Accost

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  • v. To solicit for sex.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  • v. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
  • v. To approach; to come up to.
  • v. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
  • v. To adjoin; to lie alongside.
  • v. To solicit sexually.
  • n. Address; greeting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
  • v. To approach; to make up to.
  • v. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
  • verb-intransitive. To adjoin; to lie alongside.
  • n. Address; greeting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come side by side or face to face with; draw near; approach; make up to.
  • To speak to; address.
  • To border on; adjoin.
  • To adjoin; be adjacent.
  • n. The act of accosting; address; salutation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. approach with an offer of sexual favors
  • v. speak to someone
  • Verb Form
    accosted    accosting    accosts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    offer   
    Form
    accostment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    approach    address    greet    adjoin    greeting   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aust    Frost    cost    crossed    defrost    embossed    exhaust    frost    glossed    last   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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