Word Meanings - HOME-DRIVEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
Related words: (words related to HOME-DRIVEN)
- CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - CLOSEN
To make close. - CLOSER
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes - CLOSE-FIGHTS
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. - CLOSEHAULED
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. - CLOSE-BODIED
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe. - DRIVEN
of Drive. Also adj. Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well. - CLOSE
to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often - CLOSET
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, - CLOSEMOUTHED
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative. - CLOSENESS
The state of being close. Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift. We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon. An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison. Syn. - CLOSE-BANDED
Closely united. - CLOSEREEFED
Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail. - CLOSE-BARRED
Firmly barred or closed. - CLOSELY
1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser. - CLOSE-TONGUED
Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak. - CLOSE-STOOL
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover. - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - HOME-DRIVEN
Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close. - PERCLOSE
See RALEIGH - INTERCLOSE
To shut in; to inclose. - INCLOSE
Etym: 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. 2. To put within a case, - PARACLOSE
See PARCLOSE - WATER-CLOSET
A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it. - FORECLOSE
To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager , to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises,