What is another word for Kedge?
681 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈɛd͡ʒ], [ kˈɛdʒ], [ k_ˈɛ_dʒ]
Kedge refers to anchor rope or a small anchor that is used to move a ship from a difficult or tight spot. Synonyms for kedge include heave, drag, haul, tow, move, shift, displace, relocate, and reposition. Each of these synonyms describes the act of moving something heavy or large from one location to another. In a navigational context, the term kedge may be used more frequently, whereas the other synonyms may be more applicable in different settings, such as moving furniture or other materials. Ultimately, the use of synonyms for kedge will depend on the context in which they are used.
Synonyms for Kedge:
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• anchor Other relevant words:
- abide ,
- abstract ,
- accommodate ,
- accompaniment ,
- accost ,
- add-in ,
- addict ,
- adhesive friction ,
- adjudge ,
- admit ,
- aegis ,
- affirm ,
- agree ,
- air bladder ,
- amusing ,
- anchorman ,
- anchorperson ,
- appease ,
- apply ,
- appreciation ,
- arbor ,
- arbour ,
- ark of the covenant ,
- arrest ,
- auspices ,
- back ,
- back up ,
- backing ,
- backup ,
- bag ,
- bait ,
- ballad ,
- ballast resistor ,
- ballyrag ,
- bang-up ,
- barge ,
- barretter ,
- batch ,
- be adrift ,
- beachhead ,
- bear ,
- bear out ,
- begrimed ,
- berth ,
- bet on ,
- bide ,
- billow ,
- bind ,
- bind off ,
- blast ,
- blow ,
- blue ,
- bob ,
- bobby pin ,
- bobtail ,
- boldness ,
- bonanza ,
- book ,
- boom out ,
- boss around ,
- brass ,
- bread and butter ,
- bridgehead ,
- brook ,
- browbeat ,
- buckle ,
- bullyrag ,
- bunce ,
- bunker ,
- buttock ,
- cabbage ,
- card ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- carry ,
- cart ,
- cast ,
- catch ,
- certificate ,
- check ,
- cilium ,
- circuit board ,
- circuit card ,
- clasp ,
- class ,
- claw ,
- clench ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- column ,
- come-on ,
- comfortableness ,
- comforter ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- common sense ,
- compass ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- confine ,
- confirm ,
- consolation ,
- console ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- continue ,
- control ,
- control board ,
- control panel ,
- cop ,
- corking ,
- corroborate ,
- course of action ,
- course of instruction ,
- course of study ,
- cracking ,
- crochet ,
- crotchet ,
- curb ,
- curious ,
- custody ,
- cutter ,
- dandy ,
- dark ,
- dart ,
- dash ,
- deal ,
- debark ,
- declare ,
- deem ,
- defence ,
- defend ,
- defending team ,
- defense department ,
- defense force ,
- defense lawyers ,
- defense mechanism ,
- defense reaction ,
- defense team ,
- defensive measure ,
- defensive structure ,
- deflection ,
- defy ,
- delay ,
- demurrer ,
- denial ,
- department of defense ,
- detain ,
- detention ,
- digest ,
- din ,
- dinghy ,
- dining table ,
- dirty ,
- disconsolate ,
- dismal ,
- display board ,
- display panel ,
- distort ,
- dockage ,
- docking facility ,
- documentation ,
- dod ,
- drab ,
- drag ,
- draw ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- drop anchor ,
- dugout canoe ,
- ease ,
- embower ,
- endorse ,
- endure ,
- entertain ,
- err ,
- establish ,
- expand ,
- eyelash ,
- face ,
- faculty ,
- falsify ,
- fascinate ,
- fastening ,
- feed ,
- fell ,
- fend for ,
- filch ,
- financial backing ,
- financial support ,
- fishgig ,
- fishy ,
- fixing ,
- fizgig ,
- flash ,
- flee ,
- fleece ,
- flock ,
- flog ,
- flourish ,
- flow ,
- fly ball ,
- fly front ,
- fly sheet ,
- footing ,
- form ,
- found ,
- freewheel ,
- funding ,
- funny remark ,
- funny story ,
- gag ,
- gage ,
- gallery ,
- game ,
- gameboard ,
- garble ,
- gasp ,
- gazump ,
- get on ,
- give ,
- glide ,
- glom ,
- gloomy ,
- go for ,
- godsend ,
- gold rush ,
- good deal ,
- good sense ,
- good story ,
- grade ,
- grapnel anchor ,
- grapple ,
- grappler ,
- grappling hook ,
- grasp ,
- gravy ,
- gravy boat ,
- gravy holder ,
- great ,
- great deal ,
- grim ,
- grimy ,
- gritrock ,
- gritstone ,
- groovy ,
- ground ,
- ground tackle ,
- grubby ,
- grungy ,
- guard ,
- hairgrip ,
- hale ,
- halt ,
- handgrip ,
- handle ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- hatful ,
- haulage ,
- have ,
- have got ,
- heading ,
- headstone ,
- heap ,
- heave up ,
- heaving ,
- hector ,
- heft ,
- heft up ,
- hitch ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold up ,
- holdfast ,
- hook shot ,
- hooking ,
- hooligan ,
- horse sense ,
- hoy ,
- ice-cream float ,
- ice-cream soda ,
- icebreaker ,
- impertinence ,
- impetus ,
- impudence ,
- impulsion ,
- indorse ,
- instrument panel ,
- jack salmon ,
- keen ,
- keep ,
- keep back ,
- keep going ,
- key ,
- knock off ,
- laic ,
- lance ,
- last out ,
- lather ,
- laughable ,
- launching ,
- lift ,
- light ballast ,
- lighter ,
- line ,
- livelihood ,
- living ,
- loading dock ,
- logarithm ,
- lot ,
- lumber ,
- lure ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- manna from heaven ,
- mass ,
- mat ,
- mess ,
- mickle ,
- microphone boom ,
- mint ,
- mirthful ,
- moderate ,
- moorage ,
- mooring line ,
- moorland ,
- mother wit ,
- mountain ,
- movement ,
- muckle ,
- muddied ,
- muddy ,
- musical accompaniment ,
- nail ,
- narrow boat ,
- narrowboat ,
- naturally ,
- neat ,
- nerve ,
- nifty ,
- nobble ,
- not bad ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- oblige ,
- obtain ,
- odd ,
- of course ,
- old ,
- outride ,
- overcharge ,
- panel ,
- pant ,
- passel ,
- path ,
- patronage ,
- patronise ,
- patronize ,
- peachy ,
- peck ,
- peculiar ,
- pergola ,
- persist ,
- pier ,
- pile ,
- pilfer ,
- pilot ,
- pinch ,
- pirogue ,
- place ,
- plank ,
- plasterer's float ,
- plenty ,
- pluck ,
- plug-in ,
- plume ,
- plump for ,
- plunge ,
- plunk for ,
- point ,
- pole ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- postponement ,
- pot ,
- pound ,
- precaution ,
- prevail ,
- pricker ,
- prickle ,
- protective cover ,
- protective covering ,
- puff ,
- punting ,
- purloin ,
- purport ,
- push around ,
- put ,
- put down ,
- put up ,
- queer ,
- quell ,
- quilt ,
- quite a little ,
- rachis ,
- rack ,
- raft foundation ,
- rainfly ,
- raise ,
- ramble ,
- range ,
- raunchy ,
- reenforcement ,
- refutation ,
- reinforcement ,
- remain ,
- repose ,
- reserve ,
- rest ,
- restrain ,
- retain ,
- retch ,
- ride out ,
- risible ,
- roam ,
- roar ,
- roaring ,
- rob ,
- roll ,
- room ,
- roughneck ,
- rove ,
- row ,
- rowboat ,
- rowdy ,
- ruffian ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- run ,
- safe-conduct ,
- sail ,
- sand ,
- sauceboat ,
- scoot ,
- scooter ,
- scudding ,
- sea-coast ,
- seacoast ,
- seashore ,
- secular ,
- security department ,
- security measures ,
- security system ,
- sense ,
- set ,
- set down ,
- set in motion ,
- set up ,
- shady ,
- shelter ,
- ship's boat ,
- shoot ,
- sight ,
- singular ,
- slap-up ,
- slash ,
- slew ,
- slide ,
- slip ,
- smash ,
- smashing ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- soak ,
- solace ,
- solicit ,
- soothe ,
- sorrel ,
- sorry ,
- sour grass ,
- spate ,
- spear ,
- spellbind ,
- spikelet ,
- spinal column ,
- sprocket ,
- spur ,
- stack ,
- stake ,
- stand ,
- stave ,
- stay on ,
- stay put ,
- stick ,
- stick around ,
- stick out ,
- sticker ,
- stomach ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- storage area ,
- strap ,
- stray ,
- strong-arm ,
- subscribe ,
- substantiate ,
- suffer ,
- suitcase ,
- supporting ,
- surcharge ,
- surety ,
- surge ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- swagger ,
- swan ,
- sweetener ,
- swell ,
- swim ,
- swim bladder ,
- swipe ,
- table ,
- tail ,
- take ,
- take flight ,
- take for ,
- take hold ,
- tender ,
- tent flap ,
- tent-fly ,
- thieve ,
- thong ,
- thorn ,
- thrive ,
- throw ,
- thunder ,
- tidy sum ,
- tie down ,
- time lag ,
- tolerate ,
- tough ,
- tower ,
- track ,
- traction ,
- trade protection ,
- tramp ,
- transfix ,
- traveling bag ,
- travelling bag ,
- trend ,
- tribute ,
- trounce ,
- truss ,
- underpin ,
- vagabond ,
- vanish ,
- vaporize ,
- vertebral column ,
- view as ,
- vindication ,
- voyage ,
- wad ,
- waist anchor ,
- wait ,
- walleye ,
- walleyed pike ,
- wander ,
- warping ,
- welt ,
- wharf ,
- wharfage ,
- whip ,
- whiplash ,
- windfall ,
- wing ,
- withstand ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo .
- Coble ,
- Droger ,
- Drogher ,
- Galiot ,
- Prame ,
- Randan ,
- Shallop ,
- anchor ,
- ark ,
- aviate ,
- backbone ,
- ballast ,
- board ,
- boat ,
- boom ,
- bully ,
- canal boat ,
- cast anchor ,
- cast loose ,
- cheek ,
- circumnavigate ,
- clear hawse ,
- coast ,
- cockleshell ,
- cog ,
- course ,
- cruise ,
- cut loose ,
- dingy ,
- disembark ,
- dock ,
- dory ,
- drift ,
- dugout ,
- flatboat ,
- float ,
- fly ,
- funny ,
- gig ,
- grapnel ,
- grappling iron ,
- grit ,
- gumption ,
- guts ,
- haul ,
- heave ,
- ice yacht ,
- iceboat ,
- keystone ,
- killick ,
- lash ,
- launch ,
- lay ,
- life boat ,
- linchpin ,
- log ,
- luff ,
- lynchpin ,
- mainstay ,
- moor ,
- moxie ,
- navigate ,
- outrigger ,
- pinnace ,
- pontoon ,
- punt ,
- raft ,
- ratline down ,
- scow ,
- scud ,
- sheet anchor ,
- skiff ,
- spine ,
- support ,
- tie up ,
- unlash ,
- warp ,
- wherry .
How to use "Kedge" in context?
Kedge is a method of fishing in which a large, weighted, baitfish is hooked and pulled through the water by a line attached to a smaller, weighted, baitfish, called a jig. The purpose of the kedge is to entangle the baitfish and slow its forward motion, allowing the fisherman to reel in the larger fish.
Word of the Day
detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
