or inward | Synonyms: recurvate |
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reserve | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reticence, taciturnity |
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(noun) formality and propriety of manner | Synonyms: modesty |
(noun) armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency | Synonyms: military reserve |
(noun) a district that is reserved for particular purpose | Synonyms: reservation |
(noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: second-stringer, substitute |
(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, stockpile |
(noun) (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions | - |
(verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside |
(verb) obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance | - |
(verb) hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency | - |
(verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: book, hold |
reserved | (adjective) marked by self-restraint and reticence | - |
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(adjective) set aside for the use of a particular person or party | - |
reservedly | (adverb) with reserve; in a reserved manner | - |
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reserves | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | Synonyms: militia |
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resurvey | (noun) a new survey or study | - |
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serve | (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: service |
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(verb) do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function | - |
(verb) put the ball into play | - |
(verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food) | Synonyms: dish, dish out, dish up, serve up |
(verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: help |
(verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone | Synonyms: process, swear out |
(verb) mate with | Synonyms: service |
(verb) be used by; as of a utility | Synonyms: service |
(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend, attend to, wait on |
(verb) devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas | - |
(verb) do military service | - |
(verb) spend time in prison or in a labor camp | Synonyms: do |
(verb) contribute or conduce to | - |
(verb) promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to | Synonyms: serve well |
(verb) serve a purpose, role, or function | Synonyms: function |
(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, suffice |
server | (noun) utensil used in serving food or drink | - |
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(noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: host |
(noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: waiter |
(noun) (court games) the player who serves to start a point | - |
starve | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, hunger |
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(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, thirst |
(verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: famish |
(verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: famish |
(verb) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | - |
starved | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set |
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(adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starving |
starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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subserve | (verb) be helpful or useful | - |
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supervene | (verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development | - |
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supervention | (noun) a following on in addition | - |
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surveil | (verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: follow, survey |
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surveillance | (noun) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
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survey | (noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing | Synonyms: sight, view |
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(noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: study |
(noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, sketch |
(verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: appraise |
(verb) plot a map of (land) | - |
(verb) make a survey of; for statistical purposes | - |
(verb) hold a review (of troops) | Synonyms: go over, review |
(verb) look over carefully or inspect | - |
(verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: follow, surveil |
surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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surveyor | (noun) an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures | - |
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(noun) someone who conducts a statistical survey | - |
swerve | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerving, veering |
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(noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: yaw |
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, trend, veer |
timeserver | (noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage | - |
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