(v) set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

(v) create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

(v) form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise h

(v) to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

(v) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

(v) be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

(n) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

(s) not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani

(a) having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"

(a) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

(n) the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

(n) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

(n) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

(n) skill in an occupation or trade

(n) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

(v) make by hand and with much skill; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"

(n) the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"

(n) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"

(n) a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

(n) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

(n) (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

(v) sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

(v) stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"

(v) undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"

(v) hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"

(v) undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"

(v) break violently or noisily; smash;

(v) cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"

(v) fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

(v) enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"

(v) move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"

(v) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"

(v) occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"