distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points |
mean distance | the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary |
focal distance focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
hyperfocal distance | the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear |
distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |
distance vision | vision for objects that afeet or more from the viewer |
middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
distance aloofness | indifference by personal withdrawal, emotional distance |
distance | a distant region, I could see it in the distance |
marathoner marathon runner road runner long-distance runner | someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
angular distance | the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer, he recorded angular distances between the stars |
distance space | the interval between two times, the distance from birth to death, it all happened in the space ofminutes |
distance | a remote point in time, if that happens it will be at some distance in the future, at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
dissociate | to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms, acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions |
find oneself find d | accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation, My son went to Berkeley to find himself |
steel oneself against steel onself for brace oneself for prepare for | prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant |
get cracking bestir oneself get going get moving get weaving get started get rolling | start to be active, Get cracking, please! |
prove oneself | show one's ability or courage |
decouple dissociate | regard as unconnected, you must dissociate these two events!, decouple our foreign policy from ideology |
propose declare oneself offer pop the question | ask (someone) to marry you, he popped the question on Sunday night, she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months, The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman |
cross oneself | make the sign of the cross, in the Catholic religion |
extend oneself | strain to the utmost |
kill oneself overexert oneself | strain oneself more than is healthy |
take pride pride oneself | feel proud of, She took great pride in her sons |
betake oneself | displace oneself, go from one location to another |
outdistance outstrip distance | go far ahead of, He outdistanced the other runners |
keep to oneself | withhold information, I kept your little secret to myself all these years |
keep to oneself | shun the company of others, The new student keeps to herself |
band oneself league together | attach oneself to a group |
disassociate dissociate divorce disunite disjoint | part, cease or break association with, She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president |
bring oneself | cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative, He could not bring himself to call his parents |
trouble oneself trouble bother inconvenience oneself | take the trouble to do something, concern oneself, He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday, Don't bother, please |
condescend stoop lower oneself c | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way, I won't stoop to reading other people's mail |
assert oneself | put oneself forward in an assertive and insistent manner |
remember oneself | recover one's good manners after a lapse or stop behaving badly, Please remember yourself, Charles! |
stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance keep one's hands off stay away | stay clear of, avoid, Keep your hands off my wife!, Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous |
distance | keep at a distance, we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living |
lend oneself apply | be applicable to, as to an analysis, This theory lends itself well to our new data |
help oneself help | abstain from doing, always used with a negative, I can't help myself--I have to smoke, She could not help watching the sad spectacle |
long-distance | covering a long distance, a long-distance runner, a long-distance freight train, she ran off with a long-distance truck driver |
long-distance | of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call, a long-distance call, a long-distance transmission line, a long-distance operator |