afterglow | (noun) the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event | - |
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(noun) a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset | - |
aglow | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: lambent, lucent, luminous |
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airflow | (noun) the flow of air | Synonyms: air flow, flow of air |
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allow | (verb) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: take into account |
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(verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside |
(verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: countenance, let, permit |
(verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: permit, tolerate |
(verb) let have | Synonyms: grant |
(verb) grant as a discount or in exchange | - |
(verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: let, permit |
(verb) allow the other (baseball) team to score | Synonyms: give up |
(verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow for, leave, provide |
(verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: admit |
anyhow | (adverb) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | Synonyms: anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event |
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(adverb) in any way whatsoever | Synonyms: anyway |
arrow | (noun) a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow | - |
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(noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: pointer |
avow | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify |
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(verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avouch |
backflow | (noun) a flow that returns toward its source | Synonyms: backflowing |
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barrow | (noun) a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels | Synonyms: garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow |
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(noun) (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | Synonyms: burial mound, grave mound, tumulus |
(noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrowful |
bedfellow | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedmate |
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(noun) a temporary associate | - |
bellow | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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(verb) shout loudly and without restraint | Synonyms: bawl |
(verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: roar |
below | (adverb) (in writing) at a later place | Synonyms: infra |
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(adverb) in or to a place that is lower | Synonyms: at a lower place, beneath, to a lower place |
(adverb) further down | Synonyms: under |
(adverb) on a floor below | Synonyms: down the stairs, downstairs, on a lower floor |
bestow | (verb) present | Synonyms: confer |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
(verb) give as a gift | - |
billow | (noun) a large sea wave | Synonyms: surge |
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(verb) become inflated | Synonyms: balloon, inflate |
(verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: heave, surge |
(verb) rise up as if in waves | Synonyms: wallow |
(verb) move with great difficulty | - |
blow | (noun) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon | - |
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(noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: puff |
(noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: C, coke, nose candy, snow |
(noun) an impact (as from a collision) | Synonyms: bump |
(noun) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise | Synonyms: shock |
(noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, reversal, reverse, setback |
(noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, gust |
(verb) exhale hard | - |
(verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through | - |
(verb) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable | Synonyms: blow out, burn out |
(verb) burst suddenly | - |
(verb) shape by blowing | - |
(verb) show off | Synonyms: bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
(verb) cause to be revealed and jeopardized | - |
(verb) allow to regain its breath | - |
(verb) deposit eggs (of insects) | - |
(verb) be in motion due to some air or water current | Synonyms: be adrift, drift, float |
(verb) cause to move by means of an air current | - |
(verb) leave; informal or rude | Synonyms: shove along, shove off |
(verb) cause air to go in, on, or through | - |
(verb) spout moist air from the blowhole | - |
(verb) play or sound a wind instrument | - |
(verb) make a sound as if blown | - |
(verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube | - |
(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: fellate, go down on, suck |
(verb) spend lavishly or wastefully on | - |
(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | Synonyms: squander, waste |
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
(verb) be inadequate or objectionable | Synonyms: suck |
(verb) be blowing or storming | - |
borrow | (verb) get temporarily | - |
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(verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, take over, take up |
bow | (noun) a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments | - |
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(noun) a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments | - |
(noun) a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow | - |
(noun) a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces | Synonyms: bowknot |
(noun) a decorative interlacing of ribbons | - |
(noun) something curved in shape | Synonyms: arc |
(noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: fore, prow, stem |
(noun) an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience | Synonyms: curtain call |
(noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | Synonyms: bowing, obeisance |
(verb) bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head | Synonyms: bow down |
(verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: accede, defer, give in, submit |
(verb) bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting | - |
(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bend, crouch, stoop |
(verb) play on a stringed instrument with a bow | - |
brow | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: forehead |
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(noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium |
(noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: hilltop |
bungalow | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: cottage |
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burrow | (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: tunnel |
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(verb) move through by or as by digging | Synonyms: tunnel |
callow | (adjective) young and inexperienced | Synonyms: fledgling, unfledged |
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checkrow | (verb) plant in checkrows | - |
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chow | (noun) breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China | Synonyms: chow chow |
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(noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chuck, eats, grub |
chowchow | (noun) a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger | - |
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(noun) chopped pickles in mustard sauce | - |
cockcrow | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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counterblow | (noun) a return blow; a retaliatory blow | - |
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counterglow | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: gegenschein |
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cow | (noun) female of domestic cattle: | Synonyms: moo-cow |
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(noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' | - |
(noun) a large unpleasant woman | - |
(verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: overawe |
crossbow | (noun) a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) | - |
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crow | (noun) black birds having a raucous call | - |
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(noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
(noun) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) | - |
(verb) dwell on with satisfaction | Synonyms: gloat, triumph |
(verb) express pleasure verbally | - |
(verb) utter shrill sounds | - |
cumswallow | (verb) to swallow ejaculate | - |
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curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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deathblow | (noun) the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | Synonyms: coup de grace |
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dhow | (noun) a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs | - |
