incise

8 02 2010

Verbs
1. (verb) incise;
  - make an incision into by carving or cutting;


   


covert

7 02 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) covert;
  - a flock of coots;

2. (n.) concealment, cover, covert, screen;
  - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
  - “a screen of trees afforded privacy”; “under cover of darkness”; “the brush provided a covert for game”; “the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) covert;
  - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed;
  - “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”;

2. (adj.) covert;
  - (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband;
  - “a woman covert”;


   


blatant

6 02 2010

Adjectives
1. (adj.) blatant, blazing, conspicuous;
  - without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
  - “blatant disregard of the law”; “a blatant appeal to vanity”; “a blazing indiscretion”;

2. (adj.) blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous;
  - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry;
  - “blatant radios”; “a clamorous uproar”; “strident demands”; “a vociferous mob”;


   


rave

4 02 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) rave;
  - a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played;
  - “raves are very popular in Berlin”;

2. (n.) rave;
  - an extravagantly enthusiastic review;
  - “he gave it a rave”;

Verbs
1. (verb) rave;
  - participate in an all-night techno dance party;

2. (verb) jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout;
  - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner;

3. (verb) gush, rave;
  - praise enthusiastically;
  - “She raved about that new restaurant”;


   


tortuous

3 02 2010

Adjectives
1. (adj.) byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous;
  - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;
  - “the Byzantine tax structure”; “Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”; “convoluted legal language”; “convoluted reasoning”; “the plot was too involved”; “a knotty problem”; “got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering”; “Oh, what a tangled web we weave”; “tortuous legal procedures”; “tortuous negotiations lasting for months”;

2. (adj.) tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding;
  - marked by repeated turns and bends;
  - “a tortuous road up the mountain”; “winding roads are full of surprises”; “had to steer the car down a twisty track”;

3. (adj.) tortuous;
  - not straightforward;
  - “his tortuous reasoning”;