| means | (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
equal, peer, compeer, match |
| means | (verb) be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
precede, come before |
| means | (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
typify, represent, symbolise, stand for, symbolize |
| means | (verb) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
be |
| means | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
concur, hold, agree, concord |
| means | (verb) be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
stand by, adhere, stick, stick by |
| means | (verb) be seated
sit, sit down |
| means | (verb) come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
fall, come |
| means | (verb) be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
be, cost |
| means | (verb) be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?"
interrelate, relate |
| means | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
sparkle, foam, fizz, effervesce, form bubbles, froth |
| means | (verb) be or form the base for
underlie |
| means | (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
remain, rest, stay |
| means | (verb) not move; be in a resting position
rest |
| means | (verb) be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
lie |
| means | (verb) be at rest
rest |
| means | (verb) feel pain or be in pain
suffer, hurt |
| means | (verb) be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
go |
| means | (verb) 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"
carry |
| means | (verb) be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
rut |
| means | (verb) be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
make |
| means | (verb) have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
run, go |
| means | (verb) be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
balance |
| means | (verb) feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
suffer |
| means | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
abound |
| means | (verb) be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"
crown, top |
| means | (verb) to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
form, make, constitute |
| means | (verb) be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
bear, gestate, expect, have a bun in the oven, carry |
| means | (verb) be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
miss |
| means | (verb) add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
come, total, add up, number, amount |
| means | (verb) be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
lack, miss |
| means | (verb) occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
be |
| means | (verb) act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"
interact |
| means | (verb) be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
lie |
| means | (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space
lead, precede |
| means | (verb) move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"
angle |
| means | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
do, behave, act |
| means | (verb) give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
shape, form |
| means | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
go, travel, move, locomote |
| means | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
incur, get, receive, find, obtain |
| means | (verb) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
work |
| means | (verb) be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
go, belong |
| means | (verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"
go to, attend |
| means | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
roam, tramp, roll, vagabond, wander, rove, range, swan, ramble, stray, cast, drift |
| means | (verb) be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
lie |
| means | (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
meander, weave, wander, wind, thread |
| means | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
equal, equate, match, equalise, equalize |
| means | (verb) move up and down repeatedly
jounce, bounce |
| means | (verb) have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
rest, lie |
| means | (verb) be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
blow, float, be adrift, drift |
| means | (verb) express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
protest, resist, dissent |
| means | (verb) have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
relate |
| means | (verb) lie underneath
underlie |
| means | (verb) be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour"
sit, sit around |
| means | (verb) cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
freeze |
| means | (verb) expose one's body to the sun
sunbathe, sun |
| means | (verb) cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
carry |
| means | (verb) come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
precede, predate |
| means | (verb) travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
do |
| means | (verb) be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
abound, bristle, burst |
| means | (verb) originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
lie, dwell, consist, lie in |
| means | (verb) give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
get, make |
| means | (verb) support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
subsist, exist, survive, live |
| means | (verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
sit, ride |
| means | (verb) be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"
sit |
| means | (verb) undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
have, experience |
| means | (verb) bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
think |
| means | (verb) change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
make |
| means | (verb) make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
create, make |
| means | (verb) make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in, connect |
| means | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
cogitate, cerebrate, think |
| means | (verb) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
make |
| means | (verb) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
symbolise, symbolize |
| means | (verb) create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
form, organise, organize |
| means | (verb) assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
form |
| means | (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
run, lead, extend, go, pass |
| means | (verb) impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
inflict, visit, impose, bring down |
| means | (verb) undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
make |
| means | (verb) distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
excel, surpass, stand out |