n. the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"

n. the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them"

n. a person who possesses great material wealth

v. have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"

v. undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"

v. have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"

v. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

v. be likely or probable; "They have to be kidding"

v. be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"

v. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

v. suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"

v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

v. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

v. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

v. achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

v. be obliged, required, or forced to

v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

v. go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

adv. "You'd best stay at home"

adv. "He played best after a couple of martinis"

adj. (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit"

adj. characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"

n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"

n. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions

n. someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise

v. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

v. provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

v. accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals"

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

v. include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

v. contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"

v. distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"

v. go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

v. be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"

v. swallow hastily

v. eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

v. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

v. have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

v. partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

v. take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

v. keep in one's possession; of animals

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

v. have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"

v. have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

v. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

v. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"

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"

v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

v. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

v. give equal rights to; of women and minorities

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

v. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

v. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"

v. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something

v. hold back

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

adj. of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"

adj. worthy of adoration or reverence

v. take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"

v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

v. provide with shelter

adj. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

adj. such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"

adj. of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

adj. situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

adj. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

n. the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

v. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

v. lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

v. be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

v. let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

adj. (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"

adj. as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag