corner kick | a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line |
easing easement alleviation relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance), he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain |
relief | the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged, he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta |
relief | aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped, he has been on relief for many years |
relief succor succour ministration | assistance in time of difficulty, the contributions provided some relief for the victims |
alto relievo alto rilievo high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
amen corner | area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens' |
bas relief low relief basso relievo basso rilievo | a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background, no figures are undercut |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
chimney corner inglenook | a corner by a fireplace |
contour map relief map | a map having contour lines through points of equal elevation |
corner street corner turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
corner quoin | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building, especially one formed by a cornerstone |
corner nook | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls, a piano was in one corner of the room |
corner pocket | a pocket at the corner of a billiard table |
corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
relief relievo rilievo embossment sculptural relief | sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
relief printing letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
easing moderation relief | a change for the better |
relief alleviation assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced, as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief |
corner | the point where two lines meet or intersect, the corners of a rectangle |
corner | a place off to the side of an area, he tripled to the rightfield corner, the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean |
corner | a remote area, in many corners of the world they still practice slavery |
corner | the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect, the corners of a cube |
corner | a projecting part where two sides or edges meet, he knocked off the corners |
end man corner man | a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show, carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor |
reliever relief pitcher fireman | a pitcher who does not start the game |
stand-in substitute relief reliever backup backup man fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult), the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes, we need extra employees for summer fill-ins |
relief | (law) redress awarded by a court, was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury? |
recess recession niche corner | a small concavity |
corner box | a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible, his lying got him into a tight corner |
corner | a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade, a corner on the silver market |
relief ease | the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress), he enjoyed his relief from responsibility, getting it off his conscience gave him some ease |
respite rest relief rest period | a pause for relaxation, people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests |
corner | turn a corner, the car corners |
corner tree | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape |
corner | gain control over, corner the gold market |
clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods, clandestine intelligence operations, cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines, hole-and-corner intrigue, secret missions, a secret agent, secret sales of arms, surreptitious mobilization of troops, an undercover investigation, underground resistance |
catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered | slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line, set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot |
hole-and-corner hole-in-corner | relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life, a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community- H.G.Wells |