All flax synonyms
flax
F f verb flax
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- whip β to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- knock out β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- overpower β to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- outplay β to play better than.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- spank β to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- bat β A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- punch β the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- pop β point of presence
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- smack β Arthur, 1863β1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- slap β a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- kick β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- trounce β to beat severely; thrash.
- outclass β to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outshine β to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- surpass β to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- blank β Something that is blank has nothing on it.
- outdo β to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- cream β Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
noun flax
- fiber β a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- marijuana β hemp (def 1).
- cannabis β Cannabis is the hemp plant when it is used as a drug.
- hashish β the flowering tops and leaves of Indian hemp smoked, chewed, or drunk as a narcotic and intoxicant.
- bhang β a preparation of the leaves and flower tops of Indian hemp, which has psychoactive properties: much used in India
- jute β a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- cord β Cord is strong, thick string.
- wire β a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- string β a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- yarn β thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- wool β the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- filament β a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- silk β the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- strand β to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- cotton β Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant.