Close (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening |
Close (n.) To bring together the parts of |
Close (n.) To bring to an end or period |
Close (n.) To come or gather around |
Close (v. i.) To come together |
Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period |
Close (v. i.) To grapple |
Close (n.) The manner of shutting |
Close (n.) Conclusion |
Close (n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Close (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music |
Close (n.) A double bar marking the end. |
Close (v. t.) An inclosed place |
Close (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. |
Close (v. t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. |
Close (v. t.) Shut fast |
Close (v. t.) Narrow |
Close (v. t.) Oppressive |
Close (v. t.) Strictly confined |
Close (v. t.) Out of the way observation |
Close (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets |
Close (v. t.) Having the parts near each other |
Close (v. t.) Concise |
Close (v. t.) Adjoining |
Close (v. t.) Short |
Close (v. t.) Intimate |
Close (v. t.) Nearly equal |
Close (v. t.) Difficult to obtain |
Close (v. t.) Parsimonious |
Close (v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original |
Close (v. t.) Accurate |
Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German |
Close (adv.) In a close manner. |
Close (adv.) Secretly |
Close-banded (a.) Closely united. |
Close-barred (a.) Firmly barred or closed. |
Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly |
Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders |
Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover. |
Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed |
Couple-close (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. |
Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. |
Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return |
Give (n.) To yield possesion of |
Give (n.) To yield |
Give (n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc. |
Give (n.) To grant power or license to |
Give (n.) To exhibit as a product or result |
Give (n.) To devote |
Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason |
interchange reciprocation give-and-take | mutual interaction, the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) |
close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
approximation bringing close together | the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue |
finale close closing curtain finis | the concluding part of any performance |
overhaul inspection and repair service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
give-and-go | a basketball maneuver, one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass |
inspection review | a formal or official examination, the platoon stood ready for review, we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator |
close-order drill | (military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder) |
close-quarter fighting | hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters |
close support | close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit |
close supporting fire | fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it |
visual display unit VDU | (British) British term for video display |
appearance visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
visual property | an attribute of vision |
visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
visual system | the sensory system for vision |
visual cell | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light |
visual area visual cortex | the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus |
striate cortex striate area first visual area area of Brodmann Brodmann's are | the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |
sight vision visual sense visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
acuity visual acuity sharp-sightedness | sharpness of vision, the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) |
visual perception beholding seeing | perception by means of the eyes |
visual space | the visual perception of space |
vision visual sensation | the perceptual experience of seeing, the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision, he had a visual sensation of intense light |
visual percept visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes, an image in the visual system |
visual field field of vision field of regard | all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment |
visual image visualization visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
conclusion end close closing ending | the last section of a communication, in conclusion I want to say... |
banter raillery give-and-take backchat | light teasing repartee |
sight gag visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
visual signal | a signal that involves visual communication |
discussion give-and-take word | an exchange of views on some topic, we had a good discussion, we had a word or two about it |
United States Postal Inspection Service US Postal Inspection Service | the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service |
closed corporation close corporation private corporation privately held corporation | a corporation owned by a few people, shares have no public market |
close order | a military formation for drill or marching |
close quarters | a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something |
visual aphasia alexia word blindness | inability to perceive written words |
visual agnosia | inability to recognize or interpret objects in the visual field |
visual hallucination | illusory visual perception |
visual impairment visual defect vision defect visual disorder | impairment of the sense of sight |
visual purple rhodopsin retinal purple | a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates, dissociates into retinene by light |
stopping point finale finis finish last conclusion close | the temporal end, the concluding time, the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell, the market was up at the finish, they were playing better at the close of the season |
exhale give forth emanate | give out (breath or an odor), The chimney exhales a thick smoke |
give birth deliver bear birth have | cause to be born, My wife had twins yesterday! |
give | proffer (a body part), She gave her hand to her little sister |
give b | consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man, She gave herself to many men |
give d,u | occur, what gives? |
close out | terminate, We closed out our account |