5 Daily life

Use this domain for words related to daily life at home.

Louw Nida Codes: 
46 Household Activities
  • What words refer to daily life?
    life, routine, homemaking,

    • 5.1 Household equipment

    Use this domain for words related to household equipment and tools.

    Related domains: 
    6.7 Tool
    OMC Codes: 
    354 Heating and Lighting Equipment
    355 Miscellaneous Building Equipment
  • What general words refer to the things in a house?
    property, belongings, household goods
  • What kinds of things are used to provide light in a house?
    lamp, lantern, candle, lamp stand, light fixture
  • What things are used to clean a house?
    broom, dustpan, mop
  • What things are used to provide water?
    bucket, cistern, water barrel
  • What kinds of things are used to heat or cool a house?
    heater, furnace, air-conditioning
  • What other kinds of things are commonly found in a house?
    bag, garbage pail, mirror

    • 5.1.1 Furniture

    Use this domain for words related to furniture.

    OMC Codes: 
    352 Furniture
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6O Furniture
  • What general words refer to furniture?
    furniture, piece of furniture, set of furniture
  • What words refer to putting furniture in a house?
    furnish
  • What words refer to floor coverings?
    carpet, rug, mat

    • 5.1.1.1 Table

    Use this domain for words related to a table.

  • What types of tables are there?
    table, dining room table, bedside table, end table, coffee table, desk
  • What are the parts of a table?
    table leg, table top, top of the table, edge of the table, corner of the table
  • What do people commonly put on top of a table that is closely associated with the table?
    tablecloth, runner, centerpiece, table decoration

    • 5.1.1.2 Chair

    Use this domain for words related to a chair.

    Related domains: 
    7.1.2 Sit
  • What kinds of chairs are there?
    chair, armchair, highchair, seat, stool, couch, sofa, swing
  • What are the parts of a chair?
    arm, back, chair leg, seat cushion, footrest

    • 5.1.1.3 Bed

    Use this domain for words related to a bed.

    Related domains: 
    5.7 Sleep
    7.1.3 Lie down
  • What kinds of beds are there?
    bed, double bed, twin bed, bunk bed, queen sized bed, king sized bed, mat, sleeping mat, mattress, cot, pallet, hideaway bed, hammock, berth, guest bed
  • What covers are put on a bed?
    sheet, blanket, covers, bedcovers, bedspread, bed curtains, pillow, mosquito net,
  • What do people do with beds?
    make the bed, make up the bed, pull up the covers, throw off the covers, arrange the covers, sleep, lie down

    • 5.1.1.4 Cabinet

    Use this domain for words related to a cabinet.

  • What kinds of cabinets are there?
    cabinet, dresser, chest of drawers, wardrobe, buffet, bookshelf, set of shelves, cupboard, drawer, shelf
  • What do people do with cabinets?
    put things away, store, open a drawer, close a drawer, put things on a shelf

    • 5.1.2 Household decoration

    Use this domain for words related to household decorations.

    OMC Codes: 
    353 Building Interiors and Arrangement
    Interior Decoration and Arrangement
  • What things are used to decorate a house?
    decoration, picture, frame, calendar, poster, knickknack, flower vase, doily

    • 5.2 Food

    Use this domain for general words referring to food.

    OMC Codes: 
    146 Nutrition
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    5 Foods and Condiments
    5A Food
  • What general words refer to food?
    food, sustenance, nourishment, intake, nutrition, nutritional, non-nutritional, diet

    • 5.2.1 Food preparation

    Use this domain for words related to food preparation.

    OMC Codes: 
    252 Food Preparation
    265 Food Service Industries
  • What words refer to preparing food?
    food preparation, cook, prepare food, fix (a meal, dish), make a dish
  • What words refer to the person who prepares food and cooks?
    the cook, chef, short order cook, cookie
  • What words refer to a person who prepares special types of food?
    baker (bread), butcher (meat), confectioner (candy), brewer (alcohol)
  • What words refer to the thing that is cooked?
    food, meal, dish
  • What words refer to the place where food is prepared and cooked?
    kitchen, cookhouse, bakery, butchery, food processing plant, restaurant
  • What words describe how well a person cooks?
    good cook, bad cook, tremendous cook, fantastic cook
  • What words describe how thoroughly something has been cooked?
    raw, rare, medium, well done, under done, under cooked, over cooked, burnt, burned to a crisp, crispy, charred, just right
  • What words refer to a set of instructions for cooking something?
    recipe, ingredients, instructions, measurements

    • 5.2.1.1 Cooking methods

    Use this domain for words referring to various ways of cooking food. It is necessary to think through different kinds of food and how they are cooked. An example is given below for cooking eggs.

  • What words refer to various ways of cooking food?
    cook, bake, baste, boil, boil over, braise, brew, broil, brown (v), fry, deep fat fry, grill, marinate, pan-fry, parboil, pickle, poach, roast, sauté, season, sift, simmer, steam, stew, stir fry,
  • What ways can you cook an egg?
    boil, fry, scramble, poach, bake
  • What words describe something that has been cooked?
    cooked, boiled, braised, broiled, fried, grilled, marinated, parboiled, pickled, poached, sautéed, stewed,
  • What words describe something that is being cooked?
    sizzle,

    • 5.2.1.2 Steps in food preparation

    Use this domain for words related to the steps in food preparation. One way to find the words in this domain is to describe how each type of food is prepared.

  • What are the steps in preparing food?
    gather ingredients, add ingredients, pour into dish, dilute, thicken, concentrated, dissolve, sweeten,
  • What words refer to cutting up ingredients?
    shred, grate, slice, cut up, chop, dice, cube, quarter, halve, mince, grind,
  • What words refer to mixing ingredients?
    mix, stir, knead, toss, tossed, whisk, beat,
  • What words refer to allowing food to ripen?
    ripen, age (cheese), allow cream to rise, allow bread to rise,

    • 5.2.1.2.1 Remove shell, skin

    Use this domain for words related to removing the shell or skin from food.

  • What words refer to removing the shell or skin from food?
    shell, skin, pare, peel, husk

    • 5.2.1.2.2 Pound in mortar and pestle

    Use this domain for words related to pounding food in a mortar.

  • What words refer to pounding food in a mortar?
    mortar, pestle, pound

    • 5.2.1.2.3 Grind flour

    Use this domain for words related to grinding flour.

  • What words refer to grinding flour?
    grind, mill
  • What words refer to the grain before it is ground?
    grain
  • What words refer to the flour after it is ground?
    flour, wheat flour, corn flour, millet flour
  • What tools are used to grind flour?
    mill, flourmill, grind stone, millstone, grinder, grinding mill, flour sack

    • 5.2.1.3 Cooking utensil

    Use this domain for words related to cooking utensils.

    OMC Codes: 
    415 Utensils
  • What general words refer to cooking utensils?
    utensil, tool, appliance
  • What utensils are used to cut food?
    knife, paring knife, bread knife, butcher knife, cleaver, grater, cutting board, chopping block
  • What utensils are used to break up and crush food?
    mortar and pestle, meat tenderizer, grinder, meat grinder
  • What utensils are used to move, stir, mix and turn food?
    pancake turner, spatula, whisk, stirring spoon, wooden spoon, meat fork, spit, mixer, blender
  • What containers are used to mix food?
    mixing bowl
  • What utensils are used to measure ingredients?
    measuring cup, measuring spoon
  • What utensils are used to handle hot pans?
    hot pad, oven mitt
  • What containers are used to cook food?
    pot, pan, frying pan, baking pan, casserole dish, cookie sheet, kettle
  • What appliances are used to cook food?
    oven, stove, grill, broiler, toaster, toaster oven, microwave oven, barbeque, fireplace
  • What appliances are used to store food?
    refrigerator, freezer, icebox, cupboard, pantry
  • What are the parts of these utensils?
    handle (of a pot, knife), blade (of a knife), lid (of a pot, container), lip (of a bowl), door (of an oven, refrigerator, cupboard), shelf (of a refrigerator, cupboard), rack (of an oven, grill)

    • 5.2.1.4 Food storage

    Use this domain for words referring to food preservation and storage.

  • What words refer to preserving food?
    preserve
  • What methods and materials are used to preserve food?
    dry, salt, preservative
  • What words refer to storing food?
    store, save, leftovers
  • What containers are used to store food?
    container, jar, bottle, canister, spice rack, flour sack, bag, granary

    • 5.2.1.5 Serve food

    Use this domain for words related to serving food.

  • What words refer to serving food?
    serve, dish up, to ladle
  • Who serves food?
    servant, waiter, waitress, butler
  • What is a piece of food called?
    portion, piece, last piece, slice, share
  • What is the best piece called?
    delicacy, best piece
  • What utensils are used to serve food?
    serving dish, serving platter, serving spoon, ladle, tureen, soup bowl, salad bowl, pot, common dish
  • Where is food served?
    dining room, restaurant, banquet hall, serving line, buffet, soup line

    • 5.2.2 Eat

    Use this domain for words related to eating.

    Related domains: 
    5.2.2.1 Bite, chew
    OMC Codes: 
    260 Food Consumption
    262 Diet
    264 Eating
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23A Eat, Drink
  • What general words refer to eating food?
    eat, consume, ingest, partake
  • What words refer to licking with the tongue?
    lick
  • What words refer to swallowing?
    swallow, gulp
  • What words refer to difficulty in swallowing?
    choke, gag
  • What words refer to feeding someone?
    feed (someone), force-feed

    • 5.2.2.1 Bite, chew

    Use this domain for words referring to biting and chewing with the teeth.

    Related domains: 
    5.2.2 Eat
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23B Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking x
  • What words refer to biting something?
    bite, bite into, bite off, take a bite, chomp down on, champ, crunch,
  • What words refer to biting someone?
    give someone a bite, sink your teeth into, snap at,
  • What words refer to a wound caused by an animal biting you?
    bite,
  • What words refer to chewing?
    chew, gnaw, masticate
  • What refer to grinding your teeth together?
    grind your teeth, gnash, clench your teeth,
  • What words refer to swallowing?
    swallow,

    • 5.2.2.2 Meal

    Use this domain for words related to a meal.

  • What general words refer to a time when people eat?
    meal, mealtime
  • What words refer to a meal eaten at a particular time of day?
    breakfast, lunch, supper, brunch, mid afternoon snack, midnight snack, tea, luncheon,
  • What words refer to the main meal of the day?
    dinner
  • What words refer to a small meal?
    snack, light breakfast, light meal
  • What words refer to a meal eaten outside?
    picnic,
  • What words refer to eating a meal?
    dine, breakfast (v), lunch (v), snack (v)
  • What do people say at the beginning of a meal?
    Let's say grace. Let's thank the Lord for the food. Let's eat. Dig in.
  • What do people say when they want something?
    (Please) pass (the salt). May I have (the salt, please).
  • What do people say when they are done eating?
    Thank you. May I be excused.

    • 5.2.2.3 Feast

    Use this domain for words related to a feast.

  • What words refer to a large or important meal?
    dinner, banquet, feast
  • What are the parts of a feast?
    first course, main course
  • Who is the leader of a feast?
    host, master of ceremonies
  • Who is invited to a feast?
    guest, dinner guest, guest of honor
  • What happens at a feast?
    propose a toast

    • 5.2.2.4 Manner of eating

    Use this domain for words describing the manner in which a person eats.

  • What words refer to eating before others?
    eat before others, eat early
  • What words refer to tasting a little food to see if it tastes good?
    taste, test, sample
  • What words refer to eating a little?
    eat a little, nibble, snack, go on a diet, to diet, diet (n)
  • What words refer to eating a lot?
    eat a lot, eat too much, be a glutton, gluttony, eat like a pig, pig out
  • What words refer to eating fast?
    gobble, inhale, wolf down, devour, eat fast
  • What words refer to eating more than your share?
    eat more than your share, be greedy
  • What words refer to eating two things together?
    (no words in English, but some in North American Indian languages)

    • 5.2.2.5 Hungry, thirsty

    Use this domain for words related to being hungry or thirsty.

    OMC Codes: 
    261 Gratification and Control of Hunger
    271 Water and Thirst
  • What words refer to being hungry?
    hungry, hunger, famished, starved, ravenous,
  • What are the symptoms of hunger?
    hunger pains, stomach is growling
  • What words refer to being thirsty?
    thirsty, thirst, dying of thirst, parched
  • What words refer to how much you can eat or want to eat?
    appetite, big appetite, small appetite
  • What words refer to not wanting to eat?
    lack of appetite, no appetite, not hungry

    • 5.2.2.6 Satiated, full

    Use this domain for words related to being full of food.

  • What words refer to being full of food?
    be full, have had enough, couldn't eat another thing, bloated, stuffed, on a full stomach, satisfied, satiated, no more room,
  • What words describe food that makes you feel full?
    filling, heavy, stodgy,

    • 5.2.2.7 Drink

    Use this domain for words related to drinking.

    OMC Codes: 
    271 Water and Thirst
  • What general words refer to drinking?
    drink, drunk, take a drink
  • What words describe the manner in which a person can drink?
    guzzle, gulp, gulp down, swig, sip, suck, pour down your throat, inhale, to down (something)
  • What words refer to what is drunk?
    drink (n)
  • What expressions are used to ask for a drink?
  • What expressions are used to offer a drink?

    • 5.2.2.8 Eating utensil

    Use this domain for words related to eating utensils.

    OMC Codes: 
    415 Utensils
  • What words refer to the utensils used to cut and move food?
    eating utensil, knife, butter knife, steak knife, fork, dessert fork, spoon, teaspoon, soup spoon, spatula, serving spoon, chopsticks,
  • What words refer to a dish for food?
    plate, dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, cereal bowl
  • What words refer to a dish for drinking?
    cup, glass, mug, goblet
  • What utensils are used for catching spilled food?
    bib, napkin (serviette), placemat
  • What words refer to the utensils used by one person?
    place setting
  • What words refer to preparing the table for eating?
    set the table

    • 5.2.2.9 Fast, not eat

    Use this domain for words related to fasting--to not eat for a period of time.

  • What words refer fasting?
    to fast, fast (n), not eat, go without food
  • What words refer to different kinds of fasts?
    neither eat nor drink, liquid diet, daytime fast, total fast
  • What words refer to stopping a fast?
    break a fast

    • 5.2.3 Types of food

    Use this domain for words related to types of food.

  • What words refer to major types of food?
    cereal, staple, meat, fruit, vegetable, salad, raw food, cooked food, condiment, main dish, side dish
  • What words describe whether something can be eaten or not?
    edible, inedible
  • What words describe food?
    tender, tough, crisp, crispy, raw, stale, fresh

    • 5.2.3.1 Food from plants

    Use this domain for words related to food from plants.

    Related domains: 
    1.5 Plant
    OMC Codes: 
    137h Crops and vegetables
  • What words refer to plants that can be eaten?
    edible plants
  • What words refer to a person (or animal) who only eats plants?
    vegetarian

    • 5.2.3.1.1 Food from seeds

    Use this domain for words related to food from seeds.

  • What general words refer to seeds that are eaten?
    seed, grain, cereal, bean, legume, nut,
  • What types of grain are eaten?
    rice, wheat, corn, maize, barley, sesame, millet, sorghum, oat,
  • What types of nuts are eaten?
    peanut, groundnut, cashew, walnut, almond, cola nut, palm nut, coconut, cocoa nut
  • What types of beans are eaten?
    green bean, lima bean, kidney bean, pea, cowpea, soybean
  • What other types of seeds are eaten?
    cottonseed, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds

    • 5.2.3.1.2 Food from fruit

    Use this domain for words related to food from fruit.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    3D Fruit Parts of Plants
  • What types of fruit are eaten?
    apple, apricot, avocado, banana, berry, blueberry, breadfruit, carob, citrus, cranberry, date, fig, flaxseed, grape, grapefruit, hayseed, jackfruit, legume, lemon, lime, linseed, mango, olive, orange, papaya, passion fruit, pea, peach, pear, pineapple, plantain, plum, prune, raisin, raspberry, strawberry, tomato

    • 5.2.3.1.3 Food from vegetables

    Use this domain for words related to food from vegetables.

  • What types of vegetables are eaten?
    vegetable, tomato, leek, squash, carrot, beans, greens, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, eggplant, okra, pumpkin, cucumber, red pepper, green pepper, cassava leaf
  • What types of gourds are eaten?
    gourd, pumpkin, squash, eggplant

    • 5.2.3.1.4 Food from leaves

    Use this domain for words referring to food from leaves and stems.

  • What types of leaves are eaten?
    leafy vegetable, salad, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, pumpkin leaves, cowpea leaves
  • What types of stems are eaten?
    sugarcane, rhubarb, celery

    • 5.2.3.1.5 Food from roots

    Use this domain for words referring to food from roots.

  • What types of roots are eaten?
    potato, sweet potato, carrot, onion, beet, cassava, yam, ginger

    • 5.2.3.2 Food from animals

    Use this domain for words referring to eating meat and to types of animals that are eaten. Only include those animals that are commonly eaten, especially those that are domesticated.

    Related domains: 
    1.6 Animal
    OMC Codes: 
    266 Cannibalism
  • What words refer to a person (or animal) who only eats meat?
    carnivore, carnivorous, meat eating
  • What types of animals are eaten?
    beef (cow), mutton (sheep), venison (deer)
  • What types of birds are eaten?
    chicken, turkey
  • What types of fish are eaten?
    tuna, trout, sardines
  • What types of reptiles are eaten?
    frog legs
  • What types of insects can be eaten?
    edible insects, white ant, termite, grub, locust
  • What words refer to honey and other insect products that can be eaten?
    honey
  • What types of small animals are eaten?
    shrimp, lobster
  • What words refer to eating human flesh?
    cannibal

    • 5.2.3.2.1 Meat

    Use this domain for words referring to meat and types of animals that are eaten. Only include those animals that are commonly eaten.

  • What general words refer to meat?
    meat
  • What words refer to different types of meat?
    ground beef, steak
  • What words refer to fat?
    fat, grease
  • What words refer to cartilage and other hard parts that are not eaten?
    gristle

    • 5.2.3.2.2 Milk products

    Use this domain for words related to milk products.

  • What types of milk products are eaten?
    milk, butter, cheese, cream, whey, milk solids, butterfat, yogurt, curd

    • 5.2.3.2.3 Egg dishes

    Use this domain for words related to food made from eggs.

  • What words refer to egg dishes?
    boiled egg, fried egg, scrambled eggs, poached egg, omelet, baked eggs, quiche, caviar (fish eggs)

    • 5.2.3.3 Cooking ingredients

    Use this domain for general words referring to ingredients--the things that are added together when preparing food.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    5B Condiments
  • What general words refer to ingredients?
    ingredient
  • What words refer to thickeners?
    thickener, cornstarch, pectin, egg, gelatin, agar, wheat flour, corn flour, tapioca flour, cassava flour, sago flour, rice flour, glutinous rice flour,

    • 5.2.3.3.1 Sugar

    Use this domain for words related to sugar.

  • What words refer to sugar?
    sugar, sweetener, granulated sugar, white sugar, brown sugar, sugar cube, grain of sugar,
  • What words describe something that has sugar in it?
    sweet, sugary, sweetened,
  • What words refer to putting sugar in food?
    sweeten, sprinkle,
  • What containers are used for sugar?
    spoonful of sugar, sugar bowl

    • 5.2.3.3.2 Salt

    Use this domain for words related to salt.

  • What words refer to salt?
    salt, salty, saline, to salt, grain of salt,
  • What containers are used for salt?
    saltshaker

    • 5.2.3.3.3 Spice

    Use this domain for spices--things that are added to food to make them taste better.

  • What general words refer to spice?
    spice, flavoring, seasoning
  • What types of spices are there?
    pepper, curry, oregano, thyme, cinnamon, bay leaf, parsley, nutmeg, mint, cumin
  • What words refer to adding spice to food?
    spice, flavor, season
  • What words describe food to which spice has been added?
    spicy, flavorful, seasoned

    • 5.2.3.3.4 Leaven

    Use this domain for leaven--things that are added to food to make them ferment.

  • What words refer to leaven?
    leaven, yeast, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate), rising agent
  • What words refer to adding leaven to food?
    leaven
  • What words refer to what happens to food when leaven is added?
    rise, ferment

    • 5.2.3.3.5 Cooking oil

    Use this domain for words related to cooking oil.

  • What words refer to oil used in cooking?
    cooking oil, oil, margarine, shortening
  • What seeds are used to make oil?
    olive, corn, canola, cottonseed,

    • 5.2.3.4 Prepared food

    Use this domain for words referring to prepared food. Cultures vary widely in the number and types of foods they prepare, and in how they classify them. For instance the English distinction between main dish and side dish is not found in the classification system of other languages. If your language has well-recognized subcategories, you can set up a separate subdomain for each. The questions below are based on the main ingredient in the dish.

    OMC Codes: 
    263 Condiments
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    5B Condiments
  • What general words refer to prepared food?
    cooked food, prepared food, dish, course
  • What words refer to a major class of prepared food?
    main dish, side dish, meat dish, casserole, vegetable, staple, bread, soup, salad, fruit, condiment, dessert, candy, cookie, sweets, savories, snack
  • What general words refer to a food made primarily from meat?
    meat dish, main dish, main course
  • What types of foods are made primarily from meat?
    roast beef, steak, fried chicken, fish and chips, hamburger, hotdog, pizza, spaghetti, casserole, lasagna, stew
  • What foods are made primarily from staple foods?
    mashed potatoes and gravy, pasta, cooked rice, stuffing, oatmeal, porridge, cereal, mush
  • What types of bread are there?
    bread, pastry, brown bread, white bread, biscuit, muffin, roll, sweetbread, sandwich, tortilla, toast, loaf
  • What foods are made primarily from fruit?
    cranberry sauce, applesauce, fruit salad
  • What foods are made primarily from vegetables?
    side dish, vegetable, carrot sticks, onion rings
  • What foods are made primarily from leaves and stems?
    salad, tossed salad, green salad, coleslaw
  • What words refer to foods that contain a lot of water and are boiled?
    soup, tomato soup, split green pea soup, clam chowder, broth, stew, gravy
  • What types of condiments are there (foods that people only eat a little of, because they are expensive, strong tasting, or are added to other foods to flavor them)?
    condiment, garnish, pickle, olive, black olive, green olive, tomato sauce, catsup, mustard, mayonnaise, peanut butter, jam, jelly, preserves
  • What words refer to sweet foods?
    dessert, sweet (n), cake, ice cream, pie, cobbler, cookie, cinnamon roll, candy, chocolate, chocolate bar, pudding, lollipop, syrup, treacle,
  • What foods are eaten away from home (for instance on a journey or at work)?
    sack lunch, picnic lunch, dried food, C-rations, fast food

    • 5.2.3.5 Prohibited food

    Use this domain for words that describe food that is prohibited by the culture or religion. Do not list the foods that are prohibited.

  • What words describe food that is prohibited?
    prohibited food, taboo food, unclean
  • What words describe food that is not prohibited?
    kosher

    • 5.2.3.6 Beverage

    Use this domain for words referring to things people drink.

    OMC Codes: 
    272 Nonalcoholic Beverages
  • What general words refer to things people drink?
    beverage, drink
  • What types of drinks are there?
    water, milk, juice, tea, coffee, soda, soda pop, coke, milkshake, malt, chocolate

    • 5.2.3.7 Alcoholic beverage

    Use this domain for types of beverages containing alcohol.

    OMC Codes: 
    273 Alcoholic Beverages
    270 Drink and Drugs
    Drink, Drugs and Indulgence
  • What general words refer to alcoholic beverages?
    alcoholic beverage, alcohol, liquor
  • What types of alcoholic drinks are there?
    beer, wine, rice wine, sake, mead, whiskey, vodka, millet beer, banana beer,
  • What words refer to how much alcohol is in a beverage?
    proof

    • 5.2.3.7.1 Alcohol preparation

    Use this domain for words related to making alcoholic beverages.

    OMC Codes: 
    274 Beverage Industries
  • What words refer to making alcoholic beverages?
    brew
  • What are the steps in brewing?
    ferment, distill, mellow, age, ripen
  • What foodstuffs are used to make alcohol?
    hops, yeast, millet, corn (maize), rice
  • What equipment and materials are used to brew alcohol?
    distillery, brewery, still, filter

    • 5.2.3.7.2 Drunk

    Use this domain for words related to drinking alcohol and the effect it has on a person.

    OMC Codes: 
    275 Drinking Establishment
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    88K' Drunkenness
  • What words refer to drinking alcohol?
    drink, imbibe
  • What words refer to someone who drinks a lot of alcohol?
    drunkard, drunk, wino, alcoholic
  • What words refer to the effect alcohol has on a person?
    be drunk, be intoxicated, soused, had too many, under the influence, drink under the table
  • What words refer to the aftereffects of being drunk?
    hangover
  • What words refer to a drinking establishment?
    bar, saloon, bartender

    • 5.2.4 Tobacco

    Use this domain for words related to using tobacco.

    OMC Codes: 
    277 Tobacco Industry
  • What words refer to tobacco?
    tobacco, cigarette, pack of cigarettes, cigar, pipe, chewing tobacco
  • What methods of using tobacco are there?
    smoke, light up, light (a cigarette), chew
  • What tools are used to smoke or chew tobacco?
    filter, pipe cleaner, ashtray, spittoon
  • What words refer to a person who smokes tobacco?
    smoker
  • What affect does tobacco have on a person?
    smokers cough, smokers hack, habit, addiction, lung cancer
  • What is produced by smoking tobacco?
    cigarette ash, cigarette smoke, cigarette butt
  • What does tobacco contain?
    nicotine, tar

    • 5.2.5 Narcotic

    Use this domain for words related to narcotics and drugs that are not used as medicine but as stimulants. Narcotics are often addicting and harmful to a person's health.

