PECKS Synonyms

• beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

• horny projecting mouth of a bird

• a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

• informal terms for the nose

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• a particular instance of buying or selling

• an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

• wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

• the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

• the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)

• the act of distributing playing cards

• the act of apportioning or distributing something

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• take action with respect to (someone or something)

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• administer or bestow, as in small portions

• do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• behave in a certain way towards others

• distribute cards to the players in a game

• direct the course of; manage or control

• give out as one's portion or share

• give (a specific card) to a player

• sell (especially of illegal material)

• a church congregation guided by a pastor

• a group of birds

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• an orderly crowd

• a group of sheep or goats

• move as a crowd or in a group

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• as many or as much as a hat will hold

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a car that is old and unreliable

• bestow in large quantities

• arrange in stacks

• fill to overflow

• bother persistently with trivial complaints

• (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a parcel of land having fixed boundaries

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

• any collection in its entirety

• divide into lots, as of land, for example

• administer or bestow, as in small portions

• (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

• the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

• a musical setting for a Mass

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite

• an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

• a body of matter without definite shape

• the common people generally

• the property of something that is great in magnitude

• formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

• join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

• a state of confusion and disorderliness

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• soft semiliquid food

• a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

• a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• eat in a mess hall

• make a mess of or create disorder in

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

• any member of the mint family of plants

• the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

• a candy that is flavored with a mint oil

• a plant where money is coined by authority of the government

• as if new

• form by stamping, punching, or printing

• a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

• an old or over-worked horse

• bother persistently with trivial complaints

• worry persistently

• remind or urge constantly

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

• arrange in stacks

• press tightly together or cram

• place or lay as if in a pile

• a full supply

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• as much as necessary

• a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete

• transport on a raft

• travel by raft in water

• make into a raft