Rhymes for COMPRISES

• something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

• goods or money obtained illegally

• something given as a token of victory

• of superior grade

• hold dear

• to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

• regard highly; think much of

• the act of coercing someone into government service

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• impress positively

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• reproduce by printing

• take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

• dye (fabric) before it is spun

• the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

• the state of taking in or encircling

• a close affectionate and protective acceptance

• include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

• the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

• a sudden unexpected event

• the act of surprising someone

• cause to be surprised

• come upon or take unawares

• attack by storm; attack suddenly

• a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• (used in the plural) informal term for breeches

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

• a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

• a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

• having the function of uniting a group of similar things

• covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups

• a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

• an organization created for business ventures

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

• United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

• the amount of money needed to purchase something

• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

• the high value or worth of something

• a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal

• cost of bribing someone

• determine the price of

• ascertain or learn the price of

• a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

• the legislature of the United States government

• a national legislative assembly

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• consider in a comprehensive way

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (prices or markets)

• cause to drop or sink

• press down

• lessen the activity or force of

• mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

• rapid transport of goods

• by express

• not tacit or implied

• without unnecessary stops

• give expression to

• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

• serve as a means for expressing something

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• send by rapid transport or special messenger service

• an expression of approval and commendation

• offering words of homage as an act of worship

• express approval of

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

• a machine used for printing

• a dense crowd of people

• a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

• clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

• any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• exert pressure or force to or upon

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

• squeeze or press together

• crowd closely

• create by pressing

• be urgent

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• press from a plastic

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• press and smooth with a heated iron

• lift weights

• ask for or request earnestly

• a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• a way of entering or leaving

• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

• the event of one object coming closer to another

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• a close approximation

• a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

• move towards

• come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

• begin to deal with

• come near in time

• make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion

• a slight wind (usually refreshing)

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• blow gently and lightly

• to proceed quickly and easily

• an instinctive motive

• a sudden desire

• the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

• (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

• the act of applying force suddenly

• an impelling force or strength

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer

• price excessively high

• deliver a sermon

• speak, plead, or argue in favor of

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping

• give advice to

• inform (somebody) of something

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• the act of rewriting something

• make revisions in

• revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• infer from incomplete evidence

• imagine to be the case or true or probable

• put in effect

• to gain with effort

• an alloy of copper and zinc

• a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• impudent aggressiveness

• an ornament or utensil made of brass

• the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

• a memorial made of brass

• a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

• an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• make an opening or gap in

• a decorative pin worn by women

• bring up a topic for discussion

• a dense growth of bushes

• an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

• momentary contact

• conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

• a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

• a minor short-term fight

• the act of brushing your teeth

• the act of brushing your hair

• contact with something dangerous or undesirable

• rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

• touch lightly and briefly

• clean with a brush

• sweep across or over

• remove with or as if with a brush

• cover by brushing

• To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

• a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

• United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

• small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth

• slang for a mustache

• (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee

• the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

• the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

• any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

• the actual state of affairs

• a large magnitude

• (used in combination) sized

• cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

• sort according to size

• make to a size; bring to a suitable size

• advance beyond the usual limit

• impinge or infringe upon

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

• a sudden desire

• any competition

• a contest of speed

• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a canal for a current of water

• move hurridly

• compete in a race

• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.

• perform without preparation

• manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand

• (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• originate or come into being

• rise to one's feet

• result or issue

• move upward

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• get up and out of bed