All own synonyms
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O o verb own
- co-ordinate β If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- helming β Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- live in β Also, sleep-in. residing at the place of one's employment: a live-in maid.
- enjoy β Take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion).
- clue in β anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- blurt out β If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- husbanded β a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- come around β If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- corner the market β dominate trade
- chime in β If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- come out of the closet β If someone comes out of the closet, they tell people that they are homosexual after having kept this a secret.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- husbanding β a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- come out with β If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- copyrighted β Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- go along with β permit, consent to
- acknowledge β If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- comes around β to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- let on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- constate β to affirm
- head up β the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
adj own
- diacritic β a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
- dumper β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- get off one's chest β Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- proper β adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
adjective own
- mine β an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- nonpublic β Not open or available to the public.
- individual β a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
noun own
- oneself β be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- individualization β to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.