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barometer (buromihtur) noun
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
| Rhymes: | hydrometer, kilometer |
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collide (kuhliid) verb
1. Crash together with violent impact. "The cars collided"
2. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict.
| Rhymes: | bride, cried, dried, fried, glide, guide, hide, pride, ride, side, slide, stride, tried, wide, applied, beside, decide, deride, inside, provide, reside, subside, coincide | | Synonyms: | crash, slam, hit, bump, smash | | Antonyms: | miss, avoid, agree, coincide |
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envelop (ihnvEHluhp) verb
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. "Fog enveloped the house"
| Synonyms: | invest, fence, cover, roll, shroud, cloak, wrap, veil, surround | | Antonyms: | unwrap, expose |
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graze (grayz) noun,verb
1. Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping. "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
2. Scrape gently.
| Rhymes: | blaze, braise, craze, daze, maze, phrase, praise, raise, amaze, appraise | | Synonyms: | skim, wear, feed, rub, contact, brush, scrape, chafe, shave, kiss, touch lightly |
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hatch (hach) noun,verb
1. Emerge from the eggs; of birds, fish, or reptiles.
2. Devise or invent.
| Rhymes: | batch, catch, latch, match, patch, snatch, detach, dispatch, mismatch | | Synonyms: | make, get, invent, concoct, create, originate, engender, devise |
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retrieve (rihtreev) verb
1. Get or find back; recover the use of.
2. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
| Rhymes: | cleave, eve, grieve, leave, sleeve, weave, believe, bereave, conceive, deceive, naive, perceive, receive, relieve, misconceive | | Synonyms: | recruit, regain, recover, resuscitate, get back, fetch, renovate, reclaim, recoup, get |
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shackle (shakuhl) noun,verb
A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).
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skirmish (skurmihsh) noun,verb
A minor short-term fight.
| Synonyms: | encounter, brush, fray |
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visible (vihzuhbuhl) adjective
Perceptible especially by the eye; or open to easy view. "a visible object" "visible stars" "mountains visible in the distance" "a visible change of expression" "visible files"
| Synonyms: | distinct, perceptible, observable, apparent, visual, plain, evident, clear, discernible | | Antonyms: | invisible, hidden, imperceptible |
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visual (vihzhuhwuhl) adjective
1. Relating to or using sight. "visual powers" "visual navigation"
2. Able to be seen. "a visual presentation" "a visual image"
| Synonyms: | visible, observable, discernible, perceivable |
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