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limelight
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a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"
related words >
PR
,
arc
,
arc light
,
ballyhoo
,
blurb
,
bright light
,
celebrity
,
color filter
,
common knowledge
,
cry
,
currency
,
daylight
,
dimmer
,
eclat
,
exposure
,
fame
,
famousness
,
floats
,
flood
,
floodlight
,
footlights
,
foots
,
gelatin
,
glare
,
hoopla
,
hue and cry
,
klieg light
,
light plot
,
lights
,
marquee
,
maximum dissemination
,
medium
,
notoriety
,
plug
,
press notice
,
public eye
,
public knowledge
,
public relations
,
public report
,
publicity
,
publicity story
,
publicness
,
puff
,
reclame
,
report
,
spot
,
spotlight
,
write-up
repay
collapse
related words >
accord
,
atone
,
award
,
balance
,
be gainful
,
be profitable
,
be worthwhile
,
compensate
,
cover
,
do penance
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give back
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
offset
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
requite
,
restore
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reward
,
set right
,
square
,
square with
,
yield a profit
trivialize
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make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
related words >
beggar
,
belittle
,
decry
,
denigrate
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
lessen
,
make light of
,
minimize
,
misprize
,
play down
,
pooh-pooh
,
put down
,
run down
,
scoff at
,
scorn
,
slight
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underrate
,
undervalue
dancing
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taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
related words >
aflicker
,
balletic
,
beaming
,
beatific
,
beatified
,
bickering
,
blessed
,
blinking
,
blissful
,
capering
,
cheerful
,
chirping
,
dance
,
desultory
,
flashing
,
flicker
,
flickering
,
flickering light
,
flickery
,
flicky
,
flushed with joy
,
flutter
,
fluttering
,
fluttery
,
gay
,
glad
,
glancing light
,
glowing
,
guttering
,
happy
,
joyful
,
joyous
,
lambency
,
lambent
,
laughing
,
leaping
,
light show
,
play
,
play of light
,
playing
,
purring
,
quiver
,
quivering
,
quivery
,
radiant
,
singing
,
smiling
,
smirking
,
sparkling
,
spluttering
,
sputtering
,
sputtery
,
starry-eyed
,
stroboscopic
,
terpsichorean
,
thrice happy
,
unsteady
,
wavering
,
wavery
propitiate
collapse
make peace with
related words >
adapt
,
adjust
,
allay
,
appease
,
assuage
,
atone
,
atone for
,
calm
,
compensate
,
conciliate
,
conform
,
content
,
cool
,
defuse
,
dulcify
,
expiate
,
give satisfaction
,
immolate before
,
intercede
,
lay
,
lay the dust
,
live down
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make propitiation
,
make reparation
,
make right
,
make sacrifice to
,
make up for
,
mediate
,
mollify
,
offer sacrifice
,
pacify
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
placate
,
pour balm on
,
recompense
,
reconcile
,
redeem
,
redress
,
repair
,
sacrifice
,
satisfy
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
soothe
,
square it
,
square things
,
sweeten
,
tranquilize
pay back
collapse
take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
related words >
alternate
,
atone
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
commute
,
compensate
,
cooperate
,
counterchange
,
cover
,
do penance
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
permute
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
requite
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reward
,
set right
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
see the light
collapse
related words >
appear
,
arise
,
awake
,
awaken
,
be begotten
,
be born
,
be incarnated
,
become manifest
,
become public
,
become visible
,
break
,
buzz about
,
circulate
,
come
,
come alive
,
come forth
,
come forward
,
come in sight
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come out
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
come to life
,
come to light
,
crop out
,
descry
,
discern
,
emerge
,
enter
,
fade in
,
find vent
,
fly about
,
get about
,
get abroad
,
get afloat
,
get around
,
get exposure
,
go about
