mark

1. (verb) make or leave a mark on; "mark the trail so that we can find our way back"
Related Words: alter, asterisk, bespot, brand, change, crisscross, delineate, describe, dimple, dot, draw, flag, line, outline, post, raddle, red-ink, speck, spot, stake, star, striate, stripe, tip, trace

2. (verb) designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border"; "He indicated where the border ended"
Related Words: bespeak, betoken, buoy, dimension, distinguish, indicate, point, signal, signalize, signpost

3. (noun) the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"
Related Words: effect, impression

4. (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
Synonyms: grade, score
Related Words: evaluation, rating, valuation

5. (noun) the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
Synonyms: Gospel According to Mark
Related Words: Gospel, Gospels, book, evangel

6. (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
Synonyms: brand, stain, stigma
Related Words: bar sinister, bend sinister, cloven foot, cloven hoof, demerit, symbol

7. (noun) a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"
Related Words: footmark, footprint, hoofmark, hoofprint, indication, line, step, stroke

8. (noun) a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
Related Words: arrow, broad arrow, call mark, call number, caret, check, check mark, diacritic, diacritical mark, ditto, ditto mark, dollar mark, dollar sign, head, point, pointer, pressmark, printed symbol, punctuation, punctuation mark, written symbol

9. (noun) the basic unit of money in Germany
Synonyms: Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark
Related Words: German monetary unit

10. (verb) insert punctuation marks into
Synonyms: punctuate
Related Words: add

11. (verb) mark by some ceremony or observation
Synonyms: commemorate
Related Words: celebrate, keep, observe

12. (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish
Related Words: characterize, characterize, qualify

13. (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; as of scholastic work
Synonyms: grade
Related Words: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, value

14. (verb) make underscoring marks
Synonyms: score
Related Words: cancel, enter, invalidate, put down, record

15. (verb) establish as the highest level or best performance: "set a record"
Synonyms: set
Related Words: establish, lay down, make

16. (verb) mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
Synonyms: pit, pock, scar
Related Words: blemish, cicatrize, deface, disfigure, pockmark, scarify

17. (verb) notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"
Synonyms: note, notice
Related Words: take notice

18. (noun) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
Synonyms: sign
Related Words: clew, clue, cue

19. (noun) a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"
Synonyms: target
Related Words: clout, drogue, point of reference, reference, reference point

20. (noun) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's_eye"; "hit the mark"
Synonyms: bell ringer, bull's eye
Related Words: success

21. (verb) put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"
Synonyms: check, check off, mark off, tick off
Related Words: receipt, verify

22. (verb) make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
Synonyms: nock, score
Related Words: line, notch, scarify, scribe

23. (verb) attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
Synonyms: label, tag
Related Words: attach, badge, code

24. (noun) marking consisting of crossing lines
Synonyms: crisscross, cross
Related Words: marking

25. (noun) a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
Synonyms: marker, marking
Related Words: assay-mark, authentication, brand, broad arrow, cairn, earmark, gummed label, hallmark, label, milepost, milestone, peg, pin, pip, postmark, spot, sticker, symbol, trademark, watermark

26. (verb) to accuse or condemn openly or formally: "He denounced the government action."
Synonyms: brand, denounce, stigmatize
Related Words: label

27. (noun) an indication of damage
Synonyms: scar, scrape, scratch
Related Words: blemish, defect

28. (verb) remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out
Related Words: take away, take out

29. (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fish, fool, gull, mug, patsy, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch, sucker
Related Words: dupe, victim



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