All proffer synonyms
profΒ·fer
P p verb proffer
- ante up β If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- footed β having a foot or feet (often used in combination): a four-footed animal.
- do the honors β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- cough up β If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- go dutch β of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- gifting β something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- nominate β to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- hold out 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.
- bid β A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- hazard β an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- ballyhooed β a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- hand in β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lay on the line β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- go in β go indoors
- adventuring β the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
- fit out β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- gift β gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- hyping β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- disported β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- bring forth β to give birth to
- 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.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- 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.
- make a pitch for β to give verbal support to
- feathered β clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- measure out β a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- kibitz β to act as a kibitzer.
- hyped β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- bring to bear β to bring into operation or effect
- bring forward β If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- feathering β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- administer β If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- extend β Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.
- adventured β Simple past tense and past participle of adventure.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- kibitzing β to act as a kibitzer.
noun proffer
- in-junction β Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- big idea β any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- brain child β a product of one's creative work or thought.
- invitation β the act of inviting.