,
go forth
,
go the rounds
,
have currency
,
heave in sight
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
live again
,
look forth
,
loom
,
make out
,
materialize
,
outcrop
,
peep out
,
penetrate
,
perceive
,
pierce
,
plumb
,
quicken
,
reanimate
,
rear its head
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
rise
,
rise again
,
see
,
see daylight
,
see into
,
see through
,
show
,
show up
,
spread
,
spread about
,
spread like wildfire
,
stream forth
,
strike the eye
,
turn up
ignite
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cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
related words >
bank
,
blaze up
,
burn
,
conflagrate
,
enkindle
,
fan the flame
,
feed
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
fire up
,
flame up
,
flare up
,
inflame
,
kindle
,
light
,
light up
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
relume
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
spunk up
,
stir the fire
,
stoke
,
stoke the fire
,
strike a light
,
take fire
,
torch
,
touch off
gloaming
collapse
related words >
bad light
,
brown of dusk
,
brownness
,
candlelight
,
candlelighting
,
cocklight
,
crepuscule
,
darkishness
,
darksomeness
,
deadness
,
dim
,
dim light
,
dimness
,
dimpsy
,
drabness
,
dullness
,
dusk
,
duskiness
,
duskingtide
,
duskness
,
eventide
,
flatness
,
gloam
,
glooming
,
half-light
,
lack of sparkle
,
lackluster
,
lifelessness
,
lusterlessness
,
mat
,
mat finish
,
murk
,
murkiness
,
nightfall
,
owllight
,
partial darkness
,
semidark
,
somberness
,
twilight
prosper
collapse
related words >
advance
,
arrive
,
be blooded
,
be successful
,
catch on
,
click
,
come along
,
come off
,
come on
,
connect
,
develop
,
do well
,
enjoy prosperity
,
fare well
,
farewell
,
flourish
,
gain
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get on swimmingly
,
get on well
,
go
,
go great guns
,
go off
,
go over
,
go over big
,
go to town
,
go well
,
graduate
,
grow
,
grow rich
,
make
,
make a hit
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make progress
,
meet with success
,
pass
,
prevail
,
profit
,
progress
,
qualify
,
succeed
,
take
,
thrive
,
turn out well
,
work well
,
work wonders
,
yield
think nothing of
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
be above
,
be contemptuous of
,
belittle
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
care nothing for
,
carry through
,
contemn
,
cool it
,
de-emphasize
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
deride
,
despise
,
disdain
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
disprize
,
downplay
,
drop the subject
,
dump on
,
face out
,
feel contempt for
,
feel superior to
,
forget
,
forget about it
,
forget it
,
go easy
,
hold beneath one
,
hold cheap
,
hold in contempt
,
insult
,
lay aside
,
let it go
,
let slip
,
look down upon
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
not hesitate
,
not look back
,
not sweat it
,
play down
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put down
,
rank low
,
ridicule
,
scorn
,
sell short
,
set aside
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
sniff at
,
snort at
,
stick at nothing
,
stop at nothing
,
take it easy
,
think little of
,
thrust aside
,
turn away from
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
semaphore
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an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
convey by semaphore, of information
send signals by or as if by semaphore
related words >
Roman candle
,
aid to navigation
,
alarm
,
amber light
,
balefire
,
beacon
,
beacon fire
,
bell
,
bell buoy
,
blinker
,
blue peter
,
buoy
,
caution light
,
flare
,
fog bell
,
fog signal
,
fog whistle
,
foghorn
,
glance
,
go light
,
gong buoy
,
green light
,
heliograph
,
high sign
,
international alphabet flag
,
international numeral pennant
,
kick
,
leer
,
marker beacon
,
nod
,
nudge
,
parachute flare
,
pilot flag
,
poke
,
police whistle
,
quarantine flag
,
radio beacon
,
red flag
,
red light
,
rocket
,
sailing aid
,
semaphore flag
,
semaphore telegraph
,
sign
,
signal
,
signal beacon
,
signal bell
,
signal fire
,
signal flag
,
signal gong
,
signal gun
,
signal lamp
,
signal light
,
signal mast
,
signal post
