| Main Entry: | pit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose, play off |
Synonyms: |
contend, counter, match, put in opposition, set against, vie |
Antonyms: |
agree, go along |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drill hole |
Synonyms: |
burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
Synonyms: |
backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, fly in the face of, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, ward off |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chip, scrape, depress |
Synonyms: |
dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch |
Antonyms: |
bulge |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
Synonyms: |
bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty out; make concave |
Synonyms: |
channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, rabbet, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench |
Antonyms: |
fill, make convex, raise |
| Main Entry: | indent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a space; push in slightly |
Synonyms: |
bash, cave in, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, serrate |
Antonyms: |
flush |
| Main Entry: | oppose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, play off |
Synonyms: |
array, confront, contrast, counter, counterbalance, face, match, pit, set against, vie |
Antonyms: |
join, participate |
| Main Entry: | perforate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a hole in |
Synonyms: |
bore, drill, drive, hole, honeycomb, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, poke full of holes, probe, punch, puncture, shoot full of holes, slit, stab |
Antonyms: |
close up |
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perforate, permeate |
Synonyms: |
bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb, impair, infest, mar, pepper, pervade, pierce, pit, puncture, spoil |