escort :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (4)

n. an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

n. the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

n. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

date

n. a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"

Verbs (2)

v. accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

see

v. accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"

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Fuzzynyms (44)

suite, cortege, retinue, entourage

n. the group following and attending to some important person

n. the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

n. a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships

watch, lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, scout, lookout man

n. a person employed to watch for something to happen

n. an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)

guide, scout, pathfinder

n. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner

n. a person who is a member of a partnership

assignation, tryst, rendezvous

n. a meeting planned at a certain time and place

v. show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"

cover, give cover to

v. protect a teammate or a position in a game

v. be on the defensive; act against an attack

defend, protect against a challenge

v. protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

shelter, bield, provide shelter for

v. provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"

v. protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

pass, run, guide

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

chaperon, chaperone

v. accompany as a chaperone

v. move ahead (of others) in time or space

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