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deck [dek] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
deck [dek]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put on clothing, usually nice
Synonyms: accouter, adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, prettify, primp, slick, trim
Notes: the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck
Antonyms: disrobe, unclothe
Main Entry: arm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: equip with weapon or power
Synonyms: accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote
Antonyms: disarm
Main Entry: array
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dress in fine clothes
Synonyms: attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out, drape, dud, dude up, fit, fit out, garb, outfit, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap
Example Sentences
  • Deck cleaners will not eliminate rot nor will they keep it from spreading.
  • Halfmann says, and preferred the deck likely to give them a bigger but distant payout.
  • Mainstream economists are doomed to shuffling chairs on the deck of a sinking ship.
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Main Entry: attire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clothe
Synonyms: accoutre, array, clad, costume, deck, deck out, doll up, drape, dress, dud, dude up, equip, fit out, outfit, suit up, tog, turn out
Notes: apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress
Antonyms: disrobe
Main Entry: beautify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make more physically attractive
Synonyms: adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim
Antonyms: disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil
Main Entry: best
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: defeat; gain advantage
Synonyms: KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap
Antonyms: give up, lose, relent, surrender
Main Entry: clothe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover with apparel
Synonyms: accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest
Antonyms: reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover
Main Entry: decorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: beautify, embellish
Synonyms: add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim
Main Entry: defeat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conquer in athletic contest
Synonyms: KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap
Antonyms: give up, lose, surrender
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