The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

ply n. layer, leaf, thickness, fold: These seams are sewn through
two plies of fabric.
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pocket n. 1 pouch, sack, bag, receptacle, reticule, satchel: You
should always have a clean handkerchief in your pocket. 2
cavity, pit, hollow, crater: We found water that had collected
in pockets in the surface of the rock. 3 area, island, camp,
centre, cluster, concentration: Leaders encountered pockets of
resistance to the new policies among the farmers.
--v. 4 take, appropriate, keep; filch, embezzle, steal,
purloin, thieve, pilfer, help oneself to, palm, Colloq walk off
or away with, pinch, swipe, rip off, hook, lift, snitch, Brit
nick, snaffle: While collecting for charity, Johnson was known
to have pocketed occasional contributions.
poem n. verse, lyric, rhyme or archaic rime, song, ode, rhapsody,
jingle, ditty: The anthology contains poems by politicians.
poet n. poetess, versifier, metrist, lyricist or lyrist, versemaker,
sonneteer, elegist, bard, minstrel; rhymester or rimester or
rhymer or rimer, poetaster: A widely published poet, Constance
is often invited to give readings.
poetic adj. 1 poetical, lyric(al), metrical, musical, melodic;
idyllic, elegiac, georgic, rhapsodic, epic, dithyrambic: She
bought a volume of the poetic works of John Keats. 2 artistic,
aesthetic, Parnassian, Hippocrenian, melodious: The novel
contains some poetic passages of surpassing quality.
poetry n. verse, versification, metrical composition, metrics, rhyme,
Archaic poesy: Modern poetry is often rather obscure.
po-faced adj. stern-visaged, austere, dour, disapproving, frowning,
grave, saturnine, solemn, sombre, humourless, grim, forbidding,
severe, strait-laced, uncompromising, puritanical, prim,
prudish, gruff, bluff, curmudgeonly: Despite having a po-faced
approach to his work, William has a keen sense of humour when