Definition: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
Similar words: bowed stringed instrument, string
Definition: stringed instruments that are played with a bow
Usage: the strings played superlatively well
Definition: try to fix or mend
Usage: Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right; She always fiddles with her van on the weekend
Similar words: doctor, bushel, touch on, furbish up, fix, repair, restore, mend
Definition: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
Usage: She repaired her TV set; Repair my shoes please
Synonyms: fiddle, tamper, monkey
Definition: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
Usage: Someone tampered with the documents on my desk; The reporter fiddle with the facts
Similar words: manipulate
Definition: hold something in one's hands and move it
Synonyms: fiddle, diddle, play, toy
Definition: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
Usage: She played nervously with her wedding ring; Don't fiddle with the screws; He played with the idea of running for the Senate
Similar words: manipulate
Definition: hold something in one's hands and move it
Synonyms: fiddle
Definition: play on a violin
Usage: Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely
Definition: replay (as a melody)
Usage: Play it again, Sam; She played the third movement very beautifully
Synonyms: fiddle
Definition: play the violin or fiddle
Similar words: play
Definition: perform music on (a musical instrument)
Usage: He plays the flute; Can you play on this old recorder?
Synonyms: fiddle
Definition: commit fraud and steal from one's employer
Usage: We found out that she had been fiddling for years
Similar words: embezzle, malversate, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate
Definition: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Usage: The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
Synonyms: goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Definition: avoid (one's assigned duties)
Usage: The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Similar words: avoid
Definition: refrain from doing something
Usage: She refrains from calling her therapist too often; He should avoid publishing his wife's memories