    OMC Codes: 
    276 Recreational and Non-therapeutic Drugs
    Narcotics and Stimulants
  • What general words refer to narcotics?
    narcotic, drug,
  • What types of narcotics are there?
    marijuana, bhang, LSD, heroin, opium
  • What words refer to taking drugs?
    take drugs, be on drugs
  • What tools are used to take drugs?
    drug paraphernalia
  • What words refer to a person who takes drugs?
    addict, user, junkie,
  • What words refer to a dosage of drugs?
    joint,
  • What affect do drugs have on people?
    addiction, dependence, be high
  • What words refer to being addicted to drugs?
    be addicted, dependent, be hooked,
  • What words refer to the need for drugs?
    addiction, habit, dependence,
  • What words describe a drug that makes people addicted?
    addictive,

    • 5.2.6 Stimulant

    Use this domain for words related to stimulants--substances that are drunk, eaten, or chewed to make a person more alert or give him more energy.

    OMC Codes: 
    276 Recreational and Non-therapeutic Drugs
    Narcotics and Stimulants
  • What general words refer to stimulants?
    stimulant
  • What types of stimulants are there?
    coffee, tea, mate, hookah, chewing gum, beetle nut,

    • 5.3 Clothing

    Use this domain for words related to clothing.

    OMC Codes: 
    290 Clothing
    291 Normal Garb
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6Q Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials
  • What general words refer to clothing?
    clothing, clothes, dress
  • What words describe clothing?
    shabby,

    • 5.3.1 Men's clothing

    Use this domain for words related to men's clothing.

  • What words refer to pieces of men's clothing?
    shirt, pants, trousers, short pants, sock, stocking, shoe, boot, belt, hat, cap, underclothes, underwear, tie, suit, vest, coat, gloves, robe, pajamas, overcoat,

    • 5.3.2 Women's clothing

    Use this domain for words related to women's clothing.

  • What words refer to pieces of women's clothing?
    dress, skirt, blouse, underwear, slip, petticoat, bra, shoe, sock, nylons, stockings, hat, glove, sweater, coat, nightgown, maternity dress, belt, scarf, shawl, veil,

    • 5.3.3 Traditional clothing

    Use this domain for words related to traditional clothing.

  • What general words refer to traditional clothing?
    old fashioned, period costume
  • What words refer to different kinds of traditional clothing?
    top hat, cravat, bustle, turban, headdress,

    • 5.3.4 Clothes for special occasions

    Use this domain for words referring to special clothes worn on special occasions. It is necessary to think through all the various special occasions in the culture and think of any special clothes worn on those occasions. Two examples are given below for work and graduation, but there are many others.

    OMC Codes: 
    292 Special Garments
  • What general words refer to clothes worn on a special occasion?
    sports clothes, work clothes, formal clothes, informal, office wear
  • What special clothes are worn for work?
    work clothes, overalls, coveralls, apron, work gloves, hardhat, steel-toed shoes, boots, goggles
  • What special clothes are worn for graduation?
    cap and gown

    • 5.3.5 Clothes for special people

    Use this domain for special clothes worn by special people. It is necessary to think through all the various special types of people in the culture and think of any special clothes worn by them. Several examples are given below, but there are many others.

  • What special clothes are worn by police or soldiers?
    uniform, dress uniform, fatigues, camouflage, helmet, beret, cap, gasmask, braid,
  • What kinds of uniforms are there?
    police uniform, military uniform, nurse's uniform, band uniform
  • What special clothes are worn by religious people?
    habit (nun), cowl (monk), robe
  • What special clothes are worn by the king?
    purple cloth, crown, royal robes
  • What special clothes are worn by doctors?
    greens, surgical suit, white coat, nurses cap

    • 5.3.6 Parts of clothing

    Use this domain for words related to parts of clothing.

    OMC Codes: 
    293 Paraphernalia
  • What words refer to parts of clothing?
    belt loop, bodice, collar, cowl, crease, cuff, fringe, hem, hood, lapel, leg, neck, neckband, neckline, placket, pocket, sash, seam, seat, shirttail, skirt, sleeve, slit, tassel, waist, waistband, waistline,
  • What words refer to parts of shoes?
    sole, shoelace, bootlace, eye, tongue, toe, heel, insole, strap, buckle, thong
  • What words refer to parts of hats?
    brim, peak, ribbon
  • What things are used to hold parts of clothes together?
    belt buckle, button, buttonhole, clasp, cuff-link, lace, snap, zip, zipper,

    • 5.3.7 Wear clothing

    Use this domain for words related to wearing clothing.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    49 Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
  • What words refer to wearing clothing?
    wear, have on, be clothed, clad, shod,
  • What words refer to putting clothing on?
    to dress, get dressed, put on, clothe, get into, throw on, jump into, don, tuck in, button, zip, tie
  • What words refer to taking clothing off?
    to undress, get undressed, take off, strip, rip off, get out of
  • What words refer to not wearing a piece of clothing?
    barefoot, shoeless, shirtless, hatless, unshod, topless,

    • 5.3.8 Naked

    Use this domain for words related to being naked--not wearing any clothes, and for words referring to how a person feels about being naked. It is a part of universal human experience that people do not want to be naked. So there are words that refer to feeling bad if one does not have enough clothes on (shame). Other words refer to wanting to have enough clothes (modest). Other words refer to how people feel about other people who do not wear enough clothes
    (indecent).

  • What words refer to being naked?
    be naked, nakedness, nude, nudity, unclothed, nothing on, not have anything on, stripped, bare, expose (oneself)
  • What words refer to not wearing enough clothes?
    dress immodestly, immodest, impropriety, indecent
  • What words refer to not wanting to be naked?
    modest, propriety, decent
  • What words refer to feeling bad if you are naked?
    shame, embarrassed, blush

    • 5.3.9 Style of clothing

    Use this domain for words related to clothing styles.

  • What words describe the style of your clothing?
    style, stylish, in style, fashion, out of fashion, modern, traditional, old-fashioned

    • 5.4 Adornment

    Use this domain for words related to adornment.

    OMC Codes: 
    300 Adornment
    515 Personal Hygiene
    302 Toilet
    305 Beauty Specialists
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    49 Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
  • What general words refer to making yourself look better?
    adorn, beautify, make oneself attractive, personal care, hygiene, toilet, look your best,
  • What general words refer to things people put on themselves in addition to clothes?
    adornment, accessories, decoration

    • 5.4.1 Jewelry

    Use this domain for objects such as jewelry that are put on or attached to the body or to the clothes as decoration.

    OMC Codes: 
    301 Ornament
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6R Adornments
  • What words refer to jewelry?
    jewelry, accessory, ornament
  • What words refer to types of jewelry?
    earring, necklace, brooch, hairclip, comb, belt, hat, glasses, sunglasses, handkerchief,
  • What words refer to jewelry worn on the hands and arms?
    ring, bracelet, watch, armband, cuff link, bangle,
  • What words refer to jewelry worn on the legs?
    anklet,
  • What words refer to putting on or having on jewelry?
    bedeck, adorn

    • 5.4.2 Cosmetics

    Use this domain for words related to cosmetics--things you put on your skin to make yourself beautiful in appearance.

  • What words refer to cosmetics?
    cosmetics, make-up,
  • What words refer to types of cosmetics?
    lipstick, cream, powder, blusher, eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation, mascara, rouge, nail polish, moisturizer, eye pencil, lotion, ointment,
  • What words refer to putting on cosmetics?
    put on makeup, apply cosmetics, make up, powder your nose
  • What words refer to having cosmetics on?
    have on, wear,
  • What words describe someone who is wearing cosmetics?
    made-up,

    • 5.4.3 Care for hair

    Use this domain for words related to caring for your hair.

    Related domains: 
    2.1.5 Hair
  • What words refer to actions done to the hair?
    braid, plait, perm, dye, style
  • What words describe the condition of a person's hair?
    hair condition, dry, greasy, split end, tangled, combed, uncombed
  • What words refer to a person that cares for people's hair?
    beautician, hair stylist,
  • What words refer to a business that cares for people's hair?
    beauty salon, beauty parlor, barber shop, hair salon,

    • 5.4.3.1 Comb hair

    Use this domain for words related to combing your hair.

  • What words refer to combing the hair?
    to comb, comb, brush, pick, tangle, snarl, rats nest

    • 5.4.3.2 Plait hair

    Use this domain for words related to plaiting your hair.

  • What words refer to plaiting the hair?
    plait, braid
  • What kinds of braids are there?
    French braid
  • What techniques are used?
  • What things are used?

    • 5.4.3.3 Dye hair

    Use this domain for words related to dying your hair.

  • What words refer to dying the hair?
    to dye, to color, tint, dye
  • What words describe the color of a person's hair?
    hair color, black, brown, brunette, blond, auburn, red, redhead, dyed, bleached
  • What techniques are used to dye hair?
    dye, rinse
  • What things are used to dye hair?
    hair coloring

    • 5.4.3.4 Hairstyle

    Use this domain for words related to hairstyles.

  • What words refer to the style of a woman's hair?
    hairstyle, short hair, long hair, braid, wig,
  • What words refer to the style of a man's hair?
    blocked, buzz, crew cut, military cut, long, shaved, tonsure
  • What words refer to fixing a person's hair in a particular style?
    style (v), braid (v), fix, curl, cut, arrange,
  • What words describe a hairstyle?
    curled, wavy, straight, bobbed, pigtailed,

    • 5.4.3.5 Cut hair

    Use this domain for words related to cutting hair.

  • What words refer to cutting hair?
    cut, trim, haircut, barber, scissors, haircutters
  • What words refer to a person who cuts hair?
    barber, hairdresser
  • What words refer to a place where hair is cut?
    barbershop, hair salon
  • What tools are used to cut hair?
    scissors, haircutters, shears

    • 5.4.3.6 Shave

    Use this domain for words related to shaving.

  • What words refer to shaving off your hair?
    shave
  • What tools are used to shave?
    razor, safety razor, razorblade, razor strap, shaving cream, shaving soap, shaving brush
  • What words describe someone who has shaved?
    clean-shaven,

    • 5.4.4 Care for the teeth

    Use this domain for words related to caring for your teeth.

    Related domains: 
    2.1.1.5 Tooth
    2.5.2.4 Tooth decay
  • What words refer to caring for your teeth?
    clean, brush, floss, pick your teeth, gargle
  • What do people use to clean their teeth?
    toothbrush, floss, toothpick, toothpaste, mouthwash,
  • What words are used to describe the condition of your teeth?
    clean, dirty, yellow, decayed, chipped, loose, worn, bad breath, food stuck between the teeth

    • 5.4.5 Anoint the body

    Use this domain for words related to anointing the body.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6U Perfumes and Incense
    47C Application and Removal of Liquids or Masses
  • What words refer to anointing the body?
    anoint, perfume, smear, douse
  • What materials are used to anoint the body?
    perfume, deodorant, scent, oil, fat, aftershave,

    • 5.4.6 Ritual scar

    Use this domain for words related to ritual scarring.

    OMC Codes: 
    304 Body Alterations
    Mutilation
  • What words refer to a scar or mark deliberately made to decorate the body?
    tribal scar, tattoo (n), mutilation
  • What words refer to making the scar?
    tattoo (v), get a tattoo
  • What instruments and materials are used?
    pigment
  • What words refer to filing the teeth?
    file teeth

    • 5.4.6.1 Circumcision

    Use this domain for words related to circumcision.

    Related domains: 
    2.6.4.7 Initiation
  • What words refer to circumcision?
    circumcise, circumcision
  • What part is cut off?
    foreskin
  • What tools and materials are used?
    razor blade, bandage, anesthesia, antiseptic
  • Who does the operation?
    surgeon
  • What words refer to female circumcision?
    (no words in English)

    • 5.4.7 Care for the fingernails

    Use this domain for words related to caring for the fingernails.

  • What words are used to describe the process of caring for the nails?
    manicure, clean, cut, clip, trim, shape, sharpen
  • What tools are used to care for the nails?
    clippers, scissors, file
  • What is a piece of a cut off fingernail called?
    fingernail clippings
  • What words describe when a nail grows into the finger or toe and causes a sore?
    ingrown nail
  • What do people do with their nails?
    to bite (your nails), scratch
  • What words are used of painting the nails?
    paint, polish, nail polish
  • What words are used to describe the condition of the nails?
    long, clean, dirty, dirt under the nails, chipped, curved

    • 5.5 Fire

    Use this domain for general words that refer to fire and for words referring to types of fire. These words may be specific for what is being burned (forest fire 'a fire burning a forest'), the size of the fire (inferno 'a very large hot fire'), or the place where the fire burns (hellfire 'the fire in hell').

    OMC Codes: 
    372 Fire
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    2C Fire
  • What general words refer to a fire?
    fire, combustion,
  • What types of fire are there?
    fireball, torch, firebrand, fireworks, firecracker, burn a field before planting,
  • What words refer to what is being burned?
    house fire, forest fire, grass fire, wood fire, oil fire
  • What words refer to the size of the fire?
    spark, flame, flicker, finger, tongue, flare, blaze, conflagration, inferno, raging inferno
  • What words refer to where the fire is?
    campfire, hellfire
  • What words refer to a fire started by accident?
    blaze, the flames,
  • What words refer to a fire started on purpose?
    cook fire, bonfire, controlled fire,
  • What words refer to deliberately burning something?
    burn something, set something on fire, set fire to, torch (v),
  • What words refer to the crime of burning someone's house or field?
    arson, arsonist
  • What words describe something that burns easily?
    flammable, inflammable, combustible
  • What words describe something that will not burn?
    fireproof, unburnable, fire-resistant, unquenchable

    • 5.5.1 Light a fire

    Use this domain for words related to lighting a fire.