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disallow | (verb) command against | Synonyms: forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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disavow | (verb) refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with | - |
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elbow | (noun) the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow | - |
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(noun) the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint | - |
(noun) a sharp bend in a road or river | - |
(noun) a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it | - |
(noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | Synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow joint, human elbow |
(verb) shove one's elbow into another person's ribs | - |
(verb) push one's way with the elbows | - |
endow | (verb) furnish with an endowment | Synonyms: dower |
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(verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endue, gift, indue, invest |
escrow | (noun) a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition | - |
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eyebrow | (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: brow, supercilium |
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eyeshadow | (noun) makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes | - |
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fallow | (adjective) undeveloped but potentially useful | - |
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(adjective) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season | - |
(noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | - |
farrow | (noun) the production of a litter of pigs | Synonyms: farrowing |
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(verb) give birth to (piglets) | Synonyms: pig |
fellow | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad |
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(noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, boyfriend, swain |
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, familiar |
(noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, confrere |
(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: buster, dude |
(noun) a member of a learned society | - |
(noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: mate |
floorshow | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: cabaret, floor show |
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flow | (noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | Synonyms: stream |
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(noun) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) | Synonyms: flowing |
(noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | Synonyms: current, stream |
(noun) any uninterrupted stream or discharge | - |
(noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
(noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | Synonyms: stream |
(noun) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time | Synonyms: flow rate, rate of flow |
(verb) undergo menstruation | Synonyms: menstruate |
(verb) cover or swamp with water | - |
(verb) fall or flow in a certain way | Synonyms: fall, hang |
(verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: course, feed, run |
(verb) move or progress freely as if in a stream | Synonyms: flux |
(verb) cause to flow | - |
(verb) be abundantly present | - |
follow | (verb) behave in accordance or in agreement with | Synonyms: conform to |
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(verb) keep informed | Synonyms: keep abreast, keep up |
(verb) keep to | Synonyms: stick to, stick with |
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: trace |
(verb) grasp the meaning | - |
(verb) imitate in behavior; take as a model | Synonyms: take after |
(verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: accompany, play along |
(verb) to travel behind, go after, come after | - |
(verb) travel along a certain course | Synonyms: travel along |
(verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: pursue |
(verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: surveil, survey |
(verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: adopt, espouse |
(verb) to subscribe to someone's updates on social media | - |
(verb) to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media | - |
(verb) act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes | Synonyms: abide by, comply |
(verb) be the successor (of) | Synonyms: come after, succeed |
(verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over |
(verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | Synonyms: be |
(verb) accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of | - |
(verb) adhere to or practice | - |
(verb) be later in time | Synonyms: postdate |
(verb) come after in time, as a result | Synonyms: come after |
(verb) be next | - |
(verb) to bring something about at a later time than | - |
(verb) to be the product or result | Synonyms: come |
(verb) come as a logical consequence; follow logically | Synonyms: fall out |
foreknow | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, previse |
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foreshadow | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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foreshow | (verb) foretell by divine inspiration | - |
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furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
(verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: groove, rut |
(verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, wrinkle |
(verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, chase |
glow | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: luminescence |
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(noun) an appearance of reflected light | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming, lambency |
(noun) a feeling of considerable warmth | - |
(noun) the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | Synonyms: incandescence |
(noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | Synonyms: glowing, radiance |
(noun) a steady even light without flames | - |
(noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: freshness |
(verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | Synonyms: beam, radiate, shine |
(verb) be exuberant or high-spirited | - |
(verb) emit a steady even light without flames | - |
(verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | Synonyms: beam, radiate, shine |
(verb) shine intensely, as if with heat | Synonyms: burn |
grow | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce |
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(verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain | - |
(verb) cause to grow or develop | - |
(verb) increase in size by natural process | - |
(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: turn |
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: maturate, mature |
(verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: develop |
(verb) become attached by or as if by the process of growth | - |
(verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, produce, raise |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
hallow | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, consecrate, sanctify |
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handbarrow | (noun) a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people | - |
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handbow | (noun) a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow | - |
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harrow | (noun) a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil | - |
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(verb) draw a harrow over (land) | Synonyms: disk |
haymow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, mow |
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(noun) a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | - |
hedgerow | (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | Synonyms: hedge |
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highbrow | (adjective) highly cultured or educated | Synonyms: highbrowed |
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(noun) a person of intellectual or erudite tastes | - |
hollow | (adjective) not solid; having a space or gap or cavity | - |
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(adjective) lacking in substance or character | - |
(adjective) devoid of significance or force | Synonyms: empty, vacuous |
(adjective) as if echoing in a hollow space | - |
(noun) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | Synonyms: hole |
(noun) a small valley between mountains | Synonyms: holler |
(noun) a cavity or space in something | - |
(verb) remove the interior of | Synonyms: core out, hollow out |
(verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, excavate |
hoosegow | (noun) slang for a jail | Synonyms: hoosgow |
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hoosgow | (noun) slang for a jail | Synonyms: hoosegow |
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horseshow | (noun) a competitive exhibition of horses | - |
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inflow | (noun) the process of flowing in | Synonyms: influx |
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know | (noun) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people | - |
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(verb) be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object | - |
(verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, cognize |
(verb) know how to do or perform something | - |
(verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: experience, live |
(verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognise, recognize |
(verb) know the nature or character of | - |
(verb) be able to distinguish, recognize as being different | - |
(verb) perceive as familiar | - |
(verb) have fixed in the mind | - |
(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
kotow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kowtow |
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(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: bootlick, fawn, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
kowtow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kotow |
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(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: bootlick, fawn, kotow, suck up, toady, truckle |
(verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: genuflect, scrape |
longbow | (noun) a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England | - |
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low | (adjective) being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension | - |
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(adjective) less than normal in degree or intensity or amount | - |
(adjective) used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency | Synonyms: low-pitched |
(adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy |
(adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited |
(adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated |
(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: humble, lowly, modest, small |
(adjective) no longer sufficient | Synonyms: depleted |
(adjective) very low in volume | Synonyms: low-toned |
(adjective) unrefined in character | - |
(noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | Synonyms: first, first gear, low gear |
(noun) a low level or position or degree | - |
(noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: depression |
(adverb) in a low position; near the ground | - |
(verb) make a low noise, characteristic of bovines | Synonyms: moo |
lowbrow | (adjective) characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes | Synonyms: lowbrowed, uncultivated |
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(noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, philistine |
mallow | (noun) any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | - |
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marrow | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
(noun) large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | Synonyms: vegetable marrow |
(noun) very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
(noun) any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | Synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow |
marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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meadow | (noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | Synonyms: hayfield |
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mellow | (adjective) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | Synonyms: high |
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(adjective) unhurried and relaxed | Synonyms: laid-back |
(adjective) having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | Synonyms: mellowed |
(adjective) softened through age or experience | Synonyms: mellowed |
(adverb) in a mellow manner | Synonyms: mellowly |
(verb) make or grow (more) mellow | - |
(verb) soften, make mellow | - |
(verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | Synonyms: mellow out, melt |
meow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: mew, miaou, miaow, miaul |
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(verb) cry like a cat | Synonyms: mew |
miaow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaou, miaul |
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(verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaou |
middlebrow | (noun) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow | - |
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minnow | (noun) very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams | Synonyms: Phoxinus phoxinus |
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morrow | (noun) the next day | - |
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mow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, haymow |
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(verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mop, pout |
(verb) cut with a blade or mower | Synonyms: cut down |
narrow | (adjective) not wide | - |
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(adjective) very limited in degree | - |
(adjective) lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view | Synonyms: narrow-minded |
(adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | Synonyms: minute |
(adjective) limited in extent or scope | - |
(noun) a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water | - |
(verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: contract |
(verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, constringe |
(verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize |
(verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify |
nohow | (adverb) in no manner; in no way | - |
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now | (noun) the momentary present | - |
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(adverb) in these times | Synonyms: nowadays, today |
(adverb) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | Synonyms: at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, right away, straight off, straightaway |
(adverb) used to preface a command or reproof or request | - |
(adverb) at the present moment | Synonyms: at present |
(adverb) in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events | - |
(adverb) in the immediate past | - |
(adverb) (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity | - |
outflow | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, leakage |
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(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outpouring, spring |
(noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: effluence, efflux |
outgrow | (verb) grow too large or too mature for | - |
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(verb) grow faster than | - |
overflow | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, outpouring |
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(noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overspill, runoff |
(verb) overflow with a certain feeling | Synonyms: bubble over, spill over |
(verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overrun, run over, well over |
overgrow | (verb) grow beyond or across | Synonyms: grow over |
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(verb) become overgrown | - |
(verb) grow too large | - |
overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
(verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
overthrow | (noun) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) | - |
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(noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, upset |
(verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overturn, reverse |
(verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overturn, subvert |
oxbow | (noun) a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox | - |
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(noun) a U-shaped curve in a stream | - |
(noun) the land inside an oxbow bend in a river | - |
peepshow | (noun) a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth | - |
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(noun) an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass | Synonyms: raree-show |
pillow | (noun) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person | - |
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(verb) rest on or as if on a pillow | Synonyms: rest |
playfellow | (noun) a companion at play | Synonyms: playmate |
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plow | (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | Synonyms: plough |
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(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, treat |
(verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plough, turn |
(verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | Synonyms: plough |
powwow | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: huddle |
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(noun) a council of or with Native Americans | - |
(verb) hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting | - |
prow | (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, fore, stem |
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rainbow | (noun) an illusory hope | - |
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(noun) an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | - |