Nouns (5)
beryllium, Be, atomic number 4
n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Be, Be Inc.
n. operating system company
Verbs (30)
be
v. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
work, be
v. 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"
be, exist
v. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
be, have the quality of being
v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
occur, be
v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
be, be identical to
v. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
cost, be
v. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
live, be, have life
v. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
make up, represent, constitute, be
v. form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
be, occupy a certain area, occupy a certain position
v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
equal, be, be identical to
v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
personify, characterize, be, embody
v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Adverbs (8)
Adjectives (8)
on
adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"
based
adj. having a base of operations: "a company based in Atlanta"
based
adj. having a base; "firmly based ice"
based, founded
adj. having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly based argument"; "a computer-based system"; "well-founded suspicions"
ready, connected, on
adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
Fuzzynyms (59)
stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with
v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
fit, meet, conform to
v. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
duplicate, twin, parallel
v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
parallel
v. be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
coordinate, co-ordinate
v. be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"
cause, create, originate
v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
name, mention, identify, give the name of, refer to by name
v. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
incarnate, embody, body forth, represent in bodily form
v. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
refer to, denote, have as a meaning
v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
imply, connote
v. express or state indirectly
imply, indicate by inference
v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
mean, intend
v. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
signify
v. convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
forward, fore, forrad, forrard, toward the front
adv. "He faced forward"
forward, onward, forth, thenceforth
adv. "from that time forth"
outward, outwards, towards the outside
adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"
Synonyms (35)
at home
adj. "I don't feel entirely settled here"
built-up
adj. peopled with settlers; "the built-up areas"
set, placed, located, situated
adj. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"
nonnomadic
adj. not nomadic or wandering; "nonnomadic people"
relocated, resettled
adj. settled in a new location
stable
adj. "a peaceful and settled social order"
afloat, floating, buoyed up
adj. borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
braced, buttressed
adj. held up by braces or buttresses
dangling, hanging, pendant, suspended, pendent
adj. supported from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"
supernatant, floating
adj. of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off"
gimbaled
adj. supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips
suspended, in suspension
adj. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas"
underhung
adj. supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors"
underslung
adj. supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below
backed, backed up
adj. having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence"
verified, corroborated, substantiated
adj. supported or established by evidence or proof; "the substantiated charges"; "a verified case"
endorsed
adj. formally supported especially by public statement
connected, machine-accessible
adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
Antonyms (7)
differ
v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
off
adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
be based on
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