|
|
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:
| addict |
one who very much enjoys a hobby or interest and spends a lot of time and energy on it. [1/3 definitions] |
| avocation |
a secondary occupation, usu. one pursued for recreation; hobby. |
| birding |
the activity or hobby of observing and identifying birds in the wild; bird-watching. |
| bird-watching |
the activity or hobby of observing and identifying birds in the wild: birding. |
| buff1 |
(informal) an enthusiast of some hobby, sport, activity, or the like. [1/8 definitions] |
| cockhorse |
a rocking horse or hobby-horse. |
| collect |
to gather things as a hobby; make a collection of. [1/5 definitions] |
| dive |
to practice a sport or hobby such as acrobatic diving, scuba diving, or skydiving. [2/5 definitions] |
| guild |
a group of people who work together on a common interest or hobby. [1/2 definitions] |
| metalworker |
one whose trade or hobby is metalworking. |
| occupation |
an activity that someone engages in, especially as a hobby. [1/5 definitions] |
| pursue |
to spend time doing; work at; practice, as a field of study or a hobby. [1/7 definitions] |
| pursuit |
any hobby or activity to which one gives time and energy. [1/2 definitions] |
| sightseeing |
the act or hobby of visiting and seeing interesting places; touring. [1/2 definitions] |
| singer |
a person who sings as a job or hobby. [1/2 definitions] |
| spelunker |
one who explores caves as a hobby or studies them as a profession. |
| tackle |
equipment or gear used in a sport or hobby such as fishing. [1/5 definitions] |
| take up |
to begin to engage in (a hobby, sport, or other activity). [1/5 definitions] |
| term |
a word or phrase for something that might be known only by people who have a particular job, interest, or hobby. [1/6 definitions] |
| tinker |
one who enjoys dismantling, reassembling, or repairing mechanical objects, esp. as a hobby. [1/7 definitions] |
|
|