| summit | | |
| n. (state) | 1. acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| n. (location) | 2. crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, top | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill).; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" |
| ~ hilltop, brow | the peak of a hill.; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" |
| ~ pinnacle | a lofty peak. |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ mountain peak | the summit of a mountain. |
| n. (group) | 3. summit, summit meeting | a meeting of heads of governments. |
| ~ group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| v. (motion) | 4. breast, summit | reach the summit (of a mountain).; "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| gag | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line | the point of a joke or humorous story. |
| ~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream | a joke that seems extremely funny. |
| ~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story | an indelicate joke. |
| ~ ethnic joke | a joke at the expense of some ethnic group. |
| ~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good story | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" |
| ~ in-joke | a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people. |
| ~ one-liner | a one-line joke. |
| ~ shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness. |
| ~ sick joke | a joke in bad taste. |
| ~ sight gag, visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. gag, muzzle | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| v. (perception) | 3. gag, muzzle | prevent from speaking out.; "The press was gagged" |
| ~ silence, hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut up | cause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!" |
| v. (contact) | 4. choke, fret, gag | be too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| v. (contact) | 5. gag, muzzle | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" |
| ~ tie, bind | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
| v. (communication) | 6. gag, quip | make jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner" |
| ~ jest, joke | tell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
| v. (body) | 7. choke, gag, strangle, suffocate | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" |
| ~ suffer, hurt | feel pain or be in pain. |
| v. (body) | 8. choke, gag | cause to retch or choke. |
| ~ sicken | make sick or ill.; "This kind of food sickens me" |
| v. (body) | 9. gag, heave, retch | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. |
| obstruct | | |
| v. (social) | 1. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| v. (contact) | 2. block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ block off, blockade | obstruct access to. |
| ~ barricado, barricade | block off with barricades. |
| ~ barricade | prevent access to by barricading.; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" |
| ~ asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" |
| ~ tie up | restrain from moving or operating normally.; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred" |
| ~ dam, dam up | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam.; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" |
| ~ block out, screen | prevent from entering.; "block out the strong sunlight" |
| ~ earth up, land up | block with earth, as after a landslide. |
| ~ barricade, block, block up, bar, block off, blockade, stop | render unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
| ~ clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| ~ hinder, impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to.; "She is impeding the progress of our project" |
| v. (perception) | 3. block, obstruct | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" |
| ~ barricade, block, block up, bar, block off, blockade, stop | render unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
| ~ conceal, hide | prevent from being seen or discovered.; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" |
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