|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| aggravate |
to make worse. [1/2 definitions] |
| bluff2 |
to lead other people to believe that the cards in one's hand are better or worse than they really are. Bluffing is a strategy used in the game of poker. [1/3 definitions] |
| come down with |
When you come down with an illness, you go through the process of becoming sick with it. First you feel like there's something just a little bit wrong with you, and then you start to feel worse and worse. |
| comparative |
"Comparative" is a word in grammar. It is used to describe forms of adjectives or adverbs that show that they are comparing things. For example, the word "richer" is a comparative form of the word "rich." If one person is richer than another, the first person has more money than the other. Some other comparative forms are "better," "worse," bigger," "longer," and "heavier." [1/2 definitions] |
| compound1 |
to make greater or worse by adding to. [1/6 definitions] |
| down1 |
to or at a lower or worse level. [1/13 definitions] |
| downhill |
If something goes downhill, it gets bad little by little and keeps getting worse. [1/4 definitions] |
| equal |
Someone who is your equal is the same as you, and not more or less than you. If your brother is your equal at playing football, it means that your brother has the same skill as you do in football. He is no better and no worse. When people are equals as human beings, they deserve the same amount of respect and the same rights as each other. [1/4 definitions] |
| fair1 |
When something is fair, it is the same for everybody. One person is not treated better or worse than another person. When a decision is fair, it doesn't hurt or help one person more than another. [1/8 definitions] |
| reverse |
a change for the worse in one's luck or fortune. [1/9 definitions] |
| slip1 |
to become worse or more weak. [1/13 definitions] |
| stiff |
Something that is stiff is difficult or harsh. A stiff punishment is a tough punishment that may be worse than normal. [1/8 definitions] |
| take |
to make worse (usually followed by "from"). [1/25 definitions] |
| worse |
someone or something that is worse than another. [1/6 definitions] |
| wretched |
If someone does a wretched job of something, they do it very badly. If you do a wretched job of cleaning your room, your effort is completely without success and your room still looks very messy. Maybe it's even worse than before! [1/4 definitions] |
|
|