S: (n) elasticity, snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed) "the waistband had lost its snap"
S: (n) physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
S: (n) property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class) "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
S: (v) yield, give, afford (be the cause or source of) "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
S: (v) give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody) "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
S: (v) give (convey or reveal information) "Give one's name"
S: (v) give, pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow) "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
S: (v) hold, throw, have, make, give (organize or be responsible for) "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
S: (v) give, throw (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture) "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
S: (v) give, gift, present (give as a present; make a gift of) "What will you give her for her birthday?"
S: (v) give, yield (cause to happen or be responsible for) "His two singles gave the team the victory"
S: (v) render, yield, return, give, generate (give or supply) "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
S: (v) impart, leave, give, pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills)) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
S: (v) ask (direct or put; seek an answer to) "ask a question"
S: (v) lexicalize, lexicalise (make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language) "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English"
S: (v) frame, redact, cast, put, couch (formulate in a particular style or language) "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
S: (v) wave off (dismiss as insignificant) "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
S: (v) soft-pedal (play down or obscure) "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
S: (v) bring out, set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast) "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
S: (v) pick up (lift out or reflect from a background) "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
S: (v) foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up (move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent) "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
S: (v) raise (bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project) "raised edges"
S: (v) bear down (pay special attention to) "The lectures bore down on the political background"
S: (v) topicalize (emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence) "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
S: (v) point up (emphasize, especially by identification) "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
S: (v) drive home, ram home, press home (make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something) "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"
S: (v) exemplify, represent (be characteristic of) "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
S: (v) typify, epitomize, epitomise (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of) "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
S: (v) signify (convey or express a meaning) "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
S: (v) spell, import (indicate or signify) "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
S: (v) aim (direct (a remark) toward an intended goal) "She wanted to aim a pun"
S: (v) drive, get, aim (move into a desired direction of discourse) "What are you driving at?"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) give (give (as medicine)) "I gave him the drug"
S: (v) give, apply (give or convey physically) "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
S: (v) grant, give (bestow, especially officially) "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
S: (v) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
S: (v) perform (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
S: (v) re-create (create anew) "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"
S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"