(n) one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

(n) a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

(n) a traveler who accompanies you

(v) be a companion to somebody

(n) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

(v) mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

(v) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

(v) make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"

(v) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

(v) assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

(v) cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

(n) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other

(n) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation); "what is the correlation between those two variables?"

(n) a reciprocal relation between two or more things

(n) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

(n) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"

(n) a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

(n) the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

(a) of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times

(s) of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"

(n) the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

(n) the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

(n) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

(s) lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"

(s) of a seeker; far from the object sought

(s) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"

(s) feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"

(s) having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

(a) used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn u

(a) extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"

(s) without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

(s) sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

(s) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"

(s) no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"

(s) marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"

(s) (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray"