| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, beat down, beat the system, blank, block, bury, cast down, cause setback, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, counterplot, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nose out, nullify, outwit, overturn, put end to, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave, shellac, skunk, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, take wind out of sails, throw for loop, thwart, undo, victimize |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, catch, descry, dig up, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit on, hit upon, identify, meet, meet with, nose out, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out, smoke out, spot, stumble on, track down, tumble into, turn up, uncover, unmask, wise up to |
Antonyms: |
miss, not see, overlook, pass by |
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
Synonyms: |
creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, nose out, sidle, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, steal, worm |
Antonyms: |
lose, wallop |
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, be on to, bring to light, chase, chase down, determine, dig out, dig up, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, hunt down, learn, nose out, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out, root out, scout out, search out, seek, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, trace, track down, trail, uncover, unearth, worm out |
| Main Entry: | scent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect, smell |
Synonyms: |
be on the track of, be on the trail of, discern, get wind of, nose, nose out, recognize, sense, sniff |
| Main Entry: | trail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lag behind, follow |
Synonyms: |
bedog, bring up the rear, chase, dally, dangle, dawdle, delay, dog*, drag, draggle, draw, droop, drop back, extend, fall back, fall behind, falter, flag, follow a scent, halt, hang, hang back, hang down, haul, hunt, lag, linger, loiter, nose out, plod, poke, poke along, procrastinate, pull, pursue, shadow, shag, spook, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, string along, tag along, tail, take out after, tarry, tow, trace, track, traipse, trudge |
Antonyms: |
lead |
| Main Entry: | edge out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
Synonyms: |
nose out, slip by, squeeze by |
| Concept: | Edge. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle., threshold, door, porch; portal (opening); coast, shore., frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance.
-adjectives
border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated.
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