  • What words are used of a person starting a fire?
    light a fire, build a fire, make a fire, start a fire, ignite, light a match, set on fire, set fire to something, blow into flames, kindle,
  • What words refer to something beginning to burn?
    catch fire, start burning, burst into flames, spark, smolder
  • What things are used to start fires?
    match, matchstick, matchbox, flint and steel, cigarette lighter, lighter fluid, tinderbox,
  • What materials are used as kindling?
    kindling, tinder, punk

    • 5.5.2 Tend a fire

    Use this domain for words that refer to tending a fire--to keep a fire burning so that it burns well and does not go out.

  • What words refer to keeping a fire burning?
    tend a fire
  • What words refer to adding fuel to a fire?
    feed a fire, stoke a fire, throw another log on the fire
  • What words refer to blowing on a fire to make it bigger?
    fan a fire, fan into flames, blow on a fire, bellows, pump bellows
  • What words refer to making a fire bigger?
    build up a fire
  • What words refer to restarting a fire that has died down?
    rekindle
  • What words refer to keeping a fire from going out, such as covering a fire with ashes to keep it from going out during the night?
    bank a fire,
  • What words refer to taking something out of a fire?
    pull out of the fire, snatch from the flames,
  • What words refer to something taken out of a fire?
    firebrand
  • What words refer to a person who is responsible to make sure the fire does not go out?
    preserver of the fire,
  • What words refer to sharing fire with a neighbor whose fire has gone out?
    (no words in English)
  • What things are used to carry fire?
    fire pan, brazier
  • What tools are used to tend a fire?
    poker, tongs, wick trimmer, snuffer,

    • 5.5.3 Extinguish a fire

    Use this domain for all the ways a person can stop a fire.

  • What words refer to a fire stopping?
    die down, go out, burn itself out
  • What general words are used of a person stopping a fire?
    extinguish, put out (a fire), fight (a fire), stub out (a cigarette),
  • What words are used of stopping a fire with water?
    douse (a fire), quench (a fire)
  • What words are used of stopping a fire by blowing on it?
    blow out (a candle)
  • What words are used of stopping a fire by covering it?
    smother (a fire), snuff out (a flame)
  • What words refer to a person whose job is to stop fires?
    fireman, firefighter
  • What equipment is used to stop a fire?
    fire engine, fire truck, fire extinguisher

    • 5.5.4 Burn

    Use this domain for verbs that are used of fire: "The fire is ____." In some languages there are verbs for what is happening to the thing that is burning: "The house is ____."

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    14H Burning
  • What words refer to a fire burning?
    burn
  • What words describe a fire that is burning well?
    blaze, ablaze, burn fiercely, burn brightly, burn hot
  • What words describe a fire that is not burning well?
    die down, smolder
  • What words describe a fire that starts to burn again after having died down?
    flare up, flame up
  • What words describe the appearance of fire?
    flicker, dance, glow
  • What words refer to a fire burning something?
    burn something,
  • What words refer to something burning partly?
    blacken, scorch, singe,
  • What words refer to something burning completely?
    burn up, burn down, burn to the ground, consume, incinerate, destroy by fire, reduce to ashes,
  • What words refer to a fire making something hot?
    to heat something, to warm something
  • What words refer to something burning?
    be burning, go up in flames, go up in smoke, be in flames,
  • What words describe something that has been burned?
    burnt,

    • 5.5.5 What fires produce

    Use this domain for words related to the things that fires produce.

  • What do fires produce?
    flames, heat, light, smoke, fumes, exhaust, sparks, ash, soot
  • What words refer to a fire giving off something?
    to smoke, give off sparks, send up sparks, give off heat, glow
  • What words refer to smoke?
    smoke, smoky, blue with smoke, haze, smog
  • What do sparks do?
    shoot up, fly out, land on things
  • What sounds do fires make?
    crackle, pop, hiss, roar of the flames
  • What words refer to wood after it has been burning?
    embers, coals, live coals
  • What is left behind by a fire?
    ash, blackened wood, charred remains
  • What words refer to the material that is left on things near a fire?
    soot
  • What words refer to an area of ground that has been burned?
    burn (n), burned off area

    • 5.5.6 Fuel

    Use this domain for types of fuel and for words used in making, collecting, storing, or using fuel. This domain includes the scenario of collecting firewood.

  • What words refer to the thing that is burned by a fire?
    fuel
  • What types of things are normally used as fuel?
    wood, coal, charcoal, oil, gas, candle wax, kindling
  • What words refer to firewood?
    firewood, bundle of firewood, piece of firewood, stack of firewood
  • What words refer to collecting fuel?
    collect, gather, pick up, chop firewood, split firewood
  • What words refer to charcoal?
    charcoal
  • What words are used for making charcoal?
    cook
  • What words refer to liquid fuel?
    liquid fuel, gasoline (petrol), gas, kerosene (paraffin), diesel, candle wax, oil (lamp)
  • What containers are used to hold liquid fuels?
    gas can, jerry can

    • 5.5.7 Fireplace

    Use this domain for any place where fires are normally burned.

  • Where do people light fires?
    fireplace, stove, lamp, lantern, candle, trash heap, firepot, incinerator, furnace, heater, kiln, barbeque, forge, blast furnace, crematorium, brazier, range, cooker, gas ring, burner,
  • What are the parts of a fireplace?
    hearth, flue, grate, fireguard, screen, chimney, mantle, fender, hob, trivet,
  • What are the parts of a stove?
    oven, burner, grill,
  • What are the parts of a candle?
    candlestick, wax, wick
  • What are the parts of a lamp?
    lamp stand, oil, wick,

    • 5.6 Cleaning

    Use this domain for general words related to cleaning things.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    47B Use of Liquids
  • What general words refer to removing dirt from something?
    clean, scrub, scour, cleanse
  • What general words refer to using water to remove dirt?
    wash
  • What materials are used to wash things?
    soap, shampoo, laundry soap, detergent, cleanser, scouring powder

    • 5.6.1 Clean, dirty

    Use this domain for words describing whether something is clean or dirty.

    OMC Codes: 
    318 Environmental Quality
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79J Clean, Dirty
    79K Spotted, Spotless
  • What words describe something that is clean?
    clean, spanking clean, spotless, sparkling clean
  • What words describe something that is dirty?
    be dirty, filthy, soiled, stained, smeared, dusty, spotted, corrupted, grimy, greasy, polluted

    • 5.6.2 Bathe

    Use this domain for words related to bathing.

    OMC Codes: 
    515 Personal Hygiene
  • What words are used to refer to the action of taking a bath?
    bathe, take a bath, take a shower, wash up,
  • What words refer to the event of taking a bath?
    bath, bathing
  • What words refer to someone who is taking a bath?
    bather,
  • Where does a person take a bath?
    bathroom, bathtub, tub, shower, shower stall, bathhouse
  • What does a person use to take a bath?
    soap, shampoo, lather, washcloth, towel, shower cap, bathrobe, shower curtain, bathmat, bathroom sink

    • 5.6.3 Wash dishes

    Use this domain for words related to washing dishes.

  • What words refer to washing dishes?
    wash dishes, rinse
  • What tools are used to wash dishes?
    dishpan, pan, dish rack, dishtowel, dishcloth, sponge, dishwater, dishwasher, kitchen sink

    • 5.6.4 Wash clothes

    Use this domain for words related to washing clothes.

    OMC Codes: 
    296 Garment Care
  • What words refer to washing clothes?
    wash clothes, launder, do the laundry, dry clean
  • What are the steps is washing clothes?
    soak, scrub, rinse, wring, hang up (to dry), dry, take down, iron, fold, put away, hang up
  • Who does the laundry?
    washerwoman, drycleaners
  • What tools are used to wash clothes?
    laundry soap, detergent, washing machine, drier, washtub, washbasin, sink, basin, washboard, clothesline, clothespin, bucket, hanger, scrubbing stone
  • What words refer to the clothes to be washed?
    laundry, dirty laundry, dirty clothes, wash (n)
  • What words are used to describe the condition of clothes?
    clean, dirty, filthy, soiled, stained, faded, old, new, brand new, never been worn, worn, torn, ripped, patched, mended

    • 5.6.5 Sweep, rake

    Use this domain for words related to cleaning the floor or ground.

  • What words refer to cleaning the floor or ground?
    sweep, mop, scrub, wax, rake
  • What tools are used?
    broom, dustpan, mop, scrub brush, rake, brush
  • What words refer to the things that are removed?
    sweepings, leaves

    • 5.6.6 Wipe, erase

    Use this domain for words related to wiping dirt off of things.

  • What words refer to wiping dirt and dust off things?
    wipe, erase, to dust
  • What tools are used?
    dust cloth, rag, eraser, rubber
  • What words refer to the dirt that is removed?
    dust

    • 5.7 Sleep

    Use this domain for words related to sleeping.

    Related domains: 
    2.4.5 Rest
    OMC Codes: 
    513 Sleeping
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23E Sleep, Waking x
  • What words are used of being asleep?
    be asleep, sleep
  • What words are used of a good sleep?
    sleep well, sleep peacefully
  • What words are used of a bad sleep?
    sleep poorly, sleep badly, sleep fitfully
  • What words are used of a light sleep?
    light sleep, doze, half asleep
  • What words are used of a deep sleep?
    be in a deep sleep, be really out, sleep deeply, sleep soundly, sound asleep
  • What words are used of sleeping during the day?
    nap, take a nap, rest, take a rest
  • What words refer to sleeping someplace unusual, for instance in someone else's house, or outside?
    sleepover, sleep outside, sleep under the stars, camp, campout, bivouac
  • What words are used of urinating while asleep?
    wet the bed
  • What words refer to talking in your sleep?
    talk in your sleep

    • 5.7.1 Go to sleep

    Use this domain for words related to going to bed and going to sleep.

  • What words refer to getting ready for bed?
    get ready for bed, go to bed, turn in,
  • What words refer to getting into bed?
    get into bed, crawl into bed, curl up in bed, get under the covers, crawl under the covers, fall into bed (exhausted), jump in bed
  • What words refer to going to sleep?
    go to sleep, fall asleep, drop off, sink into a deep sleep
  • What words refer to feeling like you want to sleep?
    drowsiness, drowsy, sleepiness, sleepy, somnolence, somnolent, soporific,
  • What are the symptoms of beginning to go to sleep?
    nod, yawn, stretch, eyelids droop
  • What do you say when you are beginning to go to sleep?
  • What words are used of someone causing someone to go to sleep?
    put to sleep, put to bed
  • What words are used of the time when you go to sleep?
    bedtime, nighttime, time to go to sleep,
  • What words refer to going to bed early or late?
    early night, late night, stay up,
  • What does someone say to someone else who is going to sleep?
  • What special clothes are used when sleeping?
    pajamas, pj's, jammies, nightgown, nightie, nightclothes
  • What words refer to staying awake and not going to sleep?
    stay up (late), stay awake
  • What words refer to preventing someone from going to sleep?
    keep (someone) awake

    • 5.7.2 Dream

    Use this domain for words related to dreaming.

  • What words refer to dreaming?
    to dream (v), a dream (n), have a dream
  • What do people do while dreaming?
    talk in your sleep, walk in your sleep
  • What is a good dream called?
    sweet dreams, pleasant dreams
  • What is a bad dream called?
    nightmare, bad dream

    • 5.7.3 Wake up

    Use this domain for words related to waking up from sleep.

  • What words refer to waking up?
    wake up, come to, awaken, come out of a deep sleep, be startled out of sleep
  • What words refer to someone waking someone else up?
    wake (someone) up, get (someone) up, rouse
  • What do people do to wake someone up?
    call, shake, dump water on him
  • What do people say to wake someone up?
    Time to get up. Rise and shine. Hey, sleepyhead.
  • What means do people use to wake themselves up?
    alarm clock, wake up call, rooster
  • What do people do after they wake up?
    get up, get out of bed
  • What words describe not being asleep?
    be awake
  • What words are used of not being able to sleep?
    toss and turn, couldn't sleep, lay awake, insomnia, insomniac, sleep disorder
  • What words are used of not wanting to sleep?
    stay awake, be alert, stay up

    • 5.8 Manage a house

    Use this domain for words related to managing a house.

    OMC Codes: 
    356 Housekeeping
    357 Domestic Service
  • What words refer to managing a house?
    keep house, housework, housekeeping
  • What words refer to a person who manages a house?
    housewife, housekeeper
  • What words refer to a household servant?
    maid, butler, valet, domestic servant, house help, household staff

    • 5.9 Live, stay

    Use this domain for words related to living in a place.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    85E Dwell, Reside
  • What words refer to living in a place?
    live, stay, be at home, dwell, reside, inhabit
  • What words refer to a person who lives in a house?
    inhabitant, resident, dweller, roommate
  • What words refer to living in a place for a short time?
    camp, migrate
  • What words describe someone who likes to stay at home?
    homebody,