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homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

letter collapse: a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"; an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports"; the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"; a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"; owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire; mark letters on or mark with letters; set down or print with letters; win an athletic letter

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

windbag collapse

enjoin collapse: issue an injunction

proverb collapse: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

literal collapse: without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"; limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"; avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"

tongue collapse: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot; a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity; a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"; the tongue of certain animals used as meat; any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"; lick or explore with the tongue; articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

info collapse

fling off collapse

part of speech collapse: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

participle collapse: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

adjective collapse: the word class that qualifies nouns; a word that expresses an attribute of something; relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law ; "adjective law"

adverb collapse: the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses; a word that modifies something other than a noun

preposition collapse: a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word; (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

lexicon collapse

blurb collapse

scent collapse: an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced; catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"

testimony collapse: something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion"; an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it"; a solemn statement made under oath

annunciation collapse: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ; a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

greeting collapse: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

speak collapse: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"; make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

unhearing collapse

sworn statement collapse

news collapse: new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"; new information of any kind; "it was news to me"; information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"

allow collapse: allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"; give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"; allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"; let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"; grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"

manifesto collapse: a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)

slot collapse: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot"; a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"; (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory"; a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar"; the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"; a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"; assign a time slot; "slot a television programs"

thesaurus collapse: a book containing a classified list of synonyms

tell collapse: a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap); discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"; let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"; narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"; give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"

bad news collapse

present collapse: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking; something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife"; the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"; spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"; bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"; formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.; hand over formally; introduce; "This poses an interesting question"

evocation collapse: imaginative re-creation; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"; calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

unadulterated collapse: not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"

ipse dixit collapse: an unsupported dogmatic assertion

laconic collapse

imagery collapse

plumb collapse: exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"; exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"; conforming to the direction of a plumb line; adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical; examine thoroughly and in great depth; measure the depth of something; weight with lead

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

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