Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

climb, mount, go up, climb up

v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

shoot, dash, scud, dart, flash, scoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

streak

v. run naked in a public place

approach, meet, go up, come on, come near, near, draw near

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

center, centre, rivet, focus, pore, concentrate

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

cascade, cascade down, fall like a cascade

v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

plunk, dive, plunge

v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

pour, cause to run

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

speed, hurry, rush, race, hasten, hotfoot, hie, belt along, bucket along, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along

v. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

roll, wheel, wheel about

v. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

swim, float, be afloat

v. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

spiral, corkscrew

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

wave, flap, undulate

v. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

forward, fore, forrad, forrard, toward the front

adv. "He faced forward"

forward, onward, forth, thenceforth

adv. "from that time forth"

ahead, along, in a forward direction, in front, at the front

adv. "He is way ahead"

outward, outwards, towards the outside

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

zoom in on, pore over, examine closely

v. focus one's attention on

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inward, arriving, inbound

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

entering, ingoing

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

designate

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

elect

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

inflowing, influent

adj. flowing inward

inpouring

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

prosperous, flourishing, thriving, booming, roaring, palmy, prospering

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

triple-crown

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

eminent

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

hitless, no-hit

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

made

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

productive

adj. yielding positive results

self-made

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

winning, victorious

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

winning

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

connected, machine-accessible

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

reduce, scale down, zoom out

v. make smaller; "reduce an image"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

off

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

back, backward, backwards, aback, in a reclining position

adv. "Lean back"

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