(n) someone to whom private matters are confided

(v) give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

(v) imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

(s) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

(s) marked by close aquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington

(s) thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

(s) having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"

(s) innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

(s) involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"

(v) enter into a contractual arrangement

(v) promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"

(v) enter upon an activity or enterprise

(v) accept as a charge

(v) accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

(n) the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"

(n) (elections) more than half of the votes

(n) the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs

(v) assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

(v) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

(v) state categorically

(v) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

(n) an organized group of workmen

(n) the men who man a ship or aircraft

(n) the team of men manning a racing shell

(n) an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

(v) serve as a crew member on

(n) a room used primarily for sleeping

(n) a natural or artificial enclosed space

(n) a room where a judge transacts business

(n) an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart)

(n) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"

(v) place in a chamber

(v) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

(v) cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"

(s) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

(a) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

(s) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

(s) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"