n. people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

n. operating system company

v. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"

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"

v. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

v. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"

v. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"

v. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

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"

v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

adv. in rotation or succession: "watch and watch about"

adv. "about face"

adv. "She is always about"

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

adj. unadventurous

adj. "a wary glance at the black clouds"

adj. showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"

adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

adj. on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"

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"

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

v. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

v. be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"

v. be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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"

v. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "

v. express or state indirectly

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

v. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

v. convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

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

adj. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

adj. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

adj. careful and diligent in the use of resources

adj. mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"

adj. filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"

adj. easily startled or frightened

adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

adj. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

adj. difficult to please

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"

adj. marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

adv. at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

adv. "He was practically the only guest at the party"

adv. "She is always about"

adj. (of an undertaking) secure from risk

adj. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"

adj. vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"

adj. exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

adj. lacking in boldness

adj. around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

adj. not excessive

adj. not extreme, especially in political views

adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

adj. on the job; "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived"

adj. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

adj. of a telephone

adj. (of a person) very busy and active: "always on the go"

adj. too busy

adj. busy or occupied with; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good"

n. people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"

v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

adj. willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

adj. lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

adj. willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

adv. against a flat surface: "He lay flat on his back"