| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
Synonyms: |
bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material used as support |
Synonyms: |
axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scoop, ladle |
Synonyms: |
bail, bale, bucket, decant, dish, draft off, draw, draw out, dredge, handle, lade, lift, offer, reach into, shovel, spoon, strain |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate, let go |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
Antonyms: |
confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
Synonyms: |
agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Main Entry: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something to grip |
Synonyms: |
arm, bail, crank, ear, grasp, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, hold, holder, knob, shaft, stem, stock, tiller |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
Synonyms: |
advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, interests, investing, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, smart money, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, vested interests |
Antonyms: |
divestment |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of good faith |
Synonyms: |
bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty |
Antonyms: |
break |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utensil, tool for shovelling |
Synonyms: |
bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up; shovel |
Synonyms: |
bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up |