drab | (adjective) of a light brownish green color | Synonyms: olive-drab |
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(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre |
(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: dreary |
(noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | Synonyms: olive drab |
draba | (noun) any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique | - |
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drably | (adverb) in a drab manner | - |
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drabness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, homeliness |
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dracaena | (noun) an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage | - |
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drachm | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachma, dram |
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(noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
dracontium | (noun) any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves | - |
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dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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draff | (noun) the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process. | Synonyms: brewer's grain, spent grain |
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draft | (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draught, drawing |
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(noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draught, gulp, swig |
(noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service |
(noun) a dose of liquid medicine | Synonyms: draught |
(noun) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | Synonyms: rough drawing |
(noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace | - |
(noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | Synonyms: draught |
(noun) any of the various versions in the development of a written work | Synonyms: draft copy |
(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draught, potation, tipple |
(noun) a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) | Synonyms: draught |
(noun) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another | Synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment |
(verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: enlist, muster in |
(verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something | Synonyms: outline |
(verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: blueprint, draught |
draftee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, inductee |
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drafter | (noun) a writer of a draft | - |
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drafting | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing |
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(noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later | - |
(noun) the craft of drawing blueprints | Synonyms: mechanical drawing |
draftsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsperson, draughtsman |
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(noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: drawer |
draftsmanship | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, drawing |
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draftsperson | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draughtsman |
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drafty | (adjective) not airtight | Synonyms: draughty |
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drag | (noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force) | - |
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(noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: puff, pull |
(noun) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | - |
(noun) something tedious and boring | - |
(noun) something that slows or delays progress | - |
(noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | Synonyms: retarding force |
(verb) proceed for an extended period of time | Synonyms: drag on, drag out |
(verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | - |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: draw, puff |
(verb) pull, as against a resistance | - |
(verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: cart, hale, haul |
(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: dredge |
(verb) to lag or linger behind | Synonyms: drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail |
(verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: scuff |
(verb) move slowly and as if with great effort | - |
(verb) use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it | - |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
dragee | (noun) pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | - |
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(noun) sugar-coated nut or fruit piece | - |
(noun) silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes | - |
dragger | (noun) a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | Synonyms: trawler |
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(noun) someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | Synonyms: puller, tugger |
dragging | (adjective) marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner | - |
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draggingly | (adverb) in a dragging manner | - |
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draggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: bedraggle |
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draggled | (adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud | Synonyms: bedraggled |
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dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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(noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
dragoman | (noun) an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) | - |
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dragon | (noun) any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | Synonyms: flying dragon, flying lizard |
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(noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | Synonyms: tartar |
(noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: European dragon, firedrake |
dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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dragonfly | (noun) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | Synonyms: darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder |
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dragonhead | (noun) American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers | Synonyms: Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragon's head |
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dragoon | (noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen | - |
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(verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
(verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
drain | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drainage |
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(noun) a gradual depletion of energy or resources | - |
(noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drainpipe, waste pipe |
(noun) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material | - |
(verb) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from | - |
(verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble |
(verb) deplete of resources | - |
(verb) flow off gradually | Synonyms: run out |
drainage | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drain |
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drainboard | (noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink | Synonyms: draining board |
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drained | (adjective) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) | - |
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(adjective) extremely exhausted | Synonyms: knackered |
(adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: dead |
draining | (adjective) having a debilitating effect | Synonyms: exhausting |
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drainpipe | (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drain, waste pipe |
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drainplug | (noun) a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin | - |
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drake | (noun) adult male of a wild or domestic duck | - |
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dram | (noun) the basic unit of money in Armenia | - |
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(noun) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams | - |
(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, drachma |
drama | (noun) the quality of being arresting or highly emotional | - |
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(noun) the literary genre of works intended for the theater | - |
(noun) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | Synonyms: dramatic play, play |
(noun) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | Synonyms: dramatic event |
dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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(adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
(adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
dramatically | (adverb) in a dramatic manner | - |
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(adverb) with respect to dramatic value | - |
(adverb) in a very impressive manner | - |
dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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(noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
dramatisation | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatization |
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(noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatization |
dramatise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatize |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatize |
dramatist | (noun) someone who writes plays | Synonyms: playwright |
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dramatization | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatisation |
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(noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatisation |
dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
dramaturgic | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgical |
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dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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dramaturgy | (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
