n.
Function: verb
1
Synonyms: SUGGEST 1, connote, imply, insinuate, intimate
2
Synonyms: POINT 2, imply, indicate, suggest
3
Synonyms: ADUMBRATE 1, foreshadow, prefigurate, prefigure, shadow (forth)
4 to seek to obtain by sly or indirect means FF1C; kept hinting for an invitation to the party FF1E;
Synonyms: angle, fish
Related Words: beg, coax, plead; importune, press; seek, solicit
Contrasted Words: ask (for), demand, insist (on or upon)