Another word for recruit
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Noun
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- an amphetamine pill, used as a stimulant
- A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
- A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
- An automobile trunk.
- An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.
- An inexperienced person; a novice.
- A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.
- Of or relating to the sea:
- Native to, inhabiting, or formed by the sea:
- Relating to a system of oceanic habitats coextensive with the continental shelf, ranging from deep water to unprotected coastlines and characterized along its landward edge by exposure to wave action and tidal currents and by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
- One who serves in a navy or works on a ship.
- One who travels by water.
- A low-crowned straw hat with a flat top and flat brim.
- One who serves in an army.
- An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.
- An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.
- A man who is a member of the armed forces.
- A man whose work is the maintenance and repair of equipment.
- A person who enlists or is enlisted for service in the armed forces.
- A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily:
- A person who chooses to enter a branch of the military without being drafted or forced to do so by law.
- A person who works without pay or assumes an obligation to which he or she is not a party or otherwise interested.
- One who is being trained.
- One who is inducted, especially a person newly admitted to military service.
- One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee.
- Enrolled compulsorily; drafted.
- To enroll compulsorily into service; draft.
- One who is drafted, especially for military service.
- One who is selected, especially for military service.
- One that begins.
- One who is just starting to learn or do something; a novice.
- A beginner in learning something.
- A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
- A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.
- An educated, independent feminist of the late 19th century.
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Verb
To raise troops
- The act or an instance of swindling or cheating; a deception.
- To place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; install:
- To admit as a member; receive.
- To admit to military service:
- To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive) To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive) To agree to purchase some good or service.
- To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute:
- To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over:
- To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party:
- To call (troops) together, as for inspection.
- To cause to come together; gather:
- To bring into existence or readiness; summon up:
- To make available for use; provide:
- To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip:
- To have as a necessary or desirable feature:
- To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
- To make a choice or selection.
- Singled out in preference; chosen:
- To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces.
- To engage the support or cooperation of.
- To enter the armed forces.
- The act or an instance of summoning reserve military personnel to active service.
- A current of air in an enclosed area.
- A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air.
- The act of pulling loads; traction.
To gather needed resources
- To give new life to:
- To reconstruct or re-create:
- To reinvigorate:
- To recover possession of (something lost or taken away); get back:
- To occupy again:
- To have (the use or control of something) restored; get back:
- To come into possession or use of; acquire:
- To attain in competition or struggle; win:
- To obtain through effort or merit; achieve:
- Greater in excellence or higher in quality.
- More useful, suitable, or desirable:
- More highly skilled or adept:
- To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
- To increase the productivity or value of (land or property):
- To become better:
- To get back; recover or regain:
- To gain an amount equal to (an outlay or investment):
- To restore; replenish:
- The act or an instance of filling up something, especially a gasoline tank:
- To get back (something lost or taken away), especially by making an effort:
- To search for, find, and bring back:
- To get back control or possession of (land) by military conquest or legal action.
- To return to health or strength; recover.
- To recover from financial loss.
- To recover (a financial loss).
- To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate:
- To give new health, strength, or spirit to:
- To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice:
- To make strong or increase the strength of.
- To become strong or stronger.
- To fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to:
- To inspire or nourish:
- To become full again.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To build up a supply of something, usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.
- To bring back into existence or use; reestablish:
- To bring back to an original or normal condition:
- To place in a former position or location:
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