,
signal rocket
,
signal shot
,
signal siren
,
signal tower
,
spar buoy
,
stop light
,
the nod
,
the wink
,
touch
,
traffic light
,
traffic signal
,
watch fire
,
white flag
,
wigwag
,
wigwag flag
,
wink
,
yellow flag
blinker
collapse
a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
put blinders on (a horse)
related words >
Roman candle
,
aid to navigation
,
alarm
,
amber light
,
balefire
,
beacon
,
beacon fire
,
bell
,
bell buoy
,
blue peter
,
buoy
,
caution light
,
flare
,
fog bell
,
fog signal
,
fog whistle
,
foghorn
,
glance
,
go light
,
gong buoy
,
green light
,
heliograph
,
high sign
,
international alphabet flag
,
international numeral pennant
,
kick
,
leer
,
marker beacon
,
nod
,
nudge
,
parachute flare
,
pilot flag
,
poke
,
police whistle
,
quarantine flag
,
radio beacon
,
red flag
,
red light
,
rocket
,
sailing aid
,
semaphore
,
semaphore flag
,
semaphore telegraph
,
sign
,
signal
,
signal beacon
,
signal bell
,
signal fire
,
signal flag
,
signal gong
,
signal gun
,
signal lamp
,
signal light
,
signal mast
,
signal post
,
signal rocket
,
signal shot
,
signal siren
,
signal tower
,
spar buoy
,
stop light
,
the nod
,
the wink
,
touch
,
traffic light
,
traffic signal
,
watch fire
,
white flag
,
wigwag
,
wigwag flag
,
wink
,
yellow flag
illustrate
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supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"
depict with an illustration
related words >
account for
,
adorn
,
adumbrate
,
allegorize
,
approve
,
argue
,
attest
,
bespeak
,
betoken
,
body forth
,
breathe
,
call to mind
,
cite
,
cite a particular
,
clarify
,
clear up
,
connote
,
crack
,
decipher
,
decorate
,
demonstrate
,
demythologize
,
denote
,
display
,
document
,
elucidate
,
embellish
,
emblazon
,
embody
,
enlighten
,
euhemerize
,
evidence
,
evince
,
example
,
exemplify
,
exhibit
,
explain
,
explain away
,
explicate
,
exposit
,
expound
,
express
,
figure
,
foreshadow
,
furnish evidence
,
give a for-instance
,
give indication of
,
give reason for
,
give the meaning
,
go to show
,
illuminate
,
image
,
impersonate
,
imply
,
incarnate
,
indicate
,
instance
,
involve
,
itemize
,
make clear
,
make plain
,
manifest
,
mark
,
mirror
,
name
,
ornament
,
particularize
,
personate
,
personify
,
picture
,
point to
,
popularize
,
prefigure
,
pretypify
,
project
,
quote
,
rationalize
,
realize
,
reflect
,
set forth
,
shadow
,
shadow forth
,
shed light upon
,
show
,
show how
,
show signs of
,
show the way
,
signalize
,
signify
,
simplify
,
solve
,
speak for itself
,
speak volumes
,
spell out
,
suggest
,
symptomatize
,
tell
,
tend to show
,
throw light upon
,
unfold
,
unlock
,
unravel
get in touch with
collapse
related words >
answer
,
approach
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
establish connection
,
get to
,
interrogate
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
keep in touch
collapse
related words >
answer
,
approach
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
establish connection
,
get to
,
interrogate
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
light up
collapse
begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"
ignite; "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"
related words >
annoy
,
arouse
,
awake
,
awaken
,
bank
,
beacon
,
blow the coals
,
blow up
,
brace up
,
brighten
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
burn
,
call forth
,
call up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
conflagrate
,
enkindle
,
enlighten
,
enrage
,
excite
,
fan
,
fan the fire
,
fan the flame
,
feed
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
flame
,
flood with light
,
floodlight
,
foment
,
frenzy
,
heat
,
highlight
,
ignite
,
illume
,
illuminate
,
illumine
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incite
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
irradiate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
lather up
,
light
,
light the fuse
,
lighten
,
luminate
,
madden
,
move
,
overexcite
,
overshine
,
perk up
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
relume
,
relumine
,
revive
,
rouse
,
set astir
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
shed light upon
,
shine upon
,
spotlight
,
steam up
,
stir
,
stir the blood
,
stir the embers
,
stir the feelings
,
stir the fire
,
stir up
,
stoke
,
stoke the fire
,
strike a light
,
summon up
,
take heart
,
throw light upon
,
torch
,
touch off
,
turn on
,
wake
,
wake up
,
waken
,
warm
,
warm the blood
,
whip up
,
work into
,
work up
explain
collapse
make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
related words >
absolve
,
account
,
account for
,
acquit
,
aid
,
allegorize
,
analyze
,
answer
,
bottom
,
break down
,
clarify
,
clear
,
clear the way
,
clear up
,
condone
,
construe
,
crack
,
cry sour grapes
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
define
,
delineate
,
demonstrate
,
demythologize
,
describe
,
destigmatize
,
detail
,
disclose
,
discourse
,
disentangle
,
divine
,
do
,
do justice to
,
dope
,
dope out
,
ease
,
elucidate
,
enlighten
,
euhemerize
,
exculpate
,
excuse
,
exemplify
,
exonerate
,
expedite
,
explain away
,
explicate
,
exposit
,
expound
,
extenuate
,
facilitate
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get across
,
get over
,
get right
,
give reason for
,
give the meaning
,
grease
,
grease the ways
,
grease the wheels
,
guess
,
guess right
,
harangue
,
hasten
,
have it
,
help along
,
hit it
,
hold forth
,
illuminate
,
illustrate
,
interpret
,
justify
,
lecture
,
legitimate
,
legitimatize
,
loose
,
lubricate
,
make clear
,
make it clear
,
make out
,
make plain
,
make way for
,
moralize
,
oil
,
open the lock
,
open the way
,
open up
,
palliate
,
pave the way
,
plumb
,
point a moral
,
popularize
,
preach
,
prepare the way
,
psych
,
psych out
,
purge
,
put across
,
put over
,
puzzle out
,
quicken
,
rationalize
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
read a lesson
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstate
,
remove friction
,
resolve
,
restore
,
riddle
,
run interference for
,
sermonize
,
shed light upon
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
simplify
,
smooth
,
smooth the way
,
soap the ways
,
solve
,
sort out
,
speed
,
spell out
,
throw light upon
,
unbar
,
unblock
,
unclog
,
undo
,
unfold
,
unjam
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
vindicate
,
vulgarize
,
warrant
,
work
,
work out
step forward
collapse
related words >
advance
,
come along
,
come forward
,
come on
,
cover ground
,
gain ground
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make up leeway
,
move
,
move forward
,
need no prodding
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
proceed
,
progress
,
roll
,
stem
,
travel
,
volunteer
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
make the scene
collapse
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
break through
,
chip in
,
come on
,
come through
,
contribute
,
cut a swath
,
enter into
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go into
,
go places
,
go to
,
have it made
,
have suffrage
,
help decide
,
hie to
,
join
,
join in
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
progress
,
pull an oar
,
repair to
,
resort to
,
rise
,
sit in
,
sit in on
,
take part in
,
visit
,
vote
collation
collapse
careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
related words >
allocation
,
allotment
,
apportionment
,
arrangement
,
array
,
arraying
,
ascertainment
,
assurance
,
bite
,
certification
,
check
,
checking
,
collocation
,
comparative scrutiny
,
confirmation
,
constitution
,
cross-check
,
deployment
,
determination
,
disposal
,
disposition
,
distribution
,
ensuring
,
establishment
,
form
,
formation
,
formulation
,
light lunch
,
light meal
,
light repast
,
marshaling
,
nosh
,
order
,
ordering
,
placement
,
reassurance
,
reassurement
,
refreshments
,
regimentation
,
snack
,
spot of lunch
,
structuring
,
substantiation
,
syntax
,
validation
,
verification
zephyr
collapse
(Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind
related words >
air
,
blubber
,
breeze
,
butter
,
clay
,
cooling breeze
,
cushion
,
dough
,
down
,
eiderdown
,
feather bed
,
feathers
,
fleece
,
floss
,
flue
,
fluff
,
foam
,
gale
,
gentle wind
,
kapok
,
light air
,
light breeze
,
light wind
,
moderate breeze
,
ocean breeze
,
onshore breeze
,
pillow
,
plush
,
pudding
,
puff
,
putty
,
rubber
,
satin
,
sea breeze
,
silk
,
softblowing wind
,
swansdown
,
thistledown
,
velvet
,
wax
,
wool
eke out
collapse
obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
related words >
accomplish
,
bring to completion
,
bring to fruition
,
complete
,
cope
,
fill in
,
fill out
,
fulfill
,
get by
,
keep afloat
,
make ends meet
,
make good
,
make out
,
make up
,
manage
,
mature
,
piece out
,
refill
,
replenish
,
round out
,
scrape along
,
subsist
,
survive
,
top off
come alive
collapse
related words >
awake
,
awaken
,
be begotten
,
be born
,
be incarnated
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come to
,
come to life
,
descry
,
discern
,
get up
,
live again
,
make out
,
penetrate
,
perceive
,
pierce
,
plumb
,
quicken
,
reanimate
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
rise again
,
rouse
,
see
,
see daylight
,
see into
,
see the light
,
see through
,
stir
,
wake
,
wake up
luminary
collapse
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
related words >
VIP
,
actinic
,
big
,
big name
,
big-timer
,
candle
,
catoptric
,
celebrity
,
chief
,
constellation
,
cynosure
,
electric light bulb
,
electronics king
,
eminence
,
figure
,
fire
,
first-rater
,
flame
,
folk hero
,
galaxy
,
genius
,
glim
,
great man
,
heliographic
,
heliological
,
hero
,
heroine
,
honcho
,
idol
,
illuminant
,
illuminator
,
immortal
,
important person
,
incandescent body
,
king
,
lamp
,
lantern
,
lead
,
leader
,
leading light
,
light
,
light bulb
,
light source
,
lion
,
luminal
,
luminant
,
luminaries
,
man of mark
,
master spirit
,
match
,
moon
,
nabob
,
name
,
notability
,
notable
,
paramount
,
person of note
,
personage
,
photic
,
photoactinic
,
photologic
,
pleiad
,
pop hero
,
popular hero
,
popular idol
,
prima donna
,
principal
,
prodigy
,
public figure
,
social lion
,
somebody
,
source of light
,
star
,
stars
,
sun
,
superstar
,
taper
,
top dog
,
topnotcher
,
torch
,
virtuoso
,
wonder
,
worthy
glitter
collapse
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
related words >
be somebody
,
be something
,
bespangle
,
blatancy
,
blink
,
blinking
,
brazenness
,
brilliance
,
colorfulness
,
coruscate
,
coruscation
,
crudeness
,
cut a dash
,
cut a figure
,
cut a swath
,
dash
,
dazzle
,
dazzlingness
,
extravagance
,
extravaganza
,
extravagation
,
figure
,
firefly
,
flagrancy
,
flamboyance
,
flash
,
flashiness
,
floridity
,
floridness
,
flourish
,
gaiety
,
garishness
,
gaudery
,
gaudiness
,
glamor
,
glance
,
glare
,
gleam
,
glimmer
,
glimmering
,
glint
,
glisk
,
glisten
,
glister
,
glittering
,
glow
,
glowworm
,
gorgeousness
,
jauntiness
,
jazziness
,
live
,
loudness
,
luridness
,
make a figure
,
make a show
,
make a splash
,
meretriciousness
,
obtrusiveness
,
ostentation
,
pageantry
,
panache
,
pizzazz
,
refulgence
,
scintilla
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
sensationalism
,
shamelessness
,
shimmer
,
shimmering
,
shine
,
showiness
,
spangle
,
spark
,
sparkle
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splendor
,
splurge
,
sportiness
,
stroboscopic light
,
tawdriness
,
tinsel
,
twinkle
,
twinkling
,
vulgarness
break through
collapse
penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
breach
,
break in
,
break into
,
break open
,
break out
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
cave in
,
come forth
,
come on
,
come out
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
debouch
,
emerge
,
erupt
,
exit
,
find vent
,
force open
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go places
,
have it made
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
leak out
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
ooze out
,
prize open
,
progress
,
rise
,
run out
,
rupture
,
split open
,
stove in
,
tear open
recoup
collapse
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
related words >
atone
,
get back
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recompense
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
redress
,
refund
,
regain
,
regainment
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
requite
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
feign
collapse
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
fake
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
