|
|
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:
| defect |
to abandon a cause, political party, country, or the like, esp. in order to join another. [1/3 definitions] |
| desert2 |
to abandon and thereby be remiss in one's duties or obligations. [2/3 definitions] |
| despair |
to lose or abandon all hope concerning something (usu. fol. by "of"). [1/3 definitions] |
| die-hard |
a person who stubbornly refuses to accept defeat or change, abandon a position, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| ditch |
(informal) to reject or abandon (someone or something). [2/7 definitions] |
| forsake |
to abandon or desert. [1/2 definitions] |
| give up |
to surrender (something) or abandon reluctantly. [1/4 definitions] |
| jettison |
to abandon, discard, or cancel (something that is unnecessary or a hindrance). [1/4 definitions] |
| leave in the lurch |
to abandon (someone) in an embarrassing or difficult position. |
| life raft |
a small, usu. inflatable raft for use by people forced to abandon a boat or ship. |
| reform |
to cause (someone) to abandon an evil, corrupt, or irresponsible way of living. [1/5 definitions] |
| rip3 |
(informal) a person living in abandon or debauchery; reprobate. |
| scuttle3 |
to give up; discard; abandon. [1/4 definitions] |
| shift |
to remove or abandon and replace with another; change. [1/12 definitions] |
| surrender |
to abandon or relinquish (an intention, desire, or the like). [1/5 definitions] |
| tergiversate |
to change or abandon what one has believed, advocated, or practiced; become a renegade. [1/2 definitions] |
| turn one's back on |
to neglect or abandon. |
| walk out |
to abandon someone despite one's responsibilities or commitments (usu. fol. by "on"). [1/4 definitions] |
|
|