n. (hand)

n. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

n. a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"

n. the act of mixing cards haphazardly

v. act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"

v. behave in a certain way; "make merry"

v. gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"

v. form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"

v. constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"

v. be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"

v. to compile a multi-module program

v. give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"

v. put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"

v. make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"

v. create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

v. institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

v. make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

v. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

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

v. act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"

v. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

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

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"

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

adj. following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"

adj. (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"

adj. not homosexual

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

adj. free from curves or angles; "a straight line"

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

adj. free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

adj. successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"

adj. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex

adj. (unsarcastic)

adj. no longer coiled

adj. without water; "took his whiskey neat"

adj. going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"

adj. erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

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

v. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

v. make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"

v. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

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

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

v. make up something artificial or untrue

v. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

v. create again

v. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

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. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

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

v. make a blueprint of

v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

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. 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"

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

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

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

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

adj. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

adj. going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"

adj. of a leaf shape; long and narrow

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

adj. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

adj. morally excellent

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

adj. free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"

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"

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

adj. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

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

adv. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"

adv. "Think ahead!"

adv. conforming to the direction of a plumb line

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part"

adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

adj. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

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

adj. conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"

adj. at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care"

adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

adj. `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

adj. (of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

adj. maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight"

adj. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

adj. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

adj. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

adj. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"

adj. oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"

adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

adj. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"

adj. oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"

adj. (unsarcastic)

adj. of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

adj. (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination ; "the limousine offers door-to-door service"

adj. without intervening persons

adj. (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta"

adj. proceeding from one point to another in time or space without deviation or interruption: "a direct route"; "the shortest path"

adj. (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"

adj. capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers"

adj. in walking position with right foreleg raised

adj. rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"

adj. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

adj. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

adj. having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"

adj. standing on four feet

adj. of posture; "a slim straight-backed dancer"

v. deprive of certain characteristics

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

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

v. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

v. pay out; "spend money"

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

adj. (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"

adj. of hair in small tight curls

adj. of hair in waves; "she had long wavy hair"

adj. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

adj. (of movement) at an angle

adj. having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"

adj. curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

adj. lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

adj. (disorderly)

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

adj. (of movement) at an angle

adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

adj. of a surface; not level or flat; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"

adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

adj. (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk

adj. curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

adv. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"