histrionize
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
sham
,
simulate
,
tug the heartstrings
,
wear
torch
collapse
a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
related words >
acetylene welder
,
angle
,
arsonist
,
bait the hook
,
bank
,
blast lamp
,
blowpipe
,
blowtorch
,
bob
,
brand
,
burn
,
burner
,
butane lighter
,
candle
,
cigarette lighter
,
clam
,
conflagrate
,
cresset
,
dap
,
dib
,
dibble
,
drive
,
electric light bulb
,
enkindle
,
fan the flame
,
feed
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
firebrand
,
firebug
,
fish
,
flambeau
,
flame
,
flaming torch
,
flare
,
flint
,
flint and steel
,
fly-fish
,
fusee
,
gig
,
glim
,
go fishing
,
grig
,
guddle
,
ignite
,
igniter
,
illuminant
,
illuminator
,
incandescent body
,
inflame
,
jack
,
jacklight
,
jig
,
kindle
,
lamp
,
lantern
,
light
,
light bulb
,
light source
,
light up
,
lighter
,
link
,
luminant
,
luminary
,
match
,
moon
,
net
,
portfire
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
relume
,
seine
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
shrimp
,
signal flare
,
source of light
,
sparker
,
spill
,
spin
,
stars
,
still-fish
,
stir the fire
,
stoke
,
stoke the fire
,
strike a light
,
sun
,
taper
,
touch off
,
trawl
,
troll
,
welder
,
welding blowpipe
,
whale
leer
collapse
a suggestive or sneering look or grin
look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
related words >
Roman candle
,
aid to navigation
,
alarm
,
amber light
,
balefire
,
beacon
,
beacon fire
,
beat the drum
,
bell
,
bell buoy
,
blinker
,
blue peter
,
buoy
,
caution light
,
contemplate
,
dekko
,
dip
,
examine
,
exchange colors
,
eye
,
eyeful
,
flag
,
flag down
,
flare
,
flash
,
fleer
,
fog bell
,
fog signal
,
fog whistle
,
foghorn
,
give a signal
,
give the eye
,
give the nod
,
give the once-over
,
glad eye
,
glance
,
go light
,
gong buoy
,
green light
,
hail
,
hail and speak
,
half-mast
,
hard look
,
heliograph
,
high sign
,
hoist a banner
,
inspect
,
international alphabet flag
,
international numeral pennant
,
kick
,
leer at
,
leering look
,
look
,
look over
,
look-in
,
lustful leer
,
make a sign
,
marker beacon
,
nod
,
nudge
,
ogle
,
ogle at
,
parachute flare
,
peruse
,
pilot flag
,
poke
,
police whistle
,
pore
,
pore over
,
preview
,
prospect
,
quarantine flag
,
radio beacon
,
raise a cry
,
red flag
,
red light
,
regard
,
rocket
,
sailing aid
,
salute
,
sardonic grin
,
scene
,
scornful laugh
,
scrutinize
,
semaphore
,
semaphore flag
,
semaphore telegraph
,
sidelong look
,
sight
,
sign
,
signal
,
signal beacon
,
signal bell
,
signal fire
,
signal flag
,
signal gong
,
signal gun
,
signal lamp
,
signal light
,
signal mast
,
signal post
,
signal rocket
,
signal shot
,
signal siren
,
signal tower
,
signalize
,
size up
,
sly look
,
smirk
,
sneer
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
sound an alarm
,
sound the trumpet
,
spar buoy
,
speak
,
stop light
,
survey
,
take a long
,
take stock of
,
the eye
,
the nod
,
the wink
,
touch
,
traffic light
,
traffic signal
,
unfurl a flag
,
vet
,
view
,
watch fire
,
wave
,
wave a flag
,
wave the hand
,
white flag
,
wigwag
,
wigwag flag
,
wink
,
yellow flag
nimble footed
collapse
related words >
agile
,
breakneck
,
dashing
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
expeditious
,
express
,
fast
,
featly
,
fleet
,
flying
,
galloping
,
graceful
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hustling
,
light
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
lively
,
mercurial
,
neat-fingered
,
neat-handed
,
nimble
,
peart
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
running
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speedy
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
sure-footed
,
swift
,
winged
light footed
collapse
related words >
agile
,
breakneck
,
dashing
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
expeditious
,
express
,
fast
,
featly
,
fleet
,
flying
,
galloping
,
graceful
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hustling
,
light
,
light of heel
,
lively
,
mercurial
,
neat-fingered
,
neat-handed
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
peart
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
running
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speedy
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
sure-footed
,
swift
,
winged
Roman candle
collapse
a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire
related words >
aid to navigation
,
alarm
,
amber light
,
balefire
,
beacon
,
beacon fire
,
bell
,
bell buoy
,
blinker
,
blue peter
,
bomb
,
buoy
,
cap
,
caution light
,
cherry bomb
,
cracker
,
firecracker
,
flare
,
flowerpot
,
fog bell
,
fog signal
,
fog whistle
,
foghorn
,
girandole
,
glance
,
go light
,
gong buoy
,
green light
,
heliograph
,
high sign
,
international alphabet flag
,
international numeral pennant
,
kick
,
ladyfinger
,
leer
,
marker beacon
,
nod
,
nudge
,
parachute flare
,
pilot flag
,
pinwheel
,
poke
,
police whistle
,
quarantine flag
,
radio beacon
,
red flag
,
red light
,
rocket
,
sailing aid
,
semaphore
,
semaphore flag
,
semaphore telegraph
,
serpent
,
sign
,
signal
,
signal beacon
,
signal bell
,
signal fire
,
signal flag
,
signal gong
,
signal gun
,
signal lamp
,
signal light
,
signal mast
,
signal post
,
signal rocket
,
signal shot
,
signal siren
,
signal tower
,
skyrocket
,
snake
,
spar buoy
,
sparkler
,
squib
,
stop light
,
the nod
,
the wink
,
torpedo
,
touch
,
traffic light
,
traffic signal
,
watch fire
,
white flag
,
wigwag
,
wigwag flag
,
wink
,
yellow flag
kick back
collapse
spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
related words >
abate
,
allow
,
atone
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
bate
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
charge off
,
cut
,
deduct
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
fly back
,
have repercussions
,
kick
,
lash back
,
make allowance
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
rebate
,
rebound
,
recalcitrate
,
recoil
,
recoup
,
redress
,
reduce
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
repercuss
,
requite
,
resile
,
ricochet
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
take a premium
,
take off
,
write off
crepuscule
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alpenglow
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aurora
,
brown of dusk
,
brownness
,
candlelight
,
candlelighting
,
cocklight
,
dawnlight
,
dusk
,
duskingtide
,
first light
,
foredawn
,
gloam
,
gloaming
,
glooming
,
glow
,
half-light
,
morning twilight
,
owllight
,
the small hours
,
twilight
gamma ray
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Becquerel ray
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Grenz ray
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Roentgen ray
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X radiation
,
X ray
,
actinic ray
,
actinism
,
alpha radiation
,
alpha ray
,
anode ray
,
atomic beam
,
atomic ray
,
beam
,
beam of light
,
beta radiation
,
beta ray
,
canal ray
,
cathode ray
,
cosmic radiation
,
cosmic ray
,
cosmic ray bombardment
,
electron emission
,
gamma radiation
,
gleam
,
infrared ray
,
infraroentgen ray
,
invisible radiation
,
leam
,
nuclear rays
,
patch
,
pencil
,
photon
,
positive ray
,
radiation
,
radiorays
,
ray
,
ray of light
,
ribbon
,
ribbon of light
,
solar rays
,
streak
,
stream
,
stream of light
,
streamer
,
ultraviolet ray
,
violet ray
radiorays
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Becquerel ray
,
Grenz ray
,
Roentgen ray
,
X radiation
,
X ray
,
actinic ray
,
actinism
,
alpha radiation
,
alpha ray
,
anode ray
,
atomic beam
,
atomic ray
,
beam
,
beam of light
,
beta radiation
,
beta ray
,
canal ray
,
cathode ray
,
cosmic radiation
,
cosmic ray
,
cosmic ray bombardment
,
electron emission
,
gamma radiation
,
gamma ray
,
gleam
,
infrared ray
,
infraroentgen ray
,
invisible radiation
,
leam
,
nuclear rays
,
patch
,
pencil
,
photon
,
positive ray
,
radiation
,
ray
,
ray of light
,
ribbon
,
ribbon of light
,
solar rays
,
streak
,
stream
,
stream of light
,
streamer
,
ultraviolet ray
,
violet ray
four flush
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act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
fake
,
feign
,
gammon
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
sham
,
simulate
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