rustling

Main Entry:
rustling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: murmuring
Synonyms: murmurous, stirring, swishing, whispering
Main Entry: rustle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: swish, whisper
Synonyms: crackle, crepitate, crinkle, hum, murmur, patter, sigh, stir, tap, whir, whish, whoosh
Main Entry: active
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having movement
Synonyms: alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efficacious, exertive, flowing, functioning, going, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding, speedy, streaming, swarming, traveling, turning, walking, working
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms: abeyant, dormant, immobile, inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish
Main Entry: rustle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: whisper, swish
Synonyms: crackle, crepitation, crinkling, friction, noise, patter, ripple, rustling, sound, stir
Main Entry: whispering
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: murmuring
Synonyms: buzzing, humming, rustling, susurrant
Antonyms: howling, screaming, shouting, yelling
Main Entry: crinkle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crumple, ruffle
Synonyms: cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: hum
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: buzz, vibrate
Synonyms: bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom
Main Entry: ransack
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn inside out in search; ravage
Synonyms: appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve
Antonyms: care for, clean, neaten, tidy
Main Entry: roll
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: thunder, reverberate
Synonyms: bombinate, boom, cannonade, drum, echo, growl, grumble, hum, pattern, quaver, rattle, re-echo, resound, roar, ruffle, rumble, rustle, sound, trill, whirr
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