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adj 1: suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines; "antiknock properties"; "antiknock rating" [syn: antiknock, antiknocking] n 1: any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking

v 1: cause to be attached [ant: detach] 2: be attached; be in contact with 3: become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" [ant: come away, come off, detach] 4: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond] 5: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize]

n 1: tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants 2: a noise resembling the bark of a dog 3: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque] 4: the sound made by a dog v 1: speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" 2: cover with bark 3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin] 4: make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" 5: tan (a skin) with bark tannins

n 1: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]

n 1: all the loaves of bread baked at the same time 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: a collection of things or persons to be handled together [syn: batch, clutch] v 1: batch together; assemble or process as a batch

n 1: a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring [syn: bock, bock beer]

n 1: a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident; "it sounds good but what's the catch?" [syn: catch, gimmick] 2: the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish" [syn: catch, haul] 3: a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect [syn: catch, match] 4: anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching); "he shared his catch with the others" 5: a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) 6: a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open" [syn: catch, stop] 7: a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window 8: a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth; "he played catch with his son in the backyard" 9: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" [syn: catch, grab, snatch, snap] 10: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody] v 1: discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting" 2: perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse" [syn: catch, pick up] 3: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn: get, catch] 4: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" [syn: catch, grab, take hold of] 5: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: get, catch, capture] 6: to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup" [syn: hitch, catch] [ant: unhitch] 7: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest, get] 8: capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" [syn: capture, catch] 9: reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock" 10: get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath" 11: catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp" [syn: overtake, catch, catch up with] 12: be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood" 13: check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind" 14: hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" [syn: catch, take in, overhear] 15: see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view, see, catch, take in] 16: cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles" 17: detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" [syn: trip up, catch] 18: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" [syn: catch, get] 19: contract; "did you catch a cold?" 20: start burning; "The fire caught" 21: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" [syn: catch, get] 22: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" [syn: catch, get] 23: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 24: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" [syn: catch, get] 25: take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" 26: spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch" 27: be the catcher; "Who is catching?" 28: become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window" 29: delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"

n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) 2: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant] v 1: work as a clerk, as in the legal business

n 1: a timepiece that shows the time of day v 1: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" [syn: clock, time]

n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock] 2: nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" 3: an earthen jar (made of baked clay) [syn: crock, earthenware jar] v 1: release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric 2: soil with or as with crock

adj 1: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" [ant: light] 2: (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: light, light-colored] 3: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes" 4: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 5: secret; "keep it dark" 6: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] 7: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark] 8: marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: dark, obscure] 9: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary] 10: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark- skinned, non-white] 11: not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays" n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting] 2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark] 3: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow] 4: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime] 5: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness]

n 1: a church congregation guided by a pastor 2: a group of birds 3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop, flock] 5: a group of sheep or goats [syn: flock, fold] v 1: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" 2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster, constellate, flock, clump]

n 1: a habit worn by clerics 2: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] v 1: put a frock on

v 1: listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: hark, harken, hearken]

n 1: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail 2: an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations [syn: hawk, war hawk] [ant: dove, peacenik] 3: a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar [syn: mortarboard, hawk] v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch] 2: hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert" 3: clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak" [syn: clear the throat, hawk]

n 1: a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting; "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock" [syn: interlock, ignition interlock] 2: the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" [syn: mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking] v 1: coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively [syn: interlock, mesh] 2: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" [syn: lock, interlock, interlace] 3: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" [syn: interlock, lock]

n 1: North American songbirds having a yellow breast [syn: meadowlark, lark] 2: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark] 3: any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing 4: any carefree episode [syn: escapade, lark] v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]

n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score] 2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark] 3: a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" [syn: target, mark] 4: a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" [syn: mark, print] 5: the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" 6: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 7: formerly the basic unit of money in Germany [syn: mark, German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark] 8: Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel [syn: Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark] 9: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug] 10: a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" 11: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" [syn: sign, mark] 12: the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: Mark, Gospel According to Mark] 13: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark] 14: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other [syn: crisscross, cross, mark] 15: something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" [syn: bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run] v 1: attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark] 2: designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border" 3: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" [syn: distinguish, mark, differentiate] 4: mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" [syn: commemorate, mark] 5: make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" 6: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 7: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" [syn: notice, mark, note] [ant: ignore] 8: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit] 9: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark] 10: establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark] 11: make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark] 12: remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" [syn: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark] 13: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick] 14: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark] 15: insert punctuation marks into [syn: punctuate, mark]

n 1: an informer or spy working for the police [syn: nark, copper's nark] 2: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent] v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 2: inform or spy (for the police)

v 1: stock excessively [ant: understock]

n 1: a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park" [syn: park, parkland] 2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green] 3: a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" [syn: ballpark, park] 4: Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806) [syn: Park, Mungo Park] 5: a lot where cars are parked [syn: parking lot, car park, park, parking area] 6: a gear position that acts as a parking brake; "the put the car in park and got out" v 1: place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" 2: maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"

n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]

n 1: (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; "quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally" 2: fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet [syn: quark cheese, quark]

v 1: stock again; "He restocked his land with pheasants"

n 1: merchandise that is shoddy or inferior [syn: schlock, shlock, dreck]

n 1: any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales 2: a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest 3: a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark" v 1: play the shark; act with trickery 2: hunt shark

n 1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat] v 1: embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"

n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint] 2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light] 3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge] 4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" 5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark] 6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: spark, sparkle]

adv 1: completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)] 2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] 3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" 4: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 5: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark]

adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn] 2: routine; "a stock answer" 3: regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" [syn: standard, stock] n 1: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory] 3: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" [syn: stock, gunstock] 4: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" [syn: stock certificate, stock] 5: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund] 6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock] 7: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 8: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" [syn: broth, stock] 9: the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" 10: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant [syn: stock, caudex] 11: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants 12: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers [syn: stock, gillyflower] 13: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia [syn: Malcolm stock, stock] 14: lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" 15: the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" 16: an ornamental white cravat [syn: neckcloth, stock] 17: any animals kept for use or profit [syn: livestock, stock, farm animal] v 1: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, stockpile] 2: equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" 3: supply with fish; "stock a lake" 4: supply with livestock; "stock a farm" 5: amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" [syn: stock, buy in, stock up] 6: provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" 7: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: sprout, stock]

v 1: move out of a dock; "We docked at noon" [ant: dock] 2: take (a ship) out of a dock; "undock the ship" [ant: dock]

v 1: open the lock of; "unlock the door" [ant: lock] 2: set free or release 3: become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" [ant: lock]

n 1: the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" [syn: walk, walking] 2: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass] 3: manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" [syn: walk, manner of walking] 4: the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" 5: a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk" [syn: walk, walkway, paseo] 6: a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground 7: careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" [syn: walk of life, walk] v 1: use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" [ant: ride] 2: accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car" 3: obtain a base on balls 4: traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" 5: give a base on balls to 6: live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness" 7: be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God" 8: walk at a pace; "The horses walked across the meadow" 9: make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" 10: take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" [syn: walk, take the air]

n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque]

n 1: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent]

n 1: French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963) [syn: Braque, Georges Braque]

n 1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) [syn: Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach] 2: the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ" v 1: lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bachelor, bach]

n 1: a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq [syn: Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak]

n 1: a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid [syn: floccule, floc]

n 1: Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916) [syn: Mach, Ernst Mach]

n 1: United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998) [syn: Spock, Benjamin Spock]

n 1: floating ball that controls level in a water tank [syn: ballcock, ball cock]

n 1: the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture [syn: Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep]

n 1: red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France

n 1: made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing

n 1: the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey