Definition: a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Similar words: board game
Definition: a game played on a specially designed board
Synonyms: whirl, crack, offer, pass, fling, go
Definition: a usually brief attempt
Usage: he took a crack at it; I gave it a whirl
Similar words: endeavor, endeavour, effort, try, attempt
Definition: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Usage: made an effort to cover all the reading material; wished him luck in his endeavor; she gave it a good try
Synonyms: X, XTC, Adam, disco biscuit, cristal, ecstasy, hug drug, go
Definition: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Similar words: MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Definition: a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States
Usage: MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time
Synonyms: spell, go, tour, turn
Definition: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Usage: it's my go; a spell of work
Similar words: shift, work shift, duty period
Definition: the time period during which you are at work
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Definition: follow a certain course
Usage: The inauguration went well; how did your interview go?
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms: snuff it, buy the farm, choke, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire
Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Usage: She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: go
Definition: be abolished or discarded
Usage: These ugly billboards have to go!; These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge
Similar words: disappear, vanish, go away
Definition: get lost, as without warning or explanation
Usage: He disappeared without a trace
Synonyms: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail
Definition: stop operating or functioning
Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: progress by being changed
Usage: The speech has to go through several more drafts; run through your presentation before the meeting
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Usage: I plumped for the losing candidates
Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Synonyms: go, run low, run short
Definition: to be spent or finished
Usage: The money had gone after a few days; Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Definition: go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Usage: Who rifled through my desk drawers?
Similar words: search
Definition: subject to a search
Usage: The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys
Definition: move away from a place into another direction
Usage: Go away before I start to cry; The train departs at noon
Similar words: get out, go out, exit, leave
Definition: move out of or depart from
Usage: leave the room; the fugitive has left the country
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'
Similar words: cause to be perceived
Definition: have perceptible qualities
Definition: follow a procedure or take a course
Usage: We should go farther in this matter; She went through a lot of trouble; go about the world in a certain manner; Messages must go through diplomatic channels
Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
Synonyms: go
Definition: be or continue to be in a certain condition
Usage: The children went hungry that day
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
Usage: This piece won't fit into the puzzle
Synonyms: extend, run, lead, go, pass
Definition: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Usage: Service runs all the way to Cranbury; His knowledge doesn't go very far; My memory extends back to my fourth year of life; The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Definition: lead, extend, or afford access
Usage: This door goes to the basement; The road runs South
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Definition: blend or harmonize
Usage: This flavor will blend with those in your dish; This sofa won't go with the chairs
Similar words: harmonise, harmonize, fit in, agree, accord, concord, consort
Definition: go together
Usage: The colors don't harmonize; Their ideas concorded
Definition: have a particular form
Usage: the story or argument runs as follows; as the saying goes...
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: go
Definition: be ranked or compare
Usage: This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go
Similar words: compare
Definition: be comparable
Usage: This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes
Definition: be in the right place or situation
Usage: Where do these books belong?; Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government; Where do these books go?
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Synonyms: go
Definition: functioning correctly and ready for action
Usage: all systems are go