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The Meaning of phrase

  • (n.) A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
  • (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.
  • (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
  • (n.) A short clause or portion of a period.
  • (v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.
  • (v. i.) To use proper or fine phrases.
  • (v. i.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.

Synonyms

musical phrase , idiom , set phrase , idiomatic expression , phrasal idiom , artistic style , dialect , accent , parlance , sound out , devise , enounce , explicate , say , develop , excogitate , enunciate , articulate , joint , pronounce , vocalise , invent , contrive , vocalize , word , forge , formulate , give voice , diction , expression , style , vocabulary , language , phraseology , verbiage , wording , express , show , evince

Homophones

fraise , frase , frays , fraze

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 , phase , 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