Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. come into existence; "What becomes has duration"

v. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

go, get, become, come, come out

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

open, undone

adj. not buttoned: "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat"

unstuck, undone

adj. thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"

undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

fit, make fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

augment

v. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

reinforce, reenforce, re-enforce

v. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

strengthen, fortify, beef up

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

pinched, penurious, impecunious, penniless, hard up, in straitened circumstances

adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities

turn, change state

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

swim, master, subdue, get over, overcome, surmount

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

advance, gain, win, get ahead, make headway, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

open-collared

adj. of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck; "dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt"

helter-skelter, chaotic

adj. lacking a visible order or organization

upset, confused, disordered, in disarray

adj. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"

haphazard, scrambled

adj. thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled plan of action"

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

empty-handed, unrewarded

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

failing, failed

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

out

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

hitless, scoreless, goalless

adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"

self-defeating

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

unfulfilled, unrealized

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unplaced

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

winless

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"

drop off, lose, fall back, recede, fall behind

v. retreat

regress, retrogress, retrograde, undergo regress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

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