All flax synonyms
flax
F f verb flax
- brain β Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- rap β to carry off; transport.
- hammer β Armand, 1898β1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- lob β Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- pelt β to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- cudgel β A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
- sock β a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- swat β to hit; slap; smack.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- jab β a poke with the end or point of something; a sharp, quick thrust.
- dab β DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'.
- club β A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- thump β a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
- buffet β A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
- bang β If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
- pellet β a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- box β A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- flail β an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- stone β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- thwack β to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- cuff β The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve.
- clap β When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.
- uppercut β a swinging blow directed upward, as to an adversary's chin.
- whang β a thong, especially of leather.
- percuss β Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- blip β A blip is a small spot of light, sometimes occurring with a short, high-pitched sound, which flashes on and off regularly on a piece of equipment such as a radar screen.
- punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- welt β a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- transcend β to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
noun flax
- fennel β a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- abaca β a Philippine plant, Musa textilis, related to the banana: family Musaceae. Its leafstalks are the source of Manila hemp
- manila β an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898β1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- ligature β the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- twine β a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- warp β OS/2
- staple β a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- ravel β to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- stamen β the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- weft β Textiles. filling (def 5).
- lint β minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- raveling β a tangle or complication.
- lisle β Leconte de Lisle.
- woof β filling (def 5).
- floss β the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- thrum β to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.