n. 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos

n. IBM personal computer or compatible

n. a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

n. a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"

n. the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

n. a feature on a switch having the value "off"

n. a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

n. the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

n. event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"

n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

n. a character used in electronic mail adresses to separate the addressee from the host name

n. the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."

n. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove"

n. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

n. the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"

n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

v. have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles"

v. complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"

v. finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"

v. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

v. change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull"

v. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

v. come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"

v. range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"

v. cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

v. to quit any application or software program

v. feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"

v. become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

v. 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"

adv. at close range

adj. rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"

adj. at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"

adj. close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

adj. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"

adj. crowded; "close quarters"

adj. fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit"

adj. marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

adj. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

adj. used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut"

adj. lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"

adj. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

n. a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

n. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

n. a treeless grassy plain

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

n. the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

n. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

n. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

n. a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. the property possessed by a large mass

n. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"

n. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

n. greatness of magnitude

n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

n. the extent of something from side to side

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

v. fill the chinks of, as with caulking

v. cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

v. fasten with a latch; "latch the door"

v. tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"

v. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"

v. plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"

v. cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

v. link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"

v. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

v. 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"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

v. wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

v. shape by using a block, as of a hat

v. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

v. become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

v. feel admiration for

v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

v. turn aside; turn away from

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

v. walk or tramp about

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

v. turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

v. walk leisurely

v. take a walk

v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

v. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

v. cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

v. wander from a direct or straight course

v. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

v. go trekking

adj. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"

adj. (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

adj. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

adj. characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"

adj. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"

adj. overfull as with blood

adj. constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

v. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

v. span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

v. group with

adj. marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

adj. "careful of her feelings"; "extremely solicitous in matters of behavior"

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

adj. developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

adj. excessively or unduly careful

adj. painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"

adj. uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; "a claustrophobic little room"

adj. confined usually by illness

adj. (confined)

adj. confined or shut in by heavy snow

adj. delayed or confined or cut off by a storm; "the airport was filled with stormbound passengers"

adj. delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic"; "irritable weather-bound children"

adj. hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"

adj. accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott

adj. characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction; "a high-fidelity recording"; "a hi-fi system"

adj. accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. embarrassingly stingy

adj. unwilling to part with money

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

adj. cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

adj. (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail"

adj. (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

adj. somewhat short

adj. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"

adj. having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument"

adj. (British informal) poorly ventilated

adj. (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen

adj. not provided with vents

adj. void of expression; "a blank stare"

adj. deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"

adj. refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together"

adj. without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

adj. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"

adj. very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"

n. the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

n. a feature on a switch having the value "on"

n. the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"

n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

n. the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

v. begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech"

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

v. cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"

v. become open; "The door opened"

adj. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

adj. far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

adj. far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

adj. at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"

adj. very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"