All flute synonyms
flute
F f noun flute
- trench β Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ΛΚΙn Ι vi/ (Show IPA), 1807β86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- plait β a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- flounce β to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
- kilt β any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- corrugation β a corrugating or being corrugated
- scratch β to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- slit β to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- canal β A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- valley β an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- cutting β A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- rut β the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
- furrow β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- gutter β a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- incision β a cut, gash, or notch.
verb flute
- blare β If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- hiss β to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- sound β The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3β30 miles (5β48 km) wide.
- signal β anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- whine β to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- warble β to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- pipe β a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- toot β (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
- whiz β to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- wheeze β to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound: Asthma caused him to wheeze.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- shriek β a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- fife β Also called Fifeshire [fahyf-sheer, -sher] /ΛfaΙͺf ΚΙͺΙr, -ΚΙr/ (Show IPA). a historic county in E Scotland.
- trill β to cause to flow in a thin stream.
- tootle β to toot gently or repeatedly on a flute or the like.
- skirl β to play the bagpipe.
- twine β a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- interweave β to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- tuck β to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- pleat β a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tress β Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- knit β to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- weave β to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- pigtail β a braid of hair hanging down the back of the head.
- pleach β to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- plat β a plait or braid.