Related Searches
Nearby Words
Related Questions
berthing
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
| Synonyms: | attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, imbed, make port, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up |
| Antonyms: | detach, let go, loosen, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, come to rest on |
| Synonyms: | alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down |
| Antonyms: | ascend, take off |
| Main Entry: | moor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anchor, fasten securely |
| Synonyms: | berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up |
| Notes: | heath derives from Germanic for 'untilled land, open country' and originally the word 'heath' was used to denote any of the small northern and western European plants that grew on moorland, open woodland, or poor soil; a heath has sandy soil and a moor has peaty soil - but both are relatively barren tracts covered with shrubs |
| Antonyms: | loose, push off, unhitch |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Concept: | Land. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma., continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory (projection); highland (height)., coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium , alluvion; anicon., soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag., acres; real estate (property); landsman.
-verbs
land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark.
-adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene (world); landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; repicolous.
-adverbs
ashore; on shore, on land.
|
| Browse Concept Index » | |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
