asleep | (adjective) in a state of sleep | - |
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(adjective) dead | Synonyms: at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone |
(adjective) lacking sensation | Synonyms: benumbed, numb |
(adverb) into a sleeping state | - |
(adverb) in the sleep of death | - |
barkeep | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeeper, bartender, mixologist |
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beep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: bleep |
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(verb) call, summon, or alert with a beeper | - |
(verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: blare, claxon, honk, toot |
bleep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: beep |
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(verb) emit a single short high-pitched signal | - |
bopeep | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: peekaboo |
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cassareep | (noun) a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking | - |
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cheep | (noun) the short weak cry of a young bird | Synonyms: peep |
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(verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: chirp, chirrup, peep |
chimneysweep | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweeper, sweep |
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corbiestep | (noun) (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall | Synonyms: corbel step, corbie-step, crow step |
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creep | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creeping |
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(noun) a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | - |
(noun) a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | - |
(noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy |
(verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | Synonyms: crawl |
(verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak |
(verb) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | - |
(verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel |
deep | (adjective) having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination | - |
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(adjective) relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply | - |
(adjective) exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy | - |
(adjective) strong; intense | Synonyms: rich |
(adjective) very distant in time or space | - |
(adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, recondite |
(adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
(adjective) intense or extreme | - |
(adjective) large in quantity or size | - |
(adjective) with head or back bent low | - |
(adjective) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | Synonyms: bass |
(adjective) marked by depth of thinking | - |
(adjective) relatively thick from top to bottom | - |
(adjective) extending relatively far inward | - |
(adjective) (of darkness) densely dark | Synonyms: thick |
(noun) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor | Synonyms: oceanic abyss, trench |
(noun) literary term for an ocean | - |
(noun) the central and most intense or profound part | - |
(adverb) to a great depth; far down or in | Synonyms: deeply |
(adverb) to an advanced time | Synonyms: late |
(adverb) to a great distance | - |
doorstep | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, threshold |
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dubstep | (noun) A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass. | - |
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electrosleep | (noun) unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain | - |
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footstep | (noun) the act of taking a step in walking | - |
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(noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, step |
(noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: pace, step, stride |
ginep | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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hep | (adjective) informed about the latest trends | Synonyms: hip, hip to |
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housekeep | (verb) maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | - |
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instep | (noun) the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot | - |
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(noun) the arch of the foot | - |
jeep | (noun) a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain | Synonyms: landrover |
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julep | (noun) bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice | Synonyms: mint julep |
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keep | (noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | Synonyms: donjon, dungeon |
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(noun) a cell in a jail or prison | Synonyms: hold |
(noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, livelihood, living, support, sustenance |
(verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: preserve |
(verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep back, restrain |
(verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: maintain, observe |
(verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: maintain |
(verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: maintain, sustain |
(verb) hold and prevent from leaving | - |
(verb) retain possession of | Synonyms: hold on |
(verb) look after; be the keeper of; have charge of | - |
(verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep open, save |
(verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: maintain |
(verb) have as a supply | - |
(verb) store or keep customarily | - |
(verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: prevent |
(verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: continue, keep on, retain |
(verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: observe |
(verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, observe |
(verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, maintain |
(verb) supply with room and board | - |
(verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: preserve |
(verb) fail to spoil or rot | Synonyms: stay fresh |
(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, proceed |
(verb) to rear | - |
lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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(noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
madnep | (noun) biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip | Synonyms: wild parsnip |
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misstep | (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: stumble, trip-up, trip |
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oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
peep | (noun) a secret look | Synonyms: peek |
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(noun) the short weak cry of a young bird | Synonyms: cheep |
(verb) appear as though from hiding | - |
(verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: cheep, chirp, chirrup |
(verb) speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice | - |
(verb) look furtively | - |
(verb) cause to come into view | - |
pep | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: ginger, peppiness |
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prep | (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: preparation |
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quickstep | (noun) a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps | - |
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(noun) military march accompanying quick time | - |
(verb) perform a quickstep | - |
rep | (noun) a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs | Synonyms: repp |
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(noun) informal abbreviation of `representative' | - |
schlep | (noun) a tedious or difficult journey | Synonyms: shlep |
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(noun) (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | Synonyms: schlepper, shlep, shlepper |
(verb) pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance | Synonyms: pull along, shlep |
seep | (verb) pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings | Synonyms: ooze |
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sheep | (noun) woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | - |
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(noun) a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | - |
(noun) a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon | - |
shlep | (noun) a tedious or difficult journey | Synonyms: schlep |
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(noun) (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | Synonyms: schlep, schlepper, shlepper |
(verb) pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance | Synonyms: pull along, schlep |
(verb) walk or tramp about | Synonyms: traipse |
sidestep | (noun) a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) | - |
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(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt |
skep | (noun) a domed beehive made of twisted straw | - |
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(noun) a large round wicker basket (used on farms) | - |
sleep | (noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended | Synonyms: slumber |
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(noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest |
(noun) a torpid state resembling deep sleep | Synonyms: sopor |
(noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: nap |
(verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber |
(verb) be able to accommodate for sleeping | - |
steep | (adjective) having a sharp inclination | - |
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(adjective) of a slope; set at a high angle | - |
(adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious |
(noun) a steep place (as on a hill) | - |
(verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | Synonyms: infuse |
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up |
step | (noun) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down | - |
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(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: measure |
(noun) a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance | Synonyms: dance step |
(noun) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | Synonyms: stair |
(noun) a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed | - |
(noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: tone, whole step, whole tone |
(noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, footprint |
(noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, footstep |
(noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: footstep, pace, stride |
(noun) a short distance | Synonyms: stone's throw |
(noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: gradation |
(verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: pace |
(verb) move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation | - |
(verb) place (a ship's mast) in its step | - |
(verb) shift or move by taking a step | - |
(verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: tread |
(verb) walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner | - |
(verb) move with one's feet in a specific manner | - |
(verb) furnish with steps | - |
(verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat |
(verb) cause (a computer) to execute a single command | - |
stoep | (noun) small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house | Synonyms: stoop |
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strep | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: streptococcal, streptococcic |
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(noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: streptococci, streptococcus |
sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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(noun) a movement in an arc | - |
(noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
(noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
(noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
(noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
(verb) win an overwhelming victory in or on | - |
(verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: broom |
(verb) clean by sweeping | - |
(verb) make a big sweeping gesture or movement | Synonyms: swing, swing out |
(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sail |
(verb) sweep across or over | Synonyms: brush |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep up, tangle |
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, traverse |
(verb) cover the entire range of | - |
tweep | (noun) A person using Twitter | - |
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upkeep | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, maintenance |
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(noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation |
weep | (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: cry |
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zep | (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge |
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