The Meaning of phase

• (n.) That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
• (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.
• (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon.
• (n.) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

Synonyms

stage , form , phase angle

Homophones

fay's , faze , fe's

Rhymes

ablaze , allays , always , amaze , anyways , appraise , arrays , baise , baize , ballets , bayes , bays , bayse , baze , berets , betrays , blaise , blaize , blase , blayze , blaze , bouquets , braise , brase , brays , braze , cabernets , caches , cafes , cayes , chaise , chalets , chevrolets , claes , claeys , clays , communiques , crase , crays , craze , dais , daise , days , daze , decays , defrays , delays , delhaize , delosreyes , deshaies , dismays , dismutase , dossiers , edgeways , essays , faze , filets , folkways , fraise , frase , frays , fraze , fridays , fuentes , fuentez , gase , gaze , glaze , grays , graze , hallways , hase , hayes , hays , hayse , haze , inaez , indosuez , invirase , jays , kase , kayes , lais , lase , lays , leis , lengthways , lescaze , leys , lyonnais , lyonnaise , maes , maize , malaise , mayes , mayonnaise , mays , mayse , maze , mondays , morays , mores , nase , nays , nowadays , obeys , okays , oles , pais , paiz , paraphrase , pays , phrase , plays , polonaise , polyphase , praise , prase , prays , preys , protease , raise , rase , raze , reappraise , relays , rephrase , replays , res , sais , saiz , shays , shlaes , sideways , skase , slays , smaze , strays , streptokinase , sundays , surveys , sways , swayze , tays , todays , trays , tuesdays , ukase , urokinase , wais , ways , weekdays , weighs , yeas