List of synonyms from "nearliest" to synonyms from "nebs"
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Definition of the day : « nears »
- As in : noun short distance
- As in approach : verb come nearer
- As in approximate : verb come close
- As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
- As in rival : verb oppose; be a match for
- As in bear down : verb close in on
- As in border on : verb come close to; approximate
- As in come : verb advance, approach
- As in go : verb advance, proceed physically
- “Signalise her to heave-to when she nears us,” said Captain Lascelles.
- Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Still it hurries onward, with velocity augmented, as it nears its term.
- Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel
- One of a woman's frequent failings is shifting the reins as she nears a jump.
- Extract from : « How Women Should Ride » by C. De Hurst
- As one nears the goal of one's pilgrimage, the way is marked by stations of the cross.
- Extract from : « Tyrol and its People » by Clive Holland
- He knows your ship; so soon as it nears one island, he is off to another.
- Extract from : « In the South Seas » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- As he nears the battery the Louisiana color-bearer falls dead.
- Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
- Aided by demagogues, the rule of the "Roughs" nears its culmination.
- Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
- Who then, tell me, old and sad, Nears us with a heavy tread?
- Extract from : « Songs of Labor and Other Poems » by Morris Rosenfeld
- He nears--he reaches--they are side by side; Now one--now th' other--by a length the victor.
- Extract from : « Mosaics of Grecian History » by Marcius Willson
- When she nears the wharf Jenks will haul his tops'l to set her aback.
- Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn