Synonyms of the word

peg

• n. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
• n. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the…
• n. A protrusion used to hang things on.
• n. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
• n. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
• n. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency…
• n. (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
• n. A place formally allotted for fishing.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
• n. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
• n. A step; a degree.
• n. Short for clothes peg.
• v. To fasten using a peg.
• v. To affix or pin.
• v. To fix a value or price.
• v. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
• v. To throw.
• v. To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers…
• v. (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
• v. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
• v. (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with…

attach

• v. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.
• v. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
• v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
• v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral…
• v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
• v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

holder

• n. A thing that holds.
• n. A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
• n. (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
• n. (sports) The defending champion.

leg

• n. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
• n. (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
• n. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
• n. A stage of a journey, race etc.
• n. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
• n. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
• n. (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
• n. (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
• n. (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
• n. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
• n. (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist.
• n. (Britain, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
• n. An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes…
• n. In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
• n. (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
• n. (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
• n. (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
• n. (US, slang, military) A soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
• v. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
• v. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
• v. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

mark

• n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
• n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
• n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
• n. (heading) Attention.
• v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
• v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
• v. To take note of.
• v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
• v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
• v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
• v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
• v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
• v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
• v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
• n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
• n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
• n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
• n. A mark coin.
• v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

marker

• n. An object used to mark a location.
• n. Someone or something that marks.
• n. A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
• n. A felt-tipped pen.
• n. (colloquial) Marks of ink left by this type of pen.
• n. (US, slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
• n. (US, slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
• n. (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
• n. (sports).
• n. A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals…
• n. (In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach…
• v. To mark or write on (something) using a marker.

marking

• v. present participle of mark.
• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
• n. a mark.
• n. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.

nail

• n. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• n. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
• n. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
• n. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven…
• n. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The…
• n. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5…
• v. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
• v. (intransitive) To drive a nail.
• v. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
• v. (slang) To catch.
• v. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
• v. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
• v. (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
• v. (transitive, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. To spike, as a cannon.

nog

• n. A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
• n. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
• n. (shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
• v. (transitive) to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
• v. (transitive, shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.
• n. Short for noggin.
• n. Abbreviation of eggnog.
• n. (obsolete) A kind of strong ale.
• n. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
• n. (Australia, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.

oarlock

• n. A device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

pierce

• v. (transitive) to puncture; to break through.
• v. (transitive) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
• v. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly.
• v. (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.

pin

• n. A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out…
• n. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
• n. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
• n. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed…
• n. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
• n. (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
• n. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
• n. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
• n. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing…
• n. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece…
• n. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole.
• n. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area).
• n. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
• n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) caligo.
• n. A thing of small value; a trifle.
• n. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
• n. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
• n. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
• n. (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
• n. (informal) A pinball machine.
• v. (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
• v. (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
• v. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
• v. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
• v. Alternative form of peen.

prosthesis

• n. (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
• n. (linguistics, prosody) prothesis.

regulator

• n. A device that controls or limits something.
• n. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
• n. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
• n. (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
• n. (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

rowlock

• n. (nautical, chiefly Britain) a pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that…

stabilise

• v. Alternative spelling of stabilize.

stabilize

• v. (transitive) To make stable.
• v. (intransitive) To become stable.

stick

• n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
• n. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
• n. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
• n. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
• n. (sports) A stick-like item.
• n. (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically.
• n. (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking,…
• n. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
• n. A measure.
• v. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
• n. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
• n. (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
• n. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
• v. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
• v. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
• v. (intransitive) To persist.
• v. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
• v. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
• v. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
• v. (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
• v. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
• v. (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
• v. (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
• v. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
• v. (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
• v. (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
• v. (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by…
• v. (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
• adj. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
• n. (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

succeed

• v. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
• v. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
• v. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
• v. To support; to prosper; to promote.
• v. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed…
• v. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
• v. To go under cover.

thole

• v. (intransitive, dated) To suffer.
• v. (transitive, now Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) To endure, to tolerate, to put up with.
• n. (regional) Patience, endurance; the ability to endure or bear something.
• n. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
• n. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.

tholepin

• n. A thole; an rowlock.

thrust

• n. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
• n. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.).
• n. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
• n. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
• v. (intransitive) To make advance with force.
• v. (transitive) To force something upon someone.
• v. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
• v. (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
• v. (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• v. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

win

• n. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
• v. (intransitive) To reach some destination despite difficulties (generally with a preposition or locative…
• v. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
• v. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
• v. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
• v. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
• n. gain; profit; income.
• n. wealth; owndom; goods.
• n. an individual victory (opposite of a loss).
• n. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail).