All peg synonyms
peg
P p verb peg
- get the hang of β to understand the technique of doing something
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- calender β a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- list β Friedrich [free-drik] /Λfri drΙͺk/ (Show IPA), 1789β1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- draw a picture β represent sth visually
- cataloguing β a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- chunking β the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- dope out β any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- hurl β to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
- get down to brass tacks β discuss essentials
- optate β (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
- calendering β a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- guesstimated β Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- get to the point β (Idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
- co-ordinate β If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- make sure β free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- determinated β having defined limits; definite.
- evaluate β Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
- cataloged β a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- catch on β If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- look-see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- individuate β to form into an individual or distinct entity.
- ascertain β If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- calliper β an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- lay aside β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- barraging β Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- categorise β to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- candling β a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- let fly β to move through the air using wings.
- lapidate β to pelt with stones.
- assay β An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
- characterize β If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.
- appraise β If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- look see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- determinates β having defined limits; definite.
- carding β the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning
- look out β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- metered β an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- calibrate β If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- inventoried β a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
noun peg
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- brad β a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
- marker β a person or thing that marks.
adj peg
- ligneous β of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
adjective peg
- wooden β consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.