| abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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| (adverb) with the bottom lodged on the ground | - |
| around | (adverb) in circumference | - |
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| (adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: round |
| (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
| (adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | - |
| (adverb) in a circle or circular motion | - |
| (adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) to a particular destination either specified or understood | - |
| (adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: about |
| astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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| background | (noun) scenery hung at back of stage | Synonyms: backcloth, backdrop |
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| (noun) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | Synonyms: desktop, screen background |
| (noun) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | - |
| (noun) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | Synonyms: ground |
| (noun) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | Synonyms: background knowledge |
| (noun) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | Synonyms: background signal |
| (noun) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | - |
| (noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: scope, setting |
| (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
| battleground | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battlefield, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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| bedground | (noun) an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night | Synonyms: bed-ground, bed ground |
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| belowground | (adjective) underneath the ground | - |
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| (adjective) under the level of the ground | Synonyms: underground |
| bloodhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: sleuthhound |
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| boarhound | (noun) large hound used in hunting wild boars | - |
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| bound | (adjective) confined by bonds | - |
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| (adjective) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form | - |
| (adjective) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union | - |
| (adjective) confined in the bowels | - |
| (adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | Synonyms: destined |
| (adjective) bound by an oath | - |
| (adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bandaged |
| (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | Synonyms: destined |
| (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring |
| (noun) the greatest possible degree of something | Synonyms: boundary, limit |
| (noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | Synonyms: boundary, bounds |
| (noun) a line determining the limits of an area | Synonyms: boundary, edge |
| (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: jump, leap, spring |
| (verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to | Synonyms: border |
| brassbound | (adjective) having trim or fittings of brass | - |
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| (adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | Synonyms: ironclad |
| campground | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
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| compound | (adjective) composed of more than one part | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | - |
| (adjective) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | Synonyms: colonial |
| (noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
| (noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
| (noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
| (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
| confound | (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confuse |
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| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| coonhound | (noun) any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons | - |
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| decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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| deerhound | (noun) very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | Synonyms: Scottish deerhound |
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| deskbound | (adjective) restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity | Synonyms: desk-bound |
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| downbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally down | - |
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| dumbfound | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| earthbound | (adjective) confined to the earth | - |
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| (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy |
| eastbound | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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| elkhound | (noun) breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk | Synonyms: Norwegian elkhound |
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| expound | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, lucubrate |
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| (verb) state | Synonyms: exposit, set forth |
| fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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| fogbound | (adjective) enveloped in fog | - |
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| foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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| (noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
| (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight |
| found | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching | - |
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| (noun) food and lodging provided in addition to money | - |
| (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, establish, ground |
| (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, establish, institute, plant |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, launch, set up |
| foxhound | (noun) medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes | - |
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| greyhound | (noun) a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog | - |
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| ground | (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat |
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| (noun) (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting | - |
| (noun) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | Synonyms: earth |
| (noun) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | Synonyms: background |
| (noun) a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused | - |
| (noun) a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) | - |
| (noun) a rational motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: occasion, reason |
| (noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, earth, land, solid ground, terra firma |
| (noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | Synonyms: land, soil |
| (noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: basis, footing |
| (noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | Synonyms: earth |
| (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, establish, found |
| (verb) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject | - |
| (verb) place or put on the ground | - |
| (verb) confine or restrict to the ground | - |
| (verb) connect to a ground | - |
| (verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: prime, undercoat |
| (verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: anchor |
| (verb) (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field. | - |
| (verb) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage | - |
| (verb) hit or reach the ground | Synonyms: run aground |
| (verb) bring to the ground | Synonyms: run aground, strand |
| hardbound | (adjective) having a hard back or cover | Synonyms: hardback, hardbacked, hardcover |
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| hellhound | (noun) a very evil man | - |
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| (noun) (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon | Synonyms: Cerberus |
| hidebound | (adjective) stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | Synonyms: traditionalist |
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| homebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: housebound, shut-in |
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| (noun) people who are confined to their homes | - |
| horehound | (noun) a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant | - |
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| (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium | - |
| hound | (noun) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | Synonyms: hound dog |
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| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel |
| (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hunt, trace |
| housebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: homebound, shut-in |
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| icebound | (adjective) locked in by ice | - |
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| impound | (verb) place or shut up in a pound | Synonyms: pound |
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| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester |
| inbound | (adjective) directed or moving inward or toward a center | Synonyms: inward |
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| iodocompound | (noun) a compound containing the covalent iodine radical | - |
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| mound | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| (noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: hill |
| (noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: hill, pitcher's mound |
| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile |
| (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll |
| (verb) form into a rounded elevation | - |
| newfound | (adjective) newly discovered | - |
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| northbound | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northward |
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| otterhound | (noun) hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters | Synonyms: otter hound |
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| outbound | (adjective) that is going out or leaving | Synonyms: departing, outward-bound, outward |
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| playground | (noun) yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play | - |
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| (noun) an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes | Synonyms: resort area, vacation spot |
| potbound | (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: rootbound |
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| pound | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding |
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| (noun) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | Synonyms: dog pound |
| (noun) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | Synonyms: pound sign |
| (noun) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | Synonyms: lbf. |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Cypriot pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Egyptian pound |
| (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Lebanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Sudanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Syrian pound |
| (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: lb |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | - |
| (verb) break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle | - |
| (verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | Synonyms: poke, thump |
| (verb) strike or drive against with a heavy impact | Synonyms: ram, ram down |
| (verb) place or shut up in a pound | Synonyms: impound |
| (verb) shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits | Synonyms: pound up |
| (verb) partition off into compartments | Synonyms: pound off |
| (verb) move rhythmically | Synonyms: beat, thump |
| (verb) move heavily or clumsily | Synonyms: lumber |
| profound | (adjective) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth | - |
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| (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless |
| (adjective) of the greatest intensity; complete | - |
| (adjective) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | Synonyms: fundamental |
| (adjective) coming from deep within one | - |
| propound | (verb) put forward, as of an idea | - |
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| rebound | (noun) the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot | - |
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| (noun) a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration | - |
| (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, recoil, repercussion |
| (verb) return to a former condition | Synonyms: rally |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| redound | (verb) contribute | - |
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| (verb) have an effect for good or ill | - |
| (verb) return or recoil | - |
| resound | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, noise |
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| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, reverberate, ring |
| rockbound | (adjective) abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps | Synonyms: rock-ribbed |
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| rootbound | (adjective) having the roots matted or densely tangled | - |
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| (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: potbound |
| round | (adjective) having the shape or form of a circle | Synonyms: circular |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, rotund |
| (adjective) (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand | - |
| (noun) (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order) | - |
| (noun) the usual activities in your day | Synonyms: daily round |
| (noun) the activity of playing 18 holes of golf | Synonyms: round of golf |
| (noun) any circular or rotating mechanism | Synonyms: circle |
| (noun) a charge of ammunition for a single shot | Synonyms: one shot, unit of ammunition |
| (noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair | Synonyms: rung, stave |
| (noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: troll |
| (noun) an outburst of applause | - |
| (noun) a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg | - |
| (noun) a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic) | Synonyms: round of drinks |
| (noun) a regular route for a sentry or policeman | Synonyms: beat |
| (noun) the course along which communications spread | - |
| (noun) (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive | Synonyms: bout, turn |
| (noun) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | Synonyms: cycle, rhythm |
| (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: around |
| (verb) become round, plump, or shapely | Synonyms: fill out, flesh out |
| (verb) make round | Synonyms: round off, round out |
| (verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | Synonyms: brush up, polish, polish up, round off |
| (verb) express as a round number | Synonyms: round down, round off, round out |
| (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialise, labialize |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, snipe |
| (verb) wind around; move along a circular course | - |
| sleuthhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: bloodhound |
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| (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuth |
| smoothhound | (noun) smooth dogfish of European coastal waters | Synonyms: Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark |
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| snowbound | (adjective) confined or shut in by heavy snow | - |
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| sound | (adjective) financially secure and safe | - |
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| (adjective) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay | - |
| (adjective) complete; thorough | - |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, profound, wakeless |
| (adjective) in excellent physical condition | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded |
| (adjective) free from moral defect | - |
| (adjective) vigorous or severe | - |
| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: effectual, legal |
| (adjective) logically valid | Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded |
| (noun) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause | - |
| (noun) the subjective sensation of hearing something | Synonyms: auditory sensation |
| (noun) the audible part of a transmitted signal | Synonyms: audio |
| (noun) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | Synonyms: phone, speech sound |
| (noun) the sudden occurrence of an audible event | - |
| (noun) a large ocean inlet or deep bay | - |
| (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | Synonyms: strait |
| (noun) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium | - |
| (verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | Synonyms: fathom |
| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, voice |
| (verb) make a certain noise or sound | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) cause to sound | - |
| (verb) announce by means of a sound | - |
| (verb) give off a certain sound or sounds | - |
| (verb) appear in a certain way | - |
| southbound | (adjective) moving toward the south | Synonyms: southward |
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| spellbound | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, transfixed |
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| staghound | (noun) a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound | - |
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| stormbound | (adjective) delayed or confined or cut off by a storm | - |
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| strikebound | (adjective) closed or immobilized by a strike | - |
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| surround | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives | Synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings |
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| (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in |
| (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, wall |
| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, skirt |
| (verb) envelop completely | Synonyms: smother |
| turnaround | (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout |
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| (noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnround |
| (noun) an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around | - |
| (noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout |
| (noun) time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround time |
| turnround | (noun) act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | Synonyms: turnaround |
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| ultrasound | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasonography |
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| (noun) very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography | - |
| unbound | (adjective) not restrained or tied down by bonds | - |
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| (adjective) not secured within a cover | - |
| (adjective) not held in chemical or physical combination | - |
| underground | (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover |
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| (adjective) under the level of the ground | Synonyms: belowground |
| (noun) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | Synonyms: metro, subway, subway system, tube |
| (noun) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force | Synonyms: resistance |
| (adverb) beneath the surface of the earth | - |
| (adverb) in or into hiding or secret operation | - |
| unsound | (adjective) not sound financially | - |
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| (adjective) not in good condition; damaged or decayed | - |
| (adjective) suffering from severe mental illness | Synonyms: mentally ill, unstable |
| (adjective) containing or based on a fallacy | Synonyms: fallacious |
| (adjective) physically unsound or diseased | Synonyms: bad, unfit |
| (adjective) of e.g. advice | - |
| upbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally up | - |
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| westbound | (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westerly, westward |
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| wolfhound | (noun) the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves | - |
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| wound | (adjective) put in a coil | - |
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| (noun) the act of inflicting a wound | Synonyms: wounding |
| (noun) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | Synonyms: combat injury, injury |
| (noun) a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) | - |
| (noun) an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) | Synonyms: lesion |
| (verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to | Synonyms: injure |
| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite |
| wraparound | (noun) a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around | - |
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