Synonyms of the word

impress

• v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
• v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
• v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
• v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
• v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
• v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
• v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
• n. The act of impressing.
• n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
• n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
• n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
• n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
• n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
• n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

abduct

• v. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence…
• v. (transitive, physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar…

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

dye

• n. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
• v. (transitive) to colour with dye.
• n. Alternative spelling of die.

impress

• v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
• v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
• v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
• v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
• v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
• v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
• v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
• n. The act of impressing.
• n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
• n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
• n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
• n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
• n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
• n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

impressment

• n. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service.

imprint

• n. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
• n. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
• n. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
• v. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
• v. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
• v. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

ingrain

• v. To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
• adj. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
• adj. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;…
• n. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

instill

• v. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
• v. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

kidnap

• v. (transitive) To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.
• n. An instance of kidnapping.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

nobble

• v. (Britain, Australia, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally.
• v. (Britain, slang) To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation.
• v. (Britain, slang) To steal.

print

• adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
• v. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often…
• v. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
• v. (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
• v. (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
• v. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
• v. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
• n. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
• n. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
• n. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
• n. A visible impression on a surface.
• n. A fingerprint.
• n. A footprint.
• n. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
• n. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
• n. (motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.
• n. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

seizure

• n. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
• n. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
• n. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
• n. (obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
• n. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

shanghai

• v. (transitive) To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
• v. (transitive) To abduct or coerce.
• v. (transitive) To commandeer; appropriate; hijack.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A slingshot.

snatch

• v. To grasp quickly.
• v. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
• v. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
• v. To grasp and remove quickly.
• v. To steal.
• v. (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
• v. To do something quickly due to limited time available.
• n. A quick grab or catch.
• n. (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked…
• n. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
• n. (vulgar slang) A vulva.
• n. The handle of a scythe; a snead.

strike

• v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
• v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
• v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
• v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
• v. To touch; to act by appulse.
• v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
• v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
• v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
• v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
• v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
• v. To make and ratify.
• v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
• v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
• v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
• v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
• v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
• v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
• v. To balance (a ledger or account).
• n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
• n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
• n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
• n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
• n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
• n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
• n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
• n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
• n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
• n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
• n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
• n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
• n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
• n. The discovery of a source of something.
• n. A strike plate.

write

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
• v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To send written information to.
• v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
• v. (intransitive) To be an author.
• v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
• v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
• v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
• v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
• n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.