contribution part share | the part played by a person in bringing about a result, I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project, they all did their share of the work |
parcel portion share | the allotment of some amount by dividing something, death gets more than its share of attention from theologians |
sharing share-out | a distribution in shares |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
gas main | a main that distributes gas |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
highway main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
main course | a square mainsail |
main deck second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
main drag | the main street of a town or city |
main line | the principal route of a transportation system |
main rotor | rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a singleotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air |
main street high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
main-topmast | the topmast next above the mainmast |
main-topsail | a topsail set on the mainmast |
main yard | yard for a square mainsail |
plowshare ploughshare share | a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil |
riser riser pipe riser pipeline riser main | a vertical pipe in a building |
sewer main sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
master file main file | (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent |
blame rap | a reproach for some lapse or misdeed, he took the blame for it, it was a bum rap |
blame game | accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event |
incrimination inculpation blame | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed, his incrimination was based on my testimony, the police laid the blame on the driver |
entree main course | the principal dish of a meal |
main diagonal principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
Main Street | any small town (or the people who inhabit it), generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis), Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician |
Frankfurt on the Main Frankfurt Frankfort | a German city, an industrial and commercial and financial center |
main briny | any very large body of (salt) water |
earning per share | the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock |
share portion part percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group, he wanted his share in cash |
share | any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate, he bought shares of IBM at the market price |
blame charge | attribute responsibility to, We blamed the accident on her, The tragedy was charged to her inexperience |
blame fault | put or pin the blame on |
blame find fault a pick | harass with constant criticism, Don't always pick on your little brother |
share | communicate, I'd like to share this idea with you |
share divvy up portion out apportion deal | give out as one's portion or share |
partake share partake in | have, give, or receive a share of, We shared the cake |
share | use jointly or in common |
share | have in common, Our children share a love of music, The two countries share a long border |
c blasted blame blamed blessed damn damned darned deuced goddam goddamn goddamned infernal | expletives used informally as intensifiers, he's a blasted idiot, it's a blamed shame, a blame cold winter, not a blessed dime, I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing, he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool, a deuced idiot, an infernal nuisance |
independent main(a) | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence, the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb |
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |
main(a) | of force, of the greatest possible intensity, by main strength |
generally in general in the main | without distinction of one from others, he is interested in snakes in general |
by no means not by a long sight not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |