metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

beryl - the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems

chrysoberyl - a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone

gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium

look - have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"

suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain

be well - be healthy; feel good; "She has not been well lately"

suffer - feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"

feel - seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"

remain, stay, rest - stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

coruscate, sparkle, scintillate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"

befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

rank - take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

point - be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"

need, want, require - have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

compact, pack - have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

rest - not move; be in a resting position

cut - allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"

seethe, boil - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"

moon about, moon around, mope - be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed

appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

seem, appear - seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

owe - be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"

belong - be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me"

cover - be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of; "Is this enough to cover the check?"

represent - be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"

account - be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"

cut across - be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"

begin, start - have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"

begin - have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WWII began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"

stand - be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify, define - determine the essential quality of

go - be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"

make sense, add up - be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

comprise, consist - be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"

prove, turn out, turn up - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

account for - be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

remain - be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

stretch, stretch along - occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"

attend, go to - be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"

fill, occupy - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"

domicile, domiciliate, inhabit, live, populate, reside, shack, people, dwell - make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"

occupy, inhabit - be present in; be inside of

keep one's distance, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stand back, stay away - stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

extend to, reach, touch - to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

extend, run, lead, pass, go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

lead, go - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"

cover, extend - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"

poke out, reach out, extend - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

sit - sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"

face - be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"

straddle - sit or stand astride of

follow - be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"

center on - have as a center; "The region centers on Charleston"

rest, lie - have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

belong, go - be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"

come - exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"

come - be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

preexist - exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time; "Did this condition pre-exist?"

kick about, kick around, knock about - be around; be alive or active; "Does the old man still kick around?"

coexist - exist together

prevail, obtain, hold - be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

consist, lie in, belong, dwell, lie - originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten - pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

flow - be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

distribute - be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute"

correspond, equate - be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

represent, stand for, correspond - take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

translate - be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"

make - constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"

compose - form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"

form, constitute, make - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

straddle, range - range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"

fall into, fall under - be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

pose, present - introduce; "This poses an interesting question"

supplement - serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"

vet - work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"

cox - act as the coxswain, in a boat race

stand for, symbolize, typify, symbolise, represent - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

body, personify - invest with or as with a body; give body to

exemplify, represent - be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"

take, use up, occupy - as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"

remain, stay, rest - stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

knock back, put back, set back - cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"