tea-table talk - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

magnify collapse: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

dialogue collapse: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"; the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction; a conversation between two persons

take up collapse: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"; adopt; "take up new ideas"; turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"; take up time or space; "take up the slack"

converse collapse: a proposition obtained by conversion; turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"; of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"; carry on a conversation

flats collapse: footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

edge tool collapse: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

documentation collapse: documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"; confirmation that some fact or statement is true

consultation collapse: a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"; a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"

minimize collapse: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"; cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"

drink collapse: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"; a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"; any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"; take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"; consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"; drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"

come down collapse: criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"

roach collapse: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back; the butt of a marijuana cigarette; a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; cut the mane off (a horse); comb (hair) into a roach

stratum collapse: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

annals collapse: a chronological account of events in successive years; reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

llano collapse: an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)

enlargement collapse: a photographic print that has been enlarged; the state of being enlarged

portfolio collapse: the role of the head of a government department; "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs"; a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather; "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio"; a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution; "they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio"; a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers; "the artist had put together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a portfolio of photographs"

jackknife collapse: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out; dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

fomentation collapse: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord); application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

Wordage.info