A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.
Any part of a curved line.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobatio…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.
Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
An eye that squints.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
An eye that squints.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
An offensive smell; a stench.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.