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drape | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drapery, mantle, pall |
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(noun) a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination | - |
(noun) the manner in which fabric hangs or falls | - |
(verb) arrange in a particular way | - |
(verb) place casually | - |
(verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe |
(verb) cover or dress loosely with cloth | - |
draped | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped |
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(adjective) covered in folds of cloth | - |
draper | (noun) a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) | - |
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drapery | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, mantle, pall |
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(noun) cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds | - |
drastic | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | - |
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drastically | (adverb) in a drastic manner | - |
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draught | (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draft, drawing |
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(noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, gulp, swig |
(noun) a dose of liquid medicine | Synonyms: draft |
(noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | Synonyms: draft |
(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, potation, tipple |
(noun) a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) | Synonyms: draft |
(verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: blueprint, draft |
draughts | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: checkers |
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draughtsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draftsperson |
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draughty | (adjective) not airtight | Synonyms: drafty |
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draw | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: haul, haulage |
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(noun) poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer | Synonyms: draw poker |
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: draw play |
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: hook, hooking |
(noun) a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack | - |
(noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | Synonyms: lot |
(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: standoff, tie |
(noun) a gully that is shallower than a ravine | - |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card |
(verb) cause to localize at one point | - |
(verb) shrink | - |
(verb) flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching | - |
(verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate |
(verb) reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die | - |
(verb) bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition | - |
(verb) steep; pass through a strainer | - |
(verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind | Synonyms: make |
(verb) select or take in from a given group or region | - |
(verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, describe |
(verb) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. | Synonyms: tie |
(verb) choose at random | Synonyms: cast |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: drag, puff |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, line, trace |
(verb) move or pull so as to cover or uncover something | - |
(verb) cause to move by pulling | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
(verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: attract, draw in, pull, pull in |
(verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | Synonyms: pull back |
(verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: guide, pass, run |
(verb) thread on or as if on a string | Synonyms: string, thread |
(verb) represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface | - |
(verb) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | Synonyms: get |
(verb) engage in drawing | - |
(verb) write a legal document or paper | - |
(verb) elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. | - |
(verb) take liquid out of a container or well | Synonyms: take out |
(verb) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | Synonyms: get out, pull, pull out, take out |
(verb) move or go steadily or gradually | - |
(verb) to obtain a liquid from somewhere | - |
(verb) cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) get or derive | Synonyms: reap |
(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw |
(verb) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | Synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter |
(verb) allow a draft | - |
(verb) require a specified depth for floating | - |
drawback | (noun) the quality of being a hindrance | - |
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drawbar | (noun) a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled | - |
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drawbridge | (noun) a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it | Synonyms: lift bridge |
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drawee | (noun) the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment | - |
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drawer | (noun) a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | - |
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(noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: draftsman |
(noun) the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else | - |
drawers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, knickers, pants |
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(noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, shorts, underdrawers |
drawing | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, draftsmanship |
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(noun) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | Synonyms: drawing off |
(noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: lottery |
(noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draft, draught |
(noun) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines | - |
(noun) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | - |
drawknife | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawshave |
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drawl | (noun) a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels | - |
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(verb) lengthen and slow down or draw out | - |
drawler | (noun) someone who speaks with a drawl | - |
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drawn | (adjective) having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut | - |
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(adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: careworn, haggard, raddled, worn |
drawnwork | (noun) ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
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drawshave | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawknife |
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drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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dray | (noun) a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | Synonyms: camion |
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drayhorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, carthorse |
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dread | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness |
(verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: fear |
dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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dreadful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
(adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
dreadfully | (adverb) of a dreadful kind | Synonyms: awfully, horribly |
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(adverb) in a dreadful manner | Synonyms: dismally |
dreadfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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dreadlock | (noun) one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians | - |
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dreadnaught | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnought |
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dreadnought | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnaught |
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dream | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dreaming |
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(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dreaming |
(noun) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | Synonyms: pipe dream |
(noun) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, aspiration |
(noun) someone or something wonderful | - |
(verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, stargaze, woolgather |
(verb) experience while sleeping | - |
dreamed | (adjective) conceived of or imagined or hoped for | - |
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dreamer | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: escapist, wishful thinker |
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(noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: idealist |
(noun) someone who is dreaming | - |
dreamfully | (adverb) in a dreamy manner | Synonyms: dreamily, moonily |
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dreamily | (adverb) in a dreamy manner | Synonyms: dreamfully, moonily |
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dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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dreaming | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dream |
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(noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dream |
dreamland | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamworld, never-never land |
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dreamless | (adjective) untroubled by dreams | - |
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dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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dreamworld | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamland, never-never land |
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dreamy | (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature | Synonyms: moony, woolgathering |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous |