Synonyms: guy, guy cable, guy rope, guy wire
Definition: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Synonyms: Guy
Definition: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
Similar words: effigy, simulacrum, image
Definition: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
Usage: the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln; the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
Synonyms: guy, hombre, bozo, cat
Definition: an informal term for a youth or man
Usage: a nice guy; the guy's only doing it for some doll
Similar words: man, adult male
Definition: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Usage: there were two women and six men on the bus
Synonyms: guy
Definition: steady or support with a guy wire or cable
Usage: The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
Similar words: steady, brace, stabilise, stabilize
Definition: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
Usage: brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel
Synonyms: jest at, make fun, laugh at, blackguard, guy, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
Definition: subject to laughter or ridicule
Usage: The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house; The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher; His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
Definition: treat with contempt
Usage: The new constitution mocks all democratic principles