v. guide the actors in (plays and films)

v. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"

v. command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"

v. put an address on (an envelope)

v. cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

v. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

v. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

adj. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

adj. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

adj. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"

adj. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"

v. become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

v. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

v. teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"

v. teach by repetition

v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

v. make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

v. command solemnly

v. summon to court

v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something

v. instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

v. pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

v. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

v. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"

v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

v. bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

v. change direction; "The road bends"

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

v. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

v. shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered"

v. inquire for; "seek directions from a local"

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

v. discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

v. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

v. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

v. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"

v. intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

adj. close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"

adj. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

adj. without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"

adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

adj. marked by speed and efficiency

adj. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"

adj. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"

adj. freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice"

adj. clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"

adj. free of deceit

adj. without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

adj. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall

adj. occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"

adj. happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

adj. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"

adj. serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

adj. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

adj. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

adj. not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"

adj. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

adj. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"

adj. not subject to or subjected to restriction

adj. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"

adj. given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"

adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

adj. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

adj. occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

adj. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

adj. without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"

adj. precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"

adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

adj. moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

adj. not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"

adj. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

adj. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

adj. (of movement) at an angle

adj. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

adj. avoiding the issue; not straightforward: "an evasive statement"

adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"

adj. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

adj. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"