| chickenpox | | |
| n. (state) | 1. chickenpox, varicella | an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body. |
| ~ pox | a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks. |
| pox | | |
| n. (state) | 1. lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta). |
| ~ cupid's disease, cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse, dose | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. |
| ~ primary syphilis | the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection. |
| ~ secondary syphilis | the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane. |
| ~ tertiary syphilis | the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver. |
| ~ neurosyphilis | syphilis of the central nervous system. |
| ~ chancre | a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis). |
| n. (state) | 2. pox | a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks. |
| ~ contagion, contagious disease | any disease easily transmitted by contact. |
| ~ smallpox, variola, variola major | a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars. |
| ~ chickenpox, varicella | an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body. |
| ~ cowpox, vaccinia | a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox. |
| pin | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pin | a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment. |
| ~ breastpin, broach, brooch | a decorative pin worn by women. |
| ~ jewellery, jewelry | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems). |
| ~ scatter pin | small pin usually worn in groups of two or more. |
| ~ stickpin | a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie. |
| ~ scarfpin, tie tack, tiepin | a pin used to hold the tie in place. |
| n. (event) | 2. fall, pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| ~ takedown | (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position.; "a takedown counts two points" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| n. (communication) | 3. peg, pin | small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.. |
| ~ marking, mark, marker | a distinguishing symbol.; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" |
| n. (communication) | 4. personal identification number, pin, pin number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts. |
| ~ identification number, number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification.; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" |
| n. (body) | 5. peg, pin, stick | informal terms for the leg.; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pin, pivot | axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns. |
| ~ axis of rotation, axis | the center around which something rotates. |
| ~ fulcrum | the pivot about which a lever turns. |
| ~ pintle | a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. pin, pin tumbler | cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown. |
| ~ cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate. |
| ~ tumbler | a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. flag, pin | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green. |
| ~ golf equipment | sports equipment used in playing golf. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ barrette | a pin for holding women's hair in place. |
| ~ bitt pin | a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ hairpin | a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place. |
| ~ hatpin | a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair. |
| ~ head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ linchpin, lynchpin | pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on. |
| ~ nog, peg | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface. |
| ~ pinhead | the head of a pin. |
| ~ point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ rivet | heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together. |
| ~ safety pin | a pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user. |
| ~ shank, stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. |
| ~ skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ straight pin | pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together. |
| ~ gudgeon pin, wrist pin | pin joining a piston to a connecting rod. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. |
| ~ dinghy, dory, rowboat | a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled. |
| ~ holder | a holding device.; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. bowling pin, pin | a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target. |
| ~ bowling equipment | equipment used in bowling. |
| ~ candlepin | a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin. |
| ~ duckpin | a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin. |
| ~ headpin, kingpin | the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins. |
| ~ ninepin, skittle, skittle pin | a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles. |
| ~ tenpin | one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling. |
| v. (contact) | 12. immobilise, immobilize, pin, trap | to hold fast or prevent from moving.; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" |
| v. (contact) | 13. pin | attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.; "pin the needle to the shirt"; "pin the blame on the innocent man" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| v. (contact) | 14. pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ skewer, spit | drive a skewer through.; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" |
| v. (competition) | 15. pin | immobilize a piece. |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| pound | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. lb, pound | 16 ounces avoirdupois.; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds" |
| ~ avoirdupois unit | any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights. |
| ~ oz., ounce | a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams. |
| ~ half pound | 8 ounces avoirdupois. |
| ~ stone | an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds.; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone" |
| ~ quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. british pound, british pound sterling, pound, pound sterling, quid | the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence. |
| ~ british monetary unit | monetary unit in Great Britain. |
| ~ penny | a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. pound | a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy. |
| ~ force unit | a unit of measurement of physical force. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. pound, syrian pound | the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters. |
| ~ piaster, piastre | a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. |
| ~ syrian monetary unit | monetary unit in Syria. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. pound, sudanese pound | the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters. |
| ~ piaster, piastre | a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. |
| ~ sudanese monetary unit | monetary unit in the Sudan. |
| n. (quantity) | 6. lebanese pound, pound | the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters. |
| ~ piaster, piastre | a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. |
| ~ lebanese monetary unit | monetary unit in Lebanon. |
| n. (quantity) | 7. irish pound, irish punt, pound, punt | formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence. |
| ~ penny | a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound. |
| ~ irish monetary unit | monetary unit in Eire. |
| n. (quantity) | 8. egyptian pound, pound | the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters. |
| ~ egyptian monetary unit | monetary unit in Egypt. |
| ~ piaster, piastre | a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. |
| n. (quantity) | 9. cypriot pound, pound | the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents. |
| ~ cypriot monetary unit | monetary unit in Cyprus. |
| ~ mil | a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound. |
| n. (quantity) | 10. lbf., pound | a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec. |
| ~ force unit | a unit of measurement of physical force. |
| ~ quarter pound | 4 ounces avoirdupois. |
| n. (person) | 11. ezra loomis pound, ezra pound, pound | United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972). |
| ~ poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (communication) | 12. pound, pound sign | a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain). |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. dog pound, pound | a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs.; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| n. (act) | 14. hammer, hammering, pound, pounding | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).; "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 15. poke, pound, thump | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (contact) | 16. pound, ram, ram down | strike or drive against with a heavy impact.; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| v. (motion) | 17. lumber, pound | move heavily or clumsily.; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 18. beat, pound, thump | move rhythmically.; "Her heart was beating fast" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ pulsate, pulse, throb | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically.; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" |
| ~ palpitate, flutter | beat rapidly.; "His heart palpitated" |
| ~ thrash | beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all. |
| ~ beat | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks.; "Beat the rhythm" |
| ~ flap | move noisily.; "flags flapped in the strong wind" |
| v. (contact) | 19. pound, pound off | partition off into compartments.; "The locks pound the water of the canal" |
| ~ partition, partition off | divide into parts, pieces, or sections.; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" |
| v. (contact) | 20. pound, pound up | shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.; "The prisoners are safely pounded" |
| ~ restrain, confine, hold | to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
| ~ impound, pound | place or shut up in a pound.; "pound the cows so they don't stray" |
| v. (contact) | 21. impound, pound | place or shut up in a pound.; "pound the cows so they don't stray" |
| ~ restrain, confine, hold | to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
| ~ pound up, pound | shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.; "The prisoners are safely pounded" |
| v. (change) | 22. pound | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| pummel | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. biff, pommel, pummel | strike, usually with the fist.; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
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