-
buy
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big
department store" [syn: buy, purchase] [ant: sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
"This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy,
grease one's palms]
3: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
ride on the train"
4: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy
his love with her dedication to him and his work"
5: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
-
by
(name)
(definition)
adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes
past" [syn: by, past]
2: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has
a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by,
away]
-
bye
(name)
(definition)
n 1: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
[syn: bye, pass]
2: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu,
adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir,
bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye,
goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
-
cry
(definition)
n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the
audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout,
vociferation]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
"a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: cry, yell]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
"our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry,
rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
filled the night"
v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout
out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo,
squall]
2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in
the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get
up the stairs" [syn: cry, weep] [ant: express joy,
express mirth, laugh]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn: exclaim,
cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in
the market square" [syn: cry, blazon out]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for
attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy
cried himself to sleep"
-
dry
(place)
(definition)
adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry
land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery
boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant:
wet]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
[syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
3: lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint" [ant:
wet]
4: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and
bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]
5: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: lactating, wet]
6: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of
decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white
burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" [ant: sweet]
7: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that
rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
[ant: phlegmy]
8: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
9: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry
book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and
juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated
to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: dry, juiceless]
10: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry
weight"
11: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry
run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
12: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off
the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast"; "dry meat"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry
martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting";
"a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be
teetotal" [syn: dry, teetotal]
n 1: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn: dry, prohibitionist]
v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry
hair" [syn: dry, dry out] [ant: wet]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn:
dry, dry out]
-
fly
(definition)
adj 1: (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
n 1: two-winged insects characterized by active flight
2: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back
to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly, rainfly,
fly sheet, fly, tent flap]
3: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by
buttons concealed under a fold of cloth [syn: fly, fly
front]
4: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air [syn: fly, fly
ball]
5: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look
like an insect
v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn:
fly, wing]
2: move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
3: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
4: transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to
North America"
5: cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
6: be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are
flying"
7: change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into
a rage"
8: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish]
9: travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight";
"Are we driving or flying?"
10: display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All
nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
11: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
12: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
13: hit a fly
14: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
fly, vaporize]
-
fry
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry,
Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry]
2: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born
1907) [syn: Fry, Christopher Fry]
3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor,
shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke,
fry, nestling]
v 1: be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach
for another hour, they'll be fried"
2: cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
3: kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial
killer was electrocuted" [syn: electrocute, fry]
-
guy
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the
guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat,
hombre, bozo]
2: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy
Fawkes Day
3: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something
(especially a tent) [syn: guy, guy cable, guy wire,
guy rope]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians
guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
-
high
(definition)
adv 1: at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"
[syn: high, high up]
2: in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have
gone up far too high"
3: in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: high, richly,
luxuriously]
4: far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
adj 1: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a
high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his
career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is
high"; "he has a high opinion of himself" [ant: low]
2: (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or
specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in
combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high
ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high
incline"; "a foot high" [ant: low]
3: standing above others in quality or position; "people in high
places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
community" [syn: eminent, high]
4: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency [syn:
high, high-pitched] [ant: low, low-pitched]
5: happy and excited and energetic [syn: high, in high
spirits]
6: (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted [syn:
gamey, gamy, high]
7: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug
(especially marijuana) [syn: high, mellow]
n 1: a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures
reached an all-time high" [ant: low]
2: an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast
benefits from a Bermuda high"
3: a state of sustained elation; "I'm on a permanent high these
days" [ant: low spirits]
4: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or
narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
5: a high place; "they stood on high and observed the
countryside"; "he doesn't like heights" [syn: high,
heights]
6: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through
12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn: senior
high school, senior high, high, highschool, high
school]
7: a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest
vehicle velocity for a given engine speed [syn: high gear,
high]
-
nigh
(name)
(definition)
adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding
day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until
they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation";
"her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the
bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the
fire" [syn: near, nigh, close]
2: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near,
nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
adj 1: not far distant in time or space or degree or
circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future";
"they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to
success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb";
"she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a
close call" [syn: near, close, nigh] [ant: far]
2: being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on
the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
[syn: near(a), nigh(a)]
-
phi
(definition)
n 1: the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
-
pie
(name)
(definition)
n 1: dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
2: a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of
all Indo-European languages [syn: Proto-Indo European,
PIE]
-
ply
(name)
(definition)
n 1: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or
thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-
ply yarn"
2: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or
paper or wood as in plywood
v 1: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
[syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
2: apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"
3: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the
coast" [syn: ply, run]
4: join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply
fabric"
5: wield vigorously; "ply an axe"
6: use diligently; "ply your wits!"
-
pry
(definition)
n 1: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn:
crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar]
v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever, jimmy]
2: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
3: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry,
nose, poke]
4: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the
information out of him" [syn: pry, prise]
-
rye
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the seed of the cereal grass
2: hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern
Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread
and in North America for forage and soil improvement [syn:
rye, Secale cereale]
3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye, rye
whiskey, rye whisky]
-
shy
(definition)
adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident
and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid
responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident,
shy, timid, unsure] [ant: confident]
2: short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
3: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things;
"shy of strangers"
n 1: a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first
baseman"
v 1: start suddenly, as from fright
2: throw quickly
-
sigh
(definition)
n 1: an utterance made by exhaling audibly [syn: sigh,
suspiration]
2: a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the
wind in the trees"
v 1: heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She
sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire]
2: utter with a sigh
-
sky
(definition)
n 1: the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
-
sly
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily]
-
spry
(name)
(place)
(definition)
adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a
gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick
of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble,
quick, spry]
-
spy
(definition)
n 1: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain
information about its enemies or by a business to obtain
industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy,
undercover agent]
2: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;
"my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
2: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag,
snoop, sleuth]
3: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight
of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy,
sight]
4: secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage
in espionage; "spy for the Russians"
-
sty
(definition)
n 1: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn:
sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection]
2: a pen for swine [syn: sty, pigsty, pigpen]
-
thigh
(definition)
n 1: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
2: the upper joint of the leg of a fowl [syn: second joint,
thigh]
-
tie
(name)
(definition)
n 1: neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn
(mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the
front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his
necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" [syn: necktie, tie]
2: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial
affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with
other members of the team"; "many close associations with
England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up]
3: equality of score in a contest
4: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural
members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the
rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam]
5: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are
held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar
during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in]
6: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the
winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their
record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw,
standoff, tie]
7: (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates
that the note is to be sustained for their combined time
value
8: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]
9: a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which
something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
v 1: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant:
unbrace, unlace, untie]
2: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
"The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw]
3: limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets
are tied to large airports"
4: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you
connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together";
"Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant:
disconnect]
5: form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"
6: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
7: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
8: make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their
flies"
9: unite musical notes by a tie
-
try
(name)
(definition)
n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she
gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor,
endeavour, try]
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
3: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial
of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife";
"The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
[syn: judge, adjudicate, try]
4: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
regional dishes" [syn: sample, try, try out, taste]
5: examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process;
"The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be
tried in California" [syn: hear, try]
6: give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these
students"
7: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn:
try, strain, stress]
8: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try
the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try,
render]
9: put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks
nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" [syn: try
on, try]
-
vie
(definition)
v 1: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself
against others [syn: compete, vie, contend]
-
why
(definition)
n 1: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation,
especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' [syn:
why, wherefore]
-
wry
(definition)
adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
wit" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
-
aye
-
my
(name)
-
thy
-
ay
(place)
-
ae
-
kawate
-
kokate
-
kouyate