Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) stress, emphasis, accent (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
S: (n) tension, tenseness, stress ((psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense) "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
S: (n) stress, focus (special emphasis attached to something) "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
S: (n) stress, strain (difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension) "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
S: (n) stress ((physics) force that produces strain on a physical body) "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
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) 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"