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. |
False-heart (a.) False-hearted. |
Heart (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. |
Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like |
Heart (n.) The nearest the middle or center |
Heart (n.) Courage |
Heart (n.) Vigorous and efficient activity |
Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape |
Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart |
matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
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 |
cardiac massage heart massage | an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest |
heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
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 |
heart urchin | sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell |
artificial heart | a pump that replaces the natural heart |
cardiac monitor heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
heart | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it, he led the queen of hearts, hearts were trumps |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
Jarvik heart Jarvik artificial heart | a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success |
sodium thiopental phenobarbital phenobarbitone Luminal purple heart | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative |
heart spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind, he had a change of heart |
cardiac rhythm heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
heart mettle nerve spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
heart pump ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance |
biauriculate heart | a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles |
cardiac muscle heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
ventricle heart ventricle | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
atrium cordis atrium of the heart | the upper chamber of each half of the heart |
right atrium right atrium of the heart atrium dextrum | the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus |
left atrium left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
heart valve cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
heart bosom | the locus of feelings and intuitions, in your heart you know it is true, her story would melt your bosom |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
front matter prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
back matter end matter | written matter following the main text of a book |
conclusion end close closing ending | the last section of a communication, in conclusion I want to say... |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
crux crux of the matter | the most important point |