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synonymy collapse: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

pay collapse: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"; give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"; discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"; do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"; make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"; render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"; be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"

communications collapse: the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

recall collapse: the act of removing an official by petition; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"; a bugle call that signals troops to return; a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"; a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair); cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"; summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"; cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"; make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

thesaurus collapse: a book containing a classified list of synonyms

bear off collapse

abrogate collapse: revoke formally

collectanea collapse

unman collapse: cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"

give back collapse

devise collapse: (law) a gift of real property by will; a will disposing of real property; give by will, especially real property

instruction collapse: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

reader collapse: one of a series of texts for students learning to read; a person who enjoys reading; a person who can read; a literate person

defer to collapse

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

chronicle collapse: record in chronological order; make a historical record

carry collapse: the act of carrying something; continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"; include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?"; sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"; serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"; pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"; be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"; win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"; secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"; cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"; have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"; be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"; drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"; bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"; propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"; bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"; include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"; pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"; transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"; capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"; have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"; take further or advance; "carry a cause"; compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"; extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"; win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"; be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail"; be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"; have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"; keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"; have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"; be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"; have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"

cursive collapse: having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"

render collapse: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls; cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"; pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"; coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"; give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"; give back; "render money"; make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"

go for collapse

token collapse: a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines; an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"

letterhead collapse: a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top

deliver collapse: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"; utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"; bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"; throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"; carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"; save from sins

abut collapse

quicken collapse: show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"; give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

lead to collapse

propagation collapse: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions; the movement of a wave through a medium

price tag collapse: a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to

write collapse: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"; record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"; communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"; communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"; mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"; create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"; produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

put down collapse

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

enunciation collapse: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

take after collapse: imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"; be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"

come about collapse

apprise collapse

similarize collapse

repeal collapse

proof collapse: a trial photographic print from a negative; any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"; (printing) an impression made to check for errors; a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it; a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume); make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"; activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"; knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"; make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

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