Synonyms of the word

fledge

• v. (transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
• v. (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
• v. (transitive) To decorate with feathers.
• v. (intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.
• adj. (archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

acquire

• v. (transitive) To get.
• v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
• v. (medicine) To contract.
• v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

develop

• v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
• v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
• v. (transitive) To create.
• v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
• v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
• v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
• v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
• v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

feather

• n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection…
• n. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed…
• n. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
• n. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object…
• n. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
• n. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers;…
• n. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves…
• v. To cover or furnish with feathers.
• v. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
• v. (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the…
• v. (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
• v. (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring…
• v. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
• v. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
• v. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
• v. To tread, as a cock.
• v. (snooker) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.

flight

• n. The act of flying.
• n. An instance of flying.
• n. A collective term for doves or swallows.
• n. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or…
• n. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
• n. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
• n. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
• n. A paper plane.
• n. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
• n. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
• n. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
• n. An air force unit.
• n. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full…
• n. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
• adj. (obsolete) Fast, swift.
• v. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than…
• v. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or…
• n. The act of fleeing.

get

• v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To receive.
• v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
• v. (copulative) To become.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
• v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do.
• v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
• v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
• v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
• v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
• v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
• v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
• v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
• v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
• v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
• v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
• v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
• v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
• v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
• v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
• v. (transitive) To getter.
• v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
• v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
• v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
• v. (euphemistic) To kill.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• n. Offspring.
• n. Lineage.
• n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
• n. Something gained.
• n. (Britain, regional) A git.
• n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

grow

• v. (ergative) To become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
• v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

nurture

• n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
• n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
• n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
• v. To nourish or nurse.
• v. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

parent

• n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
• n. A surrogate mother.
• n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
• n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
• n. (obsolete) A relative.
• n. The source or origin of something.
• n. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
• n. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
• n. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
• v. To act as parent, to raise or rear.

produce

• v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
• v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
• v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
• v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
• v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
• n. Items produced.
• n. Amount produced.
• n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
• n. Offspring.
• n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

rear

• v. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more…
• v. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American…
• v. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
• v. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
• v. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
• v. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up.
• v. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
• v. (transitive) To move; stir.
• v. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
• v. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
• adj. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
• adj. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
• adj. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
• adv. (Britain, dialect) early; soon.
• n. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
• n. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
• n. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
• v. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex).