3473 lines
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3473 lines
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"pore (over)":{
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"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
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"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chew over",
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"cogitate",
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"consider",
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"contemplate",
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"debate",
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"deliberate",
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"entertain",
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"eye",
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"kick around",
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"meditate",
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"mull (over)",
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"perpend",
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"ponder",
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"question",
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"revolve",
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"ruminate",
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"study",
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"think (about or over)",
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"turn",
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"weigh",
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"wrestle (with)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"muse (upon)",
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"reflect (on or upon)",
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"reminisce",
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"analyze",
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"explore",
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"review",
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"conclude",
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"reason",
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"second-guess",
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"speculate (about)",
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"brood (about or over)",
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"dwell (on or upon)",
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"fixate (on or upon)",
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"fret (about or over)",
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"obsess (about or over)",
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"believe",
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"conceive",
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"opine",
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"absorb",
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"assimilate",
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"digest",
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"drink (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"slight",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"reject"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
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"examples":[
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"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"peruse",
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"read"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browse",
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"dip (into)",
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"leaf (through)",
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"scan",
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"skim",
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"speed-read",
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"thumb (through)",
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"turn over",
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"devour",
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"gobble (up)",
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"slog (through)",
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"wade (through)",
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"reread",
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"proofread",
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"decipher",
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"review",
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"study",
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"apprehend",
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"comprehend",
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"get",
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"grasp",
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"make",
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"make out",
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"perceive",
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"see",
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"tumble (to)",
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"understand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"porny":{
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"dealing in or with explicitly sexual material":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"G-rated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a collection of porny postcards of the type that American servicemen once brought back from Europe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian",
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"correct",
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"decent",
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"decorous",
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"genteel",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"seemly"
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],
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"related":[
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"hard-core",
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"soft-core",
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"bedroom",
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"erotic",
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"erotical",
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"sexy",
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"suggestive",
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"bawdy",
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"indecent",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"lustful",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"ribald",
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"salacious",
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"smutty",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"wanton",
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"immodest",
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"kinky",
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"prurient",
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"earthy",
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"racy",
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"salty",
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"indecorous",
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"unbecoming",
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"debasing",
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"perverted",
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"profane",
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"naughty",
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"wicked"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adult",
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"mature",
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"pornographic",
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"X-rated"
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]
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},
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"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"nonobscene",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"examples":[
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"found porny magazines hidden in an old box stored in the attic of the house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"staid",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian",
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"correct",
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"decorous",
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"genteel",
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"nice",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"respectable",
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"seemly",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"acceptable",
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"agreeable",
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"desirable",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasing",
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"welcome",
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"appropriate",
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"becoming",
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"fit",
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"meet",
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"suitable",
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"immaculate",
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"perfect",
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"pure",
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"spotless",
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"virginal",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned"
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],
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"related":[
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"broad",
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"coarse-grained",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"off",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"racy",
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"risqu\u00e9",
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"salacious",
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"salty",
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"suggestive",
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"barnyard",
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"earthy",
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"scatological",
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"immodest",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"low",
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"unbecoming",
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"depraved",
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"kinky",
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"louche",
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"naughty",
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"perverse",
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"perverted",
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"wicked",
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"exceptionable",
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"objectionable",
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"unacceptable",
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"undesirable",
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"unwanted",
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"unwelcome",
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"abhorrent",
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"debasing",
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"disgusting",
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"loathsome",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"distasteful",
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"obnoxious",
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"unpleasant",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"atrocious",
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"infamous",
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"abusive",
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"scurrilous",
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"hard-core",
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"soft",
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"soft-core"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdy",
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"blue",
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"gutter",
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"impure",
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"indecent",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"locker-room",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"pornographic",
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"profane",
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"raunchy",
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"ribald",
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"smutty",
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"stag",
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"trashy",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"wanton",
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"X-rated"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"portly":{
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"having an excess of body fat":{
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"examples":[
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"a portly gentleman who loved to cook for his family and friends"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blubbery",
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"chubby",
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"corpulent",
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"fat",
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"fleshy",
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"full",
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"gross",
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"lardy",
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"obese",
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"overweight",
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"plump",
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"podgy",
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"pudgy",
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"replete",
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"roly-poly",
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"rotund",
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"round",
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"tubby"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beefy",
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"bulky",
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"chunky",
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"heavy",
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"heavyset",
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"plumpish",
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"stocky",
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"stout",
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"thick",
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"thickset",
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"weighty",
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"brawny",
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"burly",
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"hefty",
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"husky",
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"dumpy",
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"squat",
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"stubby",
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"hippy",
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"paunchy",
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"potbellied",
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"flabby",
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"soft",
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"ample",
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"buxom",
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"corn-fed",
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"ripe",
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"zaftig",
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"zoftig",
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"endomorphic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"angular",
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"bony",
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"boney",
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"gaunt",
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"lank",
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"lanky",
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"rawboned",
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"sinewy",
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"cadaverous",
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"emaciated",
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"haggard",
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"pinched",
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"skeletal",
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"wasted",
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"puny",
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"scraggy",
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"scrawny",
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"slight",
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"rangy",
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"reedy",
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"spindling",
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"spindly",
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"stringy",
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"svelte",
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"sylphlike",
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"twiggy",
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"waspish",
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"weedy",
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"willowy",
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"ectomorphic",
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"anorexic"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lean",
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"skinny",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"spare",
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"thin"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
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"examples":[
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"walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"august",
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"dignified",
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"distingu\u00e9",
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"distinguished",
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"imposing",
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"solemn",
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"staid",
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"stately"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decorous",
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"proper",
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|
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"seemly",
|
||
|
|
"grave",
|
||
|
|
"grim",
|
||
|
|
"po-faced",
|
||
|
|
"sober",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
||
|
|
"elegant",
|
||
|
|
"elevated",
|
||
|
|
"handsome",
|
||
|
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
|
"magisterial",
|
||
|
|
"majestic",
|
||
|
|
"noble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crass",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"improper",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"uncouth",
|
||
|
|
"unseemly",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"flighty",
|
||
|
|
"frivolous",
|
||
|
|
"giddy",
|
||
|
|
"goofy",
|
||
|
|
"silly",
|
||
|
|
"undignified"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portraits":{
|
||
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"definitions",
|
||
|
|
"delineations",
|
||
|
|
"depictions",
|
||
|
|
"descriptions",
|
||
|
|
"pictures",
|
||
|
|
"portraitures",
|
||
|
|
"portrayals",
|
||
|
|
"renderings",
|
||
|
|
"sketches",
|
||
|
|
"vignettes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accounts",
|
||
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
||
|
|
"anecdota",
|
||
|
|
"chronicles",
|
||
|
|
"narratives",
|
||
|
|
"reports",
|
||
|
|
"stories",
|
||
|
|
"tales",
|
||
|
|
"yarns",
|
||
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
||
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
||
|
|
"illustrations",
|
||
|
|
"clarifications",
|
||
|
|
"elucidations",
|
||
|
|
"explanations",
|
||
|
|
"explications",
|
||
|
|
"expositions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portions":{
|
||
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circumstances",
|
||
|
|
"destinies",
|
||
|
|
"dooms",
|
||
|
|
"fates",
|
||
|
|
"fortunes",
|
||
|
|
"kismets",
|
||
|
|
"lots"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accidents",
|
||
|
|
"casualties",
|
||
|
|
"chances",
|
||
|
|
"happenchances",
|
||
|
|
"happenstances",
|
||
|
|
"haps",
|
||
|
|
"hazards",
|
||
|
|
"luck",
|
||
|
|
"predestinations",
|
||
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
||
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
||
|
|
"conclusions",
|
||
|
|
"consequences",
|
||
|
|
"developments",
|
||
|
|
"effects",
|
||
|
|
"fruits",
|
||
|
|
"issues",
|
||
|
|
"outcomes",
|
||
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
||
|
|
"resultants",
|
||
|
|
"results",
|
||
|
|
"sequels",
|
||
|
|
"sequences",
|
||
|
|
"upshots"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"members",
|
||
|
|
"partitions",
|
||
|
|
"parts",
|
||
|
|
"sections",
|
||
|
|
"segments"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"components",
|
||
|
|
"constituents",
|
||
|
|
"elements",
|
||
|
|
"factors",
|
||
|
|
"ingredients",
|
||
|
|
"moieties",
|
||
|
|
"parcels",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"lengths",
|
||
|
|
"bits",
|
||
|
|
"fragments",
|
||
|
|
"particles",
|
||
|
|
"scraps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"wholes",
|
||
|
|
"aggregates",
|
||
|
|
"composites",
|
||
|
|
"compounds",
|
||
|
|
"sums",
|
||
|
|
"totalities",
|
||
|
|
"totals"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"each camper gets an equal portion of the food"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"allotments",
|
||
|
|
"allowances",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"ends",
|
||
|
|
"parts",
|
||
|
|
"pieces",
|
||
|
|
"proportions",
|
||
|
|
"quotas",
|
||
|
|
"shares",
|
||
|
|
"slices",
|
||
|
|
"takes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lots",
|
||
|
|
"rations",
|
||
|
|
"commissions",
|
||
|
|
"percentages",
|
||
|
|
"members",
|
||
|
|
"partitions",
|
||
|
|
"sections",
|
||
|
|
"segments"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggregates",
|
||
|
|
"composites",
|
||
|
|
"compounds",
|
||
|
|
"pools",
|
||
|
|
"sums",
|
||
|
|
"totalities",
|
||
|
|
"totals",
|
||
|
|
"wholes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administers",
|
||
|
|
"allocates",
|
||
|
|
"apportions",
|
||
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
||
|
|
"dispenses",
|
||
|
|
"distributes",
|
||
|
|
"doles out",
|
||
|
|
"hands out",
|
||
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
||
|
|
"prorates"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"admeasures",
|
||
|
|
"allots",
|
||
|
|
"allows",
|
||
|
|
"appropriates",
|
||
|
|
"assigns",
|
||
|
|
"dishes out",
|
||
|
|
"divides",
|
||
|
|
"divvies (up)",
|
||
|
|
"dollops (out)",
|
||
|
|
"lots",
|
||
|
|
"measures (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parts",
|
||
|
|
"proportions",
|
||
|
|
"rations",
|
||
|
|
"redistributes",
|
||
|
|
"sets",
|
||
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
||
|
|
"splits",
|
||
|
|
"bestows",
|
||
|
|
"disburses",
|
||
|
|
"furnishes",
|
||
|
|
"issues",
|
||
|
|
"provides",
|
||
|
|
"shares",
|
||
|
|
"supplies",
|
||
|
|
"circulates",
|
||
|
|
"disperses",
|
||
|
|
"disseminates",
|
||
|
|
"scatters",
|
||
|
|
"spreads",
|
||
|
|
"chips in",
|
||
|
|
"contributes",
|
||
|
|
"donates",
|
||
|
|
"pledges",
|
||
|
|
"reallocates",
|
||
|
|
"reapportions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"begrudges",
|
||
|
|
"declines",
|
||
|
|
"denies",
|
||
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
||
|
|
"disallows",
|
||
|
|
"refuses",
|
||
|
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
|
"withholds",
|
||
|
|
"niggles (out)",
|
||
|
|
"pinches",
|
||
|
|
"skimps",
|
||
|
|
"stints"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"misallocates"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pores":{
|
||
|
|
"as in interspaces":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"interspaces",
|
||
|
|
"notches",
|
||
|
|
"slits",
|
||
|
|
"slots",
|
||
|
|
"splits",
|
||
|
|
"abysses",
|
||
|
|
"apertures",
|
||
|
|
"cavities",
|
||
|
|
"chasms",
|
||
|
|
"gapes",
|
||
|
|
"orifices",
|
||
|
|
"chinks",
|
||
|
|
"clefts",
|
||
|
|
"cracks",
|
||
|
|
"crannies",
|
||
|
|
"crevices",
|
||
|
|
"fissures",
|
||
|
|
"fractures",
|
||
|
|
"ruptures",
|
||
|
|
"severances",
|
||
|
|
"breaches",
|
||
|
|
"breaks",
|
||
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
||
|
|
"gaps",
|
||
|
|
"gulfs",
|
||
|
|
"hiatuses",
|
||
|
|
"holes",
|
||
|
|
"interstices",
|
||
|
|
"intervals",
|
||
|
|
"openings",
|
||
|
|
"rents",
|
||
|
|
"rifts",
|
||
|
|
"separations",
|
||
|
|
"voids"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"porticos":{
|
||
|
|
"a row of columns supporting a roof at the entrance of a building":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Entry to the mansion is through a lavish portico ."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"colonnades",
|
||
|
|
"galilees",
|
||
|
|
"terraces",
|
||
|
|
"galleries",
|
||
|
|
"lanais",
|
||
|
|
"piazzas",
|
||
|
|
"piazze",
|
||
|
|
"porches",
|
||
|
|
"stoops",
|
||
|
|
"verandas",
|
||
|
|
"verandahs",
|
||
|
|
"sleeping porches",
|
||
|
|
"solaria",
|
||
|
|
"solariums",
|
||
|
|
"sunporches",
|
||
|
|
"sunrooms",
|
||
|
|
"sun parlors",
|
||
|
|
"porte cocheres"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portended":{
|
||
|
|
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
|
||
|
|
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boded",
|
||
|
|
"foreboded",
|
||
|
|
"forboded",
|
||
|
|
"promised",
|
||
|
|
"augured",
|
||
|
|
"called",
|
||
|
|
"forecast",
|
||
|
|
"forecasted",
|
||
|
|
"foretold",
|
||
|
|
"predicted",
|
||
|
|
"presaged",
|
||
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
||
|
|
"prophesied",
|
||
|
|
"read",
|
||
|
|
"vaticinated",
|
||
|
|
"alerted",
|
||
|
|
"cautioned",
|
||
|
|
"forewarned",
|
||
|
|
"warned",
|
||
|
|
"anticipated",
|
||
|
|
"divined",
|
||
|
|
"foreknew",
|
||
|
|
"foresaw",
|
||
|
|
"announced",
|
||
|
|
"declared",
|
||
|
|
"heralded",
|
||
|
|
"proclaimed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"described",
|
||
|
|
"narrated",
|
||
|
|
"recited",
|
||
|
|
"recounted",
|
||
|
|
"related",
|
||
|
|
"reported",
|
||
|
|
"told"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"porter":{
|
||
|
|
"a person who tends a door":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"doorkeeper",
|
||
|
|
"doorman",
|
||
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
||
|
|
"janitor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"port":{
|
||
|
|
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anchorage",
|
||
|
|
"harbor",
|
||
|
|
"harborage",
|
||
|
|
"haven"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"basin",
|
||
|
|
"dock",
|
||
|
|
"marina",
|
||
|
|
"moorage",
|
||
|
|
"mooring",
|
||
|
|
"arm",
|
||
|
|
"bay",
|
||
|
|
"bight",
|
||
|
|
"cove",
|
||
|
|
"creek",
|
||
|
|
"embayment",
|
||
|
|
"estuary",
|
||
|
|
"firth",
|
||
|
|
"fjord",
|
||
|
|
"fiord",
|
||
|
|
"gulf",
|
||
|
|
"inlet",
|
||
|
|
"lagoon",
|
||
|
|
"loch",
|
||
|
|
"lough",
|
||
|
|
"narrow",
|
||
|
|
"roads",
|
||
|
|
"roadstead",
|
||
|
|
"canal",
|
||
|
|
"channel",
|
||
|
|
"sound",
|
||
|
|
"strait",
|
||
|
|
"containerport",
|
||
|
|
"home port",
|
||
|
|
"seaport"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portraitures":{
|
||
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"definitions",
|
||
|
|
"delineations",
|
||
|
|
"depictions",
|
||
|
|
"descriptions",
|
||
|
|
"pictures",
|
||
|
|
"portraits",
|
||
|
|
"portrayals",
|
||
|
|
"renderings",
|
||
|
|
"sketches",
|
||
|
|
"vignettes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accounts",
|
||
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
||
|
|
"anecdota",
|
||
|
|
"chronicles",
|
||
|
|
"narratives",
|
||
|
|
"reports",
|
||
|
|
"stories",
|
||
|
|
"tales",
|
||
|
|
"yarns",
|
||
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
||
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
||
|
|
"illustrations",
|
||
|
|
"clarifications",
|
||
|
|
"elucidations",
|
||
|
|
"explanations",
|
||
|
|
"explications",
|
||
|
|
"expositions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pornographic":{
|
||
|
|
"dealing in or with explicitly sexual material":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adult",
|
||
|
|
"mature",
|
||
|
|
"porny",
|
||
|
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
|
"soft-core",
|
||
|
|
"bedroom",
|
||
|
|
"erotic",
|
||
|
|
"erotical",
|
||
|
|
"sexy",
|
||
|
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
|
"lustful",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
|
"prurient",
|
||
|
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
|
"racy",
|
||
|
|
"salty",
|
||
|
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
|
"wicked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
|
"prim",
|
||
|
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
|
"correct",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"proper",
|
||
|
|
"seemly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"G-rated"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
|
"blue",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
|
"porny",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
|
"stag",
|
||
|
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broad",
|
||
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
||
|
|
"gamy",
|
||
|
|
"gamey",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
|
"racy",
|
||
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
|
"salty",
|
||
|
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
|
"barnyard",
|
||
|
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
|
"scatological",
|
||
|
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
|
"indelicate",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
|
"louche",
|
||
|
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
||
|
|
"objectionable",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"undesirable",
|
||
|
|
"unwanted",
|
||
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
||
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
|
"repellent",
|
||
|
|
"repellant",
|
||
|
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
|
"distasteful",
|
||
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
||
|
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"infamous",
|
||
|
|
"abusive",
|
||
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
||
|
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
|
"soft",
|
||
|
|
"soft-core"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
|
"prim",
|
||
|
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
|
"staid",
|
||
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
|
"correct",
|
||
|
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
|
"nice",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"proper",
|
||
|
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
||
|
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"desirable",
|
||
|
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
|
"becoming",
|
||
|
|
"fit",
|
||
|
|
"meet",
|
||
|
|
"suitable",
|
||
|
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
|
"pure",
|
||
|
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
|
"virginal",
|
||
|
|
"approved",
|
||
|
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"porous":{
|
||
|
|
"capable of being passed into or through":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cleaner that should not be used on porous surfaces"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"passable",
|
||
|
|
"penetrable",
|
||
|
|
"permeable",
|
||
|
|
"pervious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"absorbent",
|
||
|
|
"breathable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"airtight",
|
||
|
|
"watertight",
|
||
|
|
"close",
|
||
|
|
"compact",
|
||
|
|
"dense",
|
||
|
|
"thick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"impassable",
|
||
|
|
"impassible",
|
||
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
||
|
|
"impermeable",
|
||
|
|
"impervious",
|
||
|
|
"nonporous"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"porcelain":{
|
||
|
|
"a ceramic ware made from a hard, white substance that is very delicate":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The family only used their porcelain for their formal Christmas dinner."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"china",
|
||
|
|
"chinaware",
|
||
|
|
"crockery",
|
||
|
|
"earthenware",
|
||
|
|
"pottery",
|
||
|
|
"stoneware",
|
||
|
|
"ware",
|
||
|
|
"dinnerware",
|
||
|
|
"tableware",
|
||
|
|
"place setting",
|
||
|
|
"setting",
|
||
|
|
"setup",
|
||
|
|
"crystal",
|
||
|
|
"glassware",
|
||
|
|
"plate",
|
||
|
|
"saucer",
|
||
|
|
"cup",
|
||
|
|
"demitasse",
|
||
|
|
"glass",
|
||
|
|
"goblet",
|
||
|
|
"mug",
|
||
|
|
"teacup",
|
||
|
|
"bowl",
|
||
|
|
"casserole",
|
||
|
|
"charger",
|
||
|
|
"platter",
|
||
|
|
"tureen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"porkpie hat":{
|
||
|
|
"as in cowboy hat , baseball cap":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
||
|
|
"beret",
|
||
|
|
"billycock",
|
||
|
|
"biretta",
|
||
|
|
"boater",
|
||
|
|
"bonnet",
|
||
|
|
"bowler",
|
||
|
|
"calotte",
|
||
|
|
"capuche",
|
||
|
|
"casque",
|
||
|
|
"castor",
|
||
|
|
"cloche",
|
||
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
||
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
||
|
|
"cowl",
|
||
|
|
"derby",
|
||
|
|
"fedora",
|
||
|
|
"fez",
|
||
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
||
|
|
"hard hat",
|
||
|
|
"helm",
|
||
|
|
"helmet",
|
||
|
|
"high hat",
|
||
|
|
"homburg",
|
||
|
|
"hood",
|
||
|
|
"kepi",
|
||
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
||
|
|
"kufi",
|
||
|
|
"leghorn",
|
||
|
|
"miter",
|
||
|
|
"mitre",
|
||
|
|
"nightcap",
|
||
|
|
"opera hat",
|
||
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
||
|
|
"panama",
|
||
|
|
"picture hat",
|
||
|
|
"pillbox",
|
||
|
|
"plug hat",
|
||
|
|
"service cap",
|
||
|
|
"shako",
|
||
|
|
"silk hat",
|
||
|
|
"skimmer",
|
||
|
|
"skullcap",
|
||
|
|
"sombrero",
|
||
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
||
|
|
"Stetson",
|
||
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
||
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
||
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
||
|
|
"tam",
|
||
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
||
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
||
|
|
"top hat",
|
||
|
|
"topper",
|
||
|
|
"toque",
|
||
|
|
"tricorne",
|
||
|
|
"tricorn",
|
||
|
|
"turban",
|
||
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
||
|
|
"cap",
|
||
|
|
"chapeau",
|
||
|
|
"hat",
|
||
|
|
"headdress",
|
||
|
|
"headgear",
|
||
|
|
"headpiece",
|
||
|
|
"lid",
|
||
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"warbonnet"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poring (over)":{
|
||
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chewing over",
|
||
|
|
"cogitating",
|
||
|
|
"considering",
|
||
|
|
"contemplating",
|
||
|
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"debating",
|
||
|
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"deliberating",
|
||
|
|
"entertaining",
|
||
|
|
"eyeing",
|
||
|
|
"eying",
|
||
|
|
"kicking around",
|
||
|
|
"meditating",
|
||
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
||
|
|
"perpending",
|
||
|
|
"pondering",
|
||
|
|
"questioning",
|
||
|
|
"revolving",
|
||
|
|
"ruminating",
|
||
|
|
"studying",
|
||
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"turning",
|
||
|
|
"weighing",
|
||
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
||
|
|
"analyzing",
|
||
|
|
"exploring",
|
||
|
|
"reviewing",
|
||
|
|
"concluding",
|
||
|
|
"reasoning",
|
||
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
||
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
||
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"believing",
|
||
|
|
"conceiving",
|
||
|
|
"opining",
|
||
|
|
"absorbing",
|
||
|
|
"assimilating",
|
||
|
|
"digesting",
|
||
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disregarding",
|
||
|
|
"ignoring",
|
||
|
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
|
"slighting",
|
||
|
|
"dismissing",
|
||
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
||
|
|
"poohing",
|
||
|
|
"rejecting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"perusing",
|
||
|
|
"reading"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"browsing",
|
||
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
||
|
|
"leafing (through)",
|
||
|
|
"scanning",
|
||
|
|
"skimming",
|
||
|
|
"speed-reading",
|
||
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
||
|
|
"turning over",
|
||
|
|
"devouring",
|
||
|
|
"gobbling (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slogging (through)",
|
||
|
|
"wading (through)",
|
||
|
|
"rereading",
|
||
|
|
"proofreading",
|
||
|
|
"deciphering",
|
||
|
|
"reviewing",
|
||
|
|
"studying",
|
||
|
|
"apprehending",
|
||
|
|
"comprehending",
|
||
|
|
"getting",
|
||
|
|
"grasping",
|
||
|
|
"making",
|
||
|
|
"making out",
|
||
|
|
"perceiving",
|
||
|
|
"seeing",
|
||
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
||
|
|
"understanding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portending":{
|
||
|
|
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
|
||
|
|
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boding",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"forboding",
|
||
|
|
"promising",
|
||
|
|
"auguring",
|
||
|
|
"calling",
|
||
|
|
"forecasting",
|
||
|
|
"foretelling",
|
||
|
|
"predicting",
|
||
|
|
"presaging",
|
||
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
||
|
|
"prophesying",
|
||
|
|
"reading",
|
||
|
|
"vaticinating",
|
||
|
|
"alerting",
|
||
|
|
"cautioning",
|
||
|
|
"forewarning",
|
||
|
|
"warning",
|
||
|
|
"anticipating",
|
||
|
|
"divining",
|
||
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
||
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
||
|
|
"announcing",
|
||
|
|
"declaring",
|
||
|
|
"heralding",
|
||
|
|
"proclaiming"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"describing",
|
||
|
|
"narrating",
|
||
|
|
"reciting",
|
||
|
|
"recounting",
|
||
|
|
"relating",
|
||
|
|
"reporting",
|
||
|
|
"telling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portraiture":{
|
||
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"definition",
|
||
|
|
"delineation",
|
||
|
|
"depiction",
|
||
|
|
"description",
|
||
|
|
"picture",
|
||
|
|
"portrait",
|
||
|
|
"portrayal",
|
||
|
|
"rendering",
|
||
|
|
"sketch",
|
||
|
|
"vignette"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"account",
|
||
|
|
"anecdote",
|
||
|
|
"chronicle",
|
||
|
|
"narrative",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"story",
|
||
|
|
"tale",
|
||
|
|
"yarn",
|
||
|
|
"demonstration",
|
||
|
|
"exemplification",
|
||
|
|
"illustration",
|
||
|
|
"clarification",
|
||
|
|
"elucidation",
|
||
|
|
"explanation",
|
||
|
|
"explication",
|
||
|
|
"exposition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portioned (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in doled out , meted (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"doled out",
|
||
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
||
|
|
"rationed (out)",
|
||
|
|
"nursed",
|
||
|
|
"scanted",
|
||
|
|
"skimped (on)",
|
||
|
|
"spared",
|
||
|
|
"stinted (on)",
|
||
|
|
"pinched",
|
||
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
||
|
|
"conserved",
|
||
|
|
"preserved"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heaped",
|
||
|
|
"lavished",
|
||
|
|
"poured",
|
||
|
|
"rained",
|
||
|
|
"showered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portcullis":{
|
||
|
|
"as in postern , trapdoor":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"double door",
|
||
|
|
"Dutch door",
|
||
|
|
"French door",
|
||
|
|
"lattice",
|
||
|
|
"postern",
|
||
|
|
"revolving door",
|
||
|
|
"storm door",
|
||
|
|
"trapdoor",
|
||
|
|
"wicket",
|
||
|
|
"door",
|
||
|
|
"gate",
|
||
|
|
"hatch",
|
||
|
|
"portal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portrays":{
|
||
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineates",
|
||
|
|
"depicts",
|
||
|
|
"describes",
|
||
|
|
"draws",
|
||
|
|
"images",
|
||
|
|
"limns",
|
||
|
|
"paints",
|
||
|
|
"pictures",
|
||
|
|
"renders",
|
||
|
|
"sets out",
|
||
|
|
"sketches"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"characterizes",
|
||
|
|
"defines",
|
||
|
|
"labels",
|
||
|
|
"qualifies",
|
||
|
|
"represents",
|
||
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
||
|
|
"illustrates",
|
||
|
|
"narrates",
|
||
|
|
"recites",
|
||
|
|
"recounts",
|
||
|
|
"rehearses",
|
||
|
|
"relates",
|
||
|
|
"reports",
|
||
|
|
"tells",
|
||
|
|
"displays",
|
||
|
|
"exhibits",
|
||
|
|
"shows",
|
||
|
|
"hints",
|
||
|
|
"suggests",
|
||
|
|
"drafts",
|
||
|
|
"outlines",
|
||
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
||
|
|
"traces",
|
||
|
|
"vignettes",
|
||
|
|
"summarizes",
|
||
|
|
"sums up",
|
||
|
|
"touches off",
|
||
|
|
"redescribes",
|
||
|
|
"reimages"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"colors",
|
||
|
|
"distorts",
|
||
|
|
"falsifies",
|
||
|
|
"garbles",
|
||
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
||
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
||
|
|
"misstates",
|
||
|
|
"perverts",
|
||
|
|
"twists",
|
||
|
|
"warps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"characterizes",
|
||
|
|
"characters",
|
||
|
|
"defines",
|
||
|
|
"depicts",
|
||
|
|
"describes",
|
||
|
|
"represents"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"categorizes",
|
||
|
|
"classifies",
|
||
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
||
|
|
"types",
|
||
|
|
"colors",
|
||
|
|
"identifies",
|
||
|
|
"indicates",
|
||
|
|
"names",
|
||
|
|
"specifies",
|
||
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
||
|
|
"individualizes",
|
||
|
|
"marks",
|
||
|
|
"particularizes",
|
||
|
|
"stamps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depicts",
|
||
|
|
"images",
|
||
|
|
"pictures",
|
||
|
|
"represents"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineates",
|
||
|
|
"describes",
|
||
|
|
"documents",
|
||
|
|
"renders",
|
||
|
|
"outlines",
|
||
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
||
|
|
"sketches",
|
||
|
|
"illustrates",
|
||
|
|
"shows",
|
||
|
|
"diagrams",
|
||
|
|
"caricatures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acts",
|
||
|
|
"does",
|
||
|
|
"impersonates",
|
||
|
|
"interprets",
|
||
|
|
"performs",
|
||
|
|
"plays"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depicts",
|
||
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
||
|
|
"renders",
|
||
|
|
"represents",
|
||
|
|
"acts out",
|
||
|
|
"enacts",
|
||
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
||
|
|
"playacts",
|
||
|
|
"role-plays",
|
||
|
|
"takes on",
|
||
|
|
"overacts",
|
||
|
|
"overplays",
|
||
|
|
"underplays",
|
||
|
|
"apes",
|
||
|
|
"clowns",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"imitates",
|
||
|
|
"masquerades",
|
||
|
|
"mimes",
|
||
|
|
"mimics",
|
||
|
|
"poses (as)",
|
||
|
|
"stars (in)",
|
||
|
|
"coacts",
|
||
|
|
"costars"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portioned":{
|
||
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administered",
|
||
|
|
"allocated",
|
||
|
|
"apportioned",
|
||
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"dealt (out)",
|
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"dispensed",
|
||
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"distributed",
|
||
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"doled out",
|
||
|
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"handed out",
|
||
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"meted (out)",
|
||
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"parceled (out)",
|
||
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"parcelled (out)",
|
||
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"prorated"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"near synonyms":[
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||
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"admeasured",
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||
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"allotted",
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"allowed",
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||
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"appropriated",
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"assigned",
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"dished out",
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||
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"divided",
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||
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"divvied (up)",
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"dolloped (out)",
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"lotted",
|
||
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"measured (out)",
|
||
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"parted",
|
||
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"proportioned",
|
||
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"rationed",
|
||
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"redistributed",
|
||
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"set",
|
||
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"shared (out)",
|
||
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"split",
|
||
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"bestowed",
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||
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"disbursed",
|
||
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"furnished",
|
||
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"issued",
|
||
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"provided",
|
||
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"shared",
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||
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"supplied",
|
||
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"circulated",
|
||
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"dispersed",
|
||
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"disseminated",
|
||
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"scattered",
|
||
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"spread",
|
||
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"chipped in",
|
||
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"contributed",
|
||
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"donated",
|
||
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"pledged",
|
||
|
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"reallocated",
|
||
|
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"reapportioned"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
||
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"begrudged",
|
||
|
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"declined",
|
||
|
|
"denied",
|
||
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
||
|
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"disallowed",
|
||
|
|
"refused",
|
||
|
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
|
"withheld",
|
||
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
||
|
|
"pinched",
|
||
|
|
"skimped",
|
||
|
|
"stinted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"misallocated"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portent":{
|
||
|
|
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a red sky in the morning can be a portent of a coming storm"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"augury",
|
||
|
|
"auspice",
|
||
|
|
"boding",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
||
|
|
"omen",
|
||
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
||
|
|
"presage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forerunner",
|
||
|
|
"harbinger",
|
||
|
|
"herald",
|
||
|
|
"precursor",
|
||
|
|
"foretaste",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"inkling",
|
||
|
|
"intimation",
|
||
|
|
"suggestion",
|
||
|
|
"forewarning",
|
||
|
|
"forecast",
|
||
|
|
"foretelling",
|
||
|
|
"prediction",
|
||
|
|
"prognostication",
|
||
|
|
"prophecy",
|
||
|
|
"prophesy",
|
||
|
|
"badge",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"note",
|
||
|
|
"token",
|
||
|
|
"divination"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a scout was sent to have a look at this teenage pitcher who was supposed to be the latest portent of the baseball world"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caution",
|
||
|
|
"flash",
|
||
|
|
"marvel",
|
||
|
|
"miracle",
|
||
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
||
|
|
"prodigy",
|
||
|
|
"sensation",
|
||
|
|
"splendor",
|
||
|
|
"wonder"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"curiosity",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"spectacle",
|
||
|
|
"beauty",
|
||
|
|
"corker",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
|
"crackajack",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
|
"knockout",
|
||
|
|
"apparition",
|
||
|
|
"appearance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portrayal":{
|
||
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"his novel presents a moving portrayal of a woman searching for personal fulfillment and happiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"definition",
|
||
|
|
"delineation",
|
||
|
|
"depiction",
|
||
|
|
"description",
|
||
|
|
"picture",
|
||
|
|
"portrait",
|
||
|
|
"portraiture",
|
||
|
|
"rendering",
|
||
|
|
"sketch",
|
||
|
|
"vignette"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"account",
|
||
|
|
"anecdote",
|
||
|
|
"chronicle",
|
||
|
|
"narrative",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"story",
|
||
|
|
"tale",
|
||
|
|
"yarn",
|
||
|
|
"demonstration",
|
||
|
|
"exemplification",
|
||
|
|
"illustration",
|
||
|
|
"clarification",
|
||
|
|
"elucidation",
|
||
|
|
"explanation",
|
||
|
|
"explication",
|
||
|
|
"exposition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portmanteaux":{
|
||
|
|
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carryalls",
|
||
|
|
"carry-ons",
|
||
|
|
"grips",
|
||
|
|
"handbags",
|
||
|
|
"holdalls",
|
||
|
|
"suitcases",
|
||
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
||
|
|
"wallets"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"overnight bags",
|
||
|
|
"overnight cases",
|
||
|
|
"weekend bags",
|
||
|
|
"weekenders",
|
||
|
|
"cosmetic cases",
|
||
|
|
"traveling cases",
|
||
|
|
"carpetbags",
|
||
|
|
"duffel bags",
|
||
|
|
"kit bags",
|
||
|
|
"kits",
|
||
|
|
"backpacks",
|
||
|
|
"haversacks",
|
||
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
||
|
|
"packsacks",
|
||
|
|
"rucksacks",
|
||
|
|
"attach\u00e9 cases",
|
||
|
|
"attach\u00e9s",
|
||
|
|
"briefcases",
|
||
|
|
"valises",
|
||
|
|
"baggages",
|
||
|
|
"bags",
|
||
|
|
"luggage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ports":{
|
||
|
|
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anchorages",
|
||
|
|
"harborages",
|
||
|
|
"harbors",
|
||
|
|
"havens"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"basins",
|
||
|
|
"docks",
|
||
|
|
"marinas",
|
||
|
|
"moorages",
|
||
|
|
"moorings",
|
||
|
|
"arms",
|
||
|
|
"bays",
|
||
|
|
"bights",
|
||
|
|
"coves",
|
||
|
|
"creeks",
|
||
|
|
"embayments",
|
||
|
|
"estuaries",
|
||
|
|
"firths",
|
||
|
|
"fjords",
|
||
|
|
"fiords",
|
||
|
|
"gulfs",
|
||
|
|
"inlets",
|
||
|
|
"lagoons",
|
||
|
|
"lochs",
|
||
|
|
"loughs",
|
||
|
|
"narrows",
|
||
|
|
"roads",
|
||
|
|
"roadsteads",
|
||
|
|
"canals",
|
||
|
|
"channels",
|
||
|
|
"sounds",
|
||
|
|
"straits",
|
||
|
|
"containerports",
|
||
|
|
"home ports",
|
||
|
|
"seaports"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portrait":{
|
||
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"definition",
|
||
|
|
"delineation",
|
||
|
|
"depiction",
|
||
|
|
"description",
|
||
|
|
"picture",
|
||
|
|
"portraiture",
|
||
|
|
"portrayal",
|
||
|
|
"rendering",
|
||
|
|
"sketch",
|
||
|
|
"vignette"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"account",
|
||
|
|
"anecdote",
|
||
|
|
"chronicle",
|
||
|
|
"narrative",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"story",
|
||
|
|
"tale",
|
||
|
|
"yarn",
|
||
|
|
"demonstration",
|
||
|
|
"exemplification",
|
||
|
|
"illustration",
|
||
|
|
"clarification",
|
||
|
|
"elucidation",
|
||
|
|
"explanation",
|
||
|
|
"explication",
|
||
|
|
"exposition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portentous":{
|
||
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"an eerie and portentous stillness hung over the camp the night before the battle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baleful",
|
||
|
|
"dire",
|
||
|
|
"direful",
|
||
|
|
"doomy",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
||
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
||
|
|
"menacing",
|
||
|
|
"minatory",
|
||
|
|
"ominous",
|
||
|
|
"sinister",
|
||
|
|
"threatening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"black",
|
||
|
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
|
"cheerless",
|
||
|
|
"chill",
|
||
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"cold",
|
||
|
|
"comfortless",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkening",
|
||
|
|
"depressing",
|
||
|
|
"depressive",
|
||
|
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
|
"dim",
|
||
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
||
|
|
"dismal",
|
||
|
|
"drear",
|
||
|
|
"dreary",
|
||
|
|
"dreich",
|
||
|
|
"elegiac",
|
||
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
||
|
|
"forlorn",
|
||
|
|
"funereal",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"glum",
|
||
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
||
|
|
"gray",
|
||
|
|
"grey",
|
||
|
|
"lonely",
|
||
|
|
"lonesome",
|
||
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
||
|
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
|
"morbid",
|
||
|
|
"morose",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"plutonian",
|
||
|
|
"saturnine",
|
||
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"sullen",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"hopeless",
|
||
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
||
|
|
"unpromising",
|
||
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
||
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
||
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
||
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
||
|
|
"troubled",
|
||
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
||
|
|
"unlucky",
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"malign",
|
||
|
|
"malignant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"auspicious",
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
|
"favorable",
|
||
|
|
"golden",
|
||
|
|
"heartening",
|
||
|
|
"hopeful",
|
||
|
|
"promising",
|
||
|
|
"propitious",
|
||
|
|
"prosperous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in 1969 people regarded the first landing on the moon as a truly portentous event"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amazing",
|
||
|
|
"astonishing",
|
||
|
|
"astounding",
|
||
|
|
"awesome",
|
||
|
|
"awful",
|
||
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
||
|
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
|
"miraculous",
|
||
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"prodigious",
|
||
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"staggering",
|
||
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"stunning",
|
||
|
|
"stupendous",
|
||
|
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"sublime",
|
||
|
|
"surprising",
|
||
|
|
"wonderful",
|
||
|
|
"wondrous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
||
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
||
|
|
"incredible",
|
||
|
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"unbelievable",
|
||
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
||
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
||
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
||
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
||
|
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"rare",
|
||
|
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"sensational",
|
||
|
|
"spectacular",
|
||
|
|
"singular",
|
||
|
|
"uncommon",
|
||
|
|
"unique",
|
||
|
|
"unusual",
|
||
|
|
"unwonted",
|
||
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
||
|
|
"notable",
|
||
|
|
"noticeable",
|
||
|
|
"outstanding",
|
||
|
|
"remarkable",
|
||
|
|
"impressive",
|
||
|
|
"smashing",
|
||
|
|
"striking",
|
||
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
||
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
||
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
||
|
|
"animating",
|
||
|
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
|
"enlightening",
|
||
|
|
"enlivening",
|
||
|
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
|
"alluring",
|
||
|
|
"attracting",
|
||
|
|
"attractive",
|
||
|
|
"beguiling",
|
||
|
|
"bewitching",
|
||
|
|
"captivating",
|
||
|
|
"charming",
|
||
|
|
"enchanting",
|
||
|
|
"entertaining",
|
||
|
|
"enthralling",
|
||
|
|
"fascinating",
|
||
|
|
"interesting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
||
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
||
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
||
|
|
"boring",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"jading",
|
||
|
|
"monotonous",
|
||
|
|
"tedious",
|
||
|
|
"tiring",
|
||
|
|
"uninspired",
|
||
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
||
|
|
"wearisome",
|
||
|
|
"weary",
|
||
|
|
"wearying",
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"customary",
|
||
|
|
"mundane",
|
||
|
|
"normal",
|
||
|
|
"ordinary",
|
||
|
|
"typical",
|
||
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
||
|
|
"usual",
|
||
|
|
"draining",
|
||
|
|
"enervating",
|
||
|
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
||
|
|
"wearing",
|
||
|
|
"debilitating",
|
||
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
||
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portioning (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in doling out , meting (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"doling out",
|
||
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
||
|
|
"rationing (out)",
|
||
|
|
"nursing",
|
||
|
|
"scanting",
|
||
|
|
"skimping (on)",
|
||
|
|
"sparing",
|
||
|
|
"stinting (on)",
|
||
|
|
"pinching",
|
||
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
||
|
|
"conserving",
|
||
|
|
"preserving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heaping",
|
||
|
|
"lavishing",
|
||
|
|
"pouring",
|
||
|
|
"raining",
|
||
|
|
"showering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portliness":{
|
||
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the whole family was known for its portliness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adiposity",
|
||
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
||
|
|
"corpulence",
|
||
|
|
"corpulency",
|
||
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
||
|
|
"fat",
|
||
|
|
"fatness",
|
||
|
|
"fattiness",
|
||
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
||
|
|
"grossness",
|
||
|
|
"obesity",
|
||
|
|
"plumpness",
|
||
|
|
"pudginess",
|
||
|
|
"pursiness",
|
||
|
|
"rotundity",
|
||
|
|
"weight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
||
|
|
"heaviness",
|
||
|
|
"huskiness",
|
||
|
|
"stoutness",
|
||
|
|
"brawniness",
|
||
|
|
"burliness",
|
||
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fitness",
|
||
|
|
"trimness",
|
||
|
|
"gauntness",
|
||
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
||
|
|
"skinniness",
|
||
|
|
"weediness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"leanness",
|
||
|
|
"reediness",
|
||
|
|
"slenderness",
|
||
|
|
"slimness",
|
||
|
|
"svelteness",
|
||
|
|
"thinness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portioning":{
|
||
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administering",
|
||
|
|
"allocating",
|
||
|
|
"apportioning",
|
||
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
||
|
|
"dispensing",
|
||
|
|
"distributing",
|
||
|
|
"doling out",
|
||
|
|
"handing out",
|
||
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
||
|
|
"prorating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
||
|
|
"allotting",
|
||
|
|
"allowing",
|
||
|
|
"appropriating",
|
||
|
|
"assigning",
|
||
|
|
"dishing out",
|
||
|
|
"dividing",
|
||
|
|
"divvying (up)",
|
||
|
|
"dolloping (out)",
|
||
|
|
"lotting",
|
||
|
|
"measuring (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parting",
|
||
|
|
"proportioning",
|
||
|
|
"rationing",
|
||
|
|
"redistributing",
|
||
|
|
"setting",
|
||
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
||
|
|
"splitting",
|
||
|
|
"bestowing",
|
||
|
|
"disbursing",
|
||
|
|
"furnishing",
|
||
|
|
"issuing",
|
||
|
|
"providing",
|
||
|
|
"sharing",
|
||
|
|
"supplying",
|
||
|
|
"circulating",
|
||
|
|
"dispersing",
|
||
|
|
"disseminating",
|
||
|
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
|
"spreading",
|
||
|
|
"chipping in",
|
||
|
|
"contributing",
|
||
|
|
"donating",
|
||
|
|
"pledging",
|
||
|
|
"reallocating",
|
||
|
|
"reapportioning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"begrudging",
|
||
|
|
"declining",
|
||
|
|
"denying",
|
||
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
||
|
|
"disallowing",
|
||
|
|
"refusing",
|
||
|
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
|
"withholding",
|
||
|
|
"niggling (out)",
|
||
|
|
"pinching",
|
||
|
|
"skimping",
|
||
|
|
"stinting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"misallocating"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portrayed":{
|
||
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineated",
|
||
|
|
"depicted",
|
||
|
|
"described",
|
||
|
|
"drew",
|
||
|
|
"imaged",
|
||
|
|
"limned",
|
||
|
|
"painted",
|
||
|
|
"pictured",
|
||
|
|
"rendered",
|
||
|
|
"set out",
|
||
|
|
"sketched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"characterized",
|
||
|
|
"defined",
|
||
|
|
"labeled",
|
||
|
|
"labelled",
|
||
|
|
"qualified",
|
||
|
|
"represented",
|
||
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
||
|
|
"illustrated",
|
||
|
|
"narrated",
|
||
|
|
"recited",
|
||
|
|
"recounted",
|
||
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
||
|
|
"related",
|
||
|
|
"reported",
|
||
|
|
"told",
|
||
|
|
"displayed",
|
||
|
|
"exhibited",
|
||
|
|
"showed",
|
||
|
|
"hinted",
|
||
|
|
"suggested",
|
||
|
|
"drafted",
|
||
|
|
"outlined",
|
||
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
||
|
|
"traced",
|
||
|
|
"vignetted",
|
||
|
|
"summarized",
|
||
|
|
"summed up",
|
||
|
|
"touched off",
|
||
|
|
"redescribed",
|
||
|
|
"reimaged"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"colored",
|
||
|
|
"distorted",
|
||
|
|
"falsified",
|
||
|
|
"garbled",
|
||
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
||
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
||
|
|
"misstated",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"twisted",
|
||
|
|
"warped"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"charactered",
|
||
|
|
"characterized",
|
||
|
|
"defined",
|
||
|
|
"depicted",
|
||
|
|
"described",
|
||
|
|
"represented"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"categorized",
|
||
|
|
"classified",
|
||
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
||
|
|
"typed",
|
||
|
|
"colored",
|
||
|
|
"identified",
|
||
|
|
"indicated",
|
||
|
|
"named",
|
||
|
|
"specified",
|
||
|
|
"distinguished",
|
||
|
|
"individualized",
|
||
|
|
"marked",
|
||
|
|
"particularized",
|
||
|
|
"stamped"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depicted",
|
||
|
|
"imaged",
|
||
|
|
"pictured",
|
||
|
|
"represented"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineated",
|
||
|
|
"described",
|
||
|
|
"documented",
|
||
|
|
"rendered",
|
||
|
|
"outlined",
|
||
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
||
|
|
"sketched",
|
||
|
|
"illustrated",
|
||
|
|
"showed",
|
||
|
|
"diagrammed",
|
||
|
|
"diagramed",
|
||
|
|
"caricatured"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acted",
|
||
|
|
"did",
|
||
|
|
"impersonated",
|
||
|
|
"interpreted",
|
||
|
|
"performed",
|
||
|
|
"played"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depicted",
|
||
|
|
"dramatized",
|
||
|
|
"rendered",
|
||
|
|
"represented",
|
||
|
|
"acted out",
|
||
|
|
"enacted",
|
||
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
||
|
|
"playacted",
|
||
|
|
"role-played",
|
||
|
|
"took on",
|
||
|
|
"overacted",
|
||
|
|
"overplayed",
|
||
|
|
"underplayed",
|
||
|
|
"aped",
|
||
|
|
"clowned",
|
||
|
|
"hammed",
|
||
|
|
"imitated",
|
||
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
||
|
|
"mimed",
|
||
|
|
"mimicked",
|
||
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
||
|
|
"starred (in)",
|
||
|
|
"coacted",
|
||
|
|
"co-acted",
|
||
|
|
"costarred",
|
||
|
|
"co-starred"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portion (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in dole out , mete (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dole out",
|
||
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
||
|
|
"ration (out)",
|
||
|
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
|
"scant",
|
||
|
|
"skimp (on)",
|
||
|
|
"spare",
|
||
|
|
"stint (on)",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
|
"conserve",
|
||
|
|
"preserve"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"lavish",
|
||
|
|
"pour",
|
||
|
|
"rain",
|
||
|
|
"shower"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pores (over)":{
|
||
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chews over",
|
||
|
|
"cogitates",
|
||
|
|
"considers",
|
||
|
|
"contemplates",
|
||
|
|
"debates",
|
||
|
|
"deliberates",
|
||
|
|
"entertains",
|
||
|
|
"eyes",
|
||
|
|
"kicks around",
|
||
|
|
"meditates",
|
||
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
||
|
|
"perpends",
|
||
|
|
"ponders",
|
||
|
|
"questions",
|
||
|
|
"revolves",
|
||
|
|
"ruminates",
|
||
|
|
"studies",
|
||
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"turns",
|
||
|
|
"weighs",
|
||
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reminisces",
|
||
|
|
"analyzes",
|
||
|
|
"explores",
|
||
|
|
"reviews",
|
||
|
|
"concludes",
|
||
|
|
"reasons",
|
||
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
||
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
||
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"believes",
|
||
|
|
"conceives",
|
||
|
|
"opines",
|
||
|
|
"absorbs",
|
||
|
|
"assimilates",
|
||
|
|
"digests",
|
||
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disregards",
|
||
|
|
"ignores",
|
||
|
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
|
"slights",
|
||
|
|
"dismisses",
|
||
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
||
|
|
"poohs",
|
||
|
|
"rejects"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"peruses",
|
||
|
|
"reads"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"browses",
|
||
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
||
|
|
"leafs (through)",
|
||
|
|
"scans",
|
||
|
|
"skims",
|
||
|
|
"speed-reads",
|
||
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
||
|
|
"turns over",
|
||
|
|
"devours",
|
||
|
|
"gobbles (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slogs (through)",
|
||
|
|
"wades (through)",
|
||
|
|
"rereads",
|
||
|
|
"proofreads",
|
||
|
|
"deciphers",
|
||
|
|
"reviews",
|
||
|
|
"studies",
|
||
|
|
"apprehends",
|
||
|
|
"comprehends",
|
||
|
|
"gets",
|
||
|
|
"grasps",
|
||
|
|
"makes",
|
||
|
|
"makes out",
|
||
|
|
"perceives",
|
||
|
|
"sees",
|
||
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
||
|
|
"understands"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pore":{
|
||
|
|
"as in interspace":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"interspace",
|
||
|
|
"notch",
|
||
|
|
"slit",
|
||
|
|
"slot",
|
||
|
|
"split",
|
||
|
|
"abyss",
|
||
|
|
"aperture",
|
||
|
|
"cavity",
|
||
|
|
"chasm",
|
||
|
|
"gape",
|
||
|
|
"orifice",
|
||
|
|
"chink",
|
||
|
|
"cleft",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cranny",
|
||
|
|
"crevice",
|
||
|
|
"fissure",
|
||
|
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
|
"severance",
|
||
|
|
"sundering",
|
||
|
|
"breach",
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
||
|
|
"gap",
|
||
|
|
"gulf",
|
||
|
|
"hiatus",
|
||
|
|
"hole",
|
||
|
|
"interstice",
|
||
|
|
"interval",
|
||
|
|
"opening",
|
||
|
|
"rent",
|
||
|
|
"rift",
|
||
|
|
"separation",
|
||
|
|
"void"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portend":{
|
||
|
|
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
|
||
|
|
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bode",
|
||
|
|
"forebode",
|
||
|
|
"forbode",
|
||
|
|
"promise",
|
||
|
|
"augur",
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"forecast",
|
||
|
|
"foretell",
|
||
|
|
"predict",
|
||
|
|
"presage",
|
||
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
||
|
|
"prophesy",
|
||
|
|
"read",
|
||
|
|
"vaticinate",
|
||
|
|
"alert",
|
||
|
|
"caution",
|
||
|
|
"forewarn",
|
||
|
|
"warn",
|
||
|
|
"anticipate",
|
||
|
|
"divine",
|
||
|
|
"foreknow",
|
||
|
|
"foresee",
|
||
|
|
"announce",
|
||
|
|
"declare",
|
||
|
|
"herald",
|
||
|
|
"proclaim"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"describe",
|
||
|
|
"narrate",
|
||
|
|
"recite",
|
||
|
|
"recount",
|
||
|
|
"relate",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"tell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portion":{
|
||
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circumstance",
|
||
|
|
"destiny",
|
||
|
|
"doom",
|
||
|
|
"fate",
|
||
|
|
"fortune",
|
||
|
|
"kismet",
|
||
|
|
"lot"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accident",
|
||
|
|
"casualty",
|
||
|
|
"chance",
|
||
|
|
"hap",
|
||
|
|
"happenchance",
|
||
|
|
"happenstance",
|
||
|
|
"hazard",
|
||
|
|
"luck",
|
||
|
|
"predestination",
|
||
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
||
|
|
"aftermath",
|
||
|
|
"conclusion",
|
||
|
|
"consequence",
|
||
|
|
"development",
|
||
|
|
"effect",
|
||
|
|
"fruit",
|
||
|
|
"issue",
|
||
|
|
"outcome",
|
||
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
||
|
|
"result",
|
||
|
|
"resultant",
|
||
|
|
"sequel",
|
||
|
|
"sequence",
|
||
|
|
"upshot"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"member",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"partition",
|
||
|
|
"section",
|
||
|
|
"segment"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"component",
|
||
|
|
"constituent",
|
||
|
|
"element",
|
||
|
|
"factor",
|
||
|
|
"ingredient",
|
||
|
|
"moiety",
|
||
|
|
"parcel",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"length",
|
||
|
|
"bit",
|
||
|
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
|
"particle",
|
||
|
|
"scrap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"whole",
|
||
|
|
"aggregate",
|
||
|
|
"composite",
|
||
|
|
"compound",
|
||
|
|
"sum",
|
||
|
|
"total",
|
||
|
|
"totality"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"each camper gets an equal portion of the food"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"allotment",
|
||
|
|
"allowance",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"end",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"piece",
|
||
|
|
"proportion",
|
||
|
|
"quota",
|
||
|
|
"share",
|
||
|
|
"slice",
|
||
|
|
"take"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"ration",
|
||
|
|
"commission",
|
||
|
|
"percentage",
|
||
|
|
"member",
|
||
|
|
"partition",
|
||
|
|
"section",
|
||
|
|
"segment"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggregate",
|
||
|
|
"composite",
|
||
|
|
"compound",
|
||
|
|
"pool",
|
||
|
|
"sum",
|
||
|
|
"total",
|
||
|
|
"totality",
|
||
|
|
"whole"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administer",
|
||
|
|
"allocate",
|
||
|
|
"apportion",
|
||
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
||
|
|
"dispense",
|
||
|
|
"distribute",
|
||
|
|
"dole out",
|
||
|
|
"hand out",
|
||
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
||
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
||
|
|
"prorate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"admeasure",
|
||
|
|
"allot",
|
||
|
|
"allow",
|
||
|
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
|
"assign",
|
||
|
|
"dish out",
|
||
|
|
"divide",
|
||
|
|
"divvy (up)",
|
||
|
|
"dollop (out)",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"measure (out)",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"proportion",
|
||
|
|
"ration",
|
||
|
|
"redistribute",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"share (out)",
|
||
|
|
"split",
|
||
|
|
"bestow",
|
||
|
|
"disburse",
|
||
|
|
"furnish",
|
||
|
|
"issue",
|
||
|
|
"provide",
|
||
|
|
"share",
|
||
|
|
"supply",
|
||
|
|
"circulate",
|
||
|
|
"disperse",
|
||
|
|
"disseminate",
|
||
|
|
"scatter",
|
||
|
|
"spread",
|
||
|
|
"chip in",
|
||
|
|
"contribute",
|
||
|
|
"donate",
|
||
|
|
"pledge",
|
||
|
|
"reallocate",
|
||
|
|
"reapportion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"begrudge",
|
||
|
|
"decline",
|
||
|
|
"deny",
|
||
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
||
|
|
"disallow",
|
||
|
|
"refuse",
|
||
|
|
"reject",
|
||
|
|
"withhold",
|
||
|
|
"niggle (out)",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"skimp",
|
||
|
|
"stint"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"misallocate"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portmanteau":{
|
||
|
|
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carry-on",
|
||
|
|
"carryall",
|
||
|
|
"grip",
|
||
|
|
"handbag",
|
||
|
|
"holdall",
|
||
|
|
"suitcase",
|
||
|
|
"traveling bag",
|
||
|
|
"wallet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"overnight bag",
|
||
|
|
"overnight case",
|
||
|
|
"weekend bag",
|
||
|
|
"weekender",
|
||
|
|
"cosmetic case",
|
||
|
|
"traveling case",
|
||
|
|
"carpetbag",
|
||
|
|
"duffel bag",
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"kit",
|
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"kit bag",
|
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"backpack",
|
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"haversack",
|
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|
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"knapsack",
|
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|
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"packsack",
|
||
|
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"rucksack",
|
||
|
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"attach\u00e9",
|
||
|
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"attach\u00e9 case",
|
||
|
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"briefcase",
|
||
|
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"valise",
|
||
|
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"baggage",
|
||
|
|
"bags",
|
||
|
|
"luggage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portal":{
|
||
|
|
"a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"door",
|
||
|
|
"gate",
|
||
|
|
"hatch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"double door",
|
||
|
|
"Dutch door",
|
||
|
|
"French door",
|
||
|
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"lattice",
|
||
|
|
"portcullis",
|
||
|
|
"postern",
|
||
|
|
"revolving door",
|
||
|
|
"storm door",
|
||
|
|
"trapdoor",
|
||
|
|
"wicket"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pored (over)":{
|
||
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chewed over",
|
||
|
|
"cogitated",
|
||
|
|
"considered",
|
||
|
|
"contemplated",
|
||
|
|
"debated",
|
||
|
|
"deliberated",
|
||
|
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
|
"eyed",
|
||
|
|
"kicked around",
|
||
|
|
"meditated",
|
||
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
||
|
|
"perpended",
|
||
|
|
"pondered",
|
||
|
|
"questioned",
|
||
|
|
"revolved",
|
||
|
|
"ruminated",
|
||
|
|
"studied",
|
||
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"turned",
|
||
|
|
"weighed",
|
||
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"reminisced",
|
||
|
|
"analyzed",
|
||
|
|
"explored",
|
||
|
|
"reviewed",
|
||
|
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
|
"reasoned",
|
||
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
||
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
||
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
||
|
|
"believed",
|
||
|
|
"conceived",
|
||
|
|
"opined",
|
||
|
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
|
"assimilated",
|
||
|
|
"digested",
|
||
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disregarded",
|
||
|
|
"ignored",
|
||
|
|
"overlooked",
|
||
|
|
"slighted",
|
||
|
|
"dismissed",
|
||
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
||
|
|
"poohed",
|
||
|
|
"rejected"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"perused",
|
||
|
|
"read"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"browsed",
|
||
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
||
|
|
"leafed (through)",
|
||
|
|
"scanned",
|
||
|
|
"skimmed",
|
||
|
|
"speed-read",
|
||
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
||
|
|
"turned over",
|
||
|
|
"devoured",
|
||
|
|
"gobbled (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slogged (through)",
|
||
|
|
"waded (through)",
|
||
|
|
"reread",
|
||
|
|
"proofread",
|
||
|
|
"deciphered",
|
||
|
|
"reviewed",
|
||
|
|
"studied",
|
||
|
|
"apprehended",
|
||
|
|
"comprehended",
|
||
|
|
"got",
|
||
|
|
"grasped",
|
||
|
|
"made",
|
||
|
|
"made out",
|
||
|
|
"perceived",
|
||
|
|
"saw",
|
||
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
||
|
|
"understood"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portmanteaus":{
|
||
|
|
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carryalls",
|
||
|
|
"carry-ons",
|
||
|
|
"grips",
|
||
|
|
"handbags",
|
||
|
|
"holdalls",
|
||
|
|
"suitcases",
|
||
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
||
|
|
"wallets"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"overnight bags",
|
||
|
|
"overnight cases",
|
||
|
|
"weekend bags",
|
||
|
|
"weekenders",
|
||
|
|
"cosmetic cases",
|
||
|
|
"traveling cases",
|
||
|
|
"carpetbags",
|
||
|
|
"duffel bags",
|
||
|
|
"kit bags",
|
||
|
|
"kits",
|
||
|
|
"backpacks",
|
||
|
|
"haversacks",
|
||
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
||
|
|
"packsacks",
|
||
|
|
"rucksacks",
|
||
|
|
"attach\u00e9 cases",
|
||
|
|
"attach\u00e9s",
|
||
|
|
"briefcases",
|
||
|
|
"valises",
|
||
|
|
"baggages",
|
||
|
|
"bags",
|
||
|
|
"luggage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"portray":{
|
||
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineate",
|
||
|
|
"depict",
|
||
|
|
"describe",
|
||
|
|
"draw",
|
||
|
|
"image",
|
||
|
|
"limn",
|
||
|
|
"paint",
|
||
|
|
"picture",
|
||
|
|
"render",
|
||
|
|
"set out",
|
||
|
|
"sketch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"characterize",
|
||
|
|
"define",
|
||
|
|
"label",
|
||
|
|
"qualify",
|
||
|
|
"represent",
|
||
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
||
|
|
"illustrate",
|
||
|
|
"narrate",
|
||
|
|
"recite",
|
||
|
|
"recount",
|
||
|
|
"rehearse",
|
||
|
|
"relate",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"tell",
|
||
|
|
"display",
|
||
|
|
"exhibit",
|
||
|
|
"show",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"suggest",
|
||
|
|
"draft",
|
||
|
|
"outline",
|
||
|
|
"silhouette",
|
||
|
|
"trace",
|
||
|
|
"vignette",
|
||
|
|
"summarize",
|
||
|
|
"sum up",
|
||
|
|
"touch off",
|
||
|
|
"redescribe",
|
||
|
|
"reimage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"color",
|
||
|
|
"distort",
|
||
|
|
"falsify",
|
||
|
|
"garble",
|
||
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
||
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
||
|
|
"misstate",
|
||
|
|
"pervert",
|
||
|
|
"twist",
|
||
|
|
"warp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"character",
|
||
|
|
"characterize",
|
||
|
|
"define",
|
||
|
|
"depict",
|
||
|
|
"describe",
|
||
|
|
"represent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"categorize",
|
||
|
|
"classify",
|
||
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
||
|
|
"type",
|
||
|
|
"color",
|
||
|
|
"identify",
|
||
|
|
"indicate",
|
||
|
|
"name",
|
||
|
|
"specify",
|
||
|
|
"distinguish",
|
||
|
|
"individualize",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"particularize",
|
||
|
|
"stamp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a picture of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depict",
|
||
|
|
"image",
|
||
|
|
"picture",
|
||
|
|
"represent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delineate",
|
||
|
|
"describe",
|
||
|
|
"document",
|
||
|
|
"render",
|
||
|
|
"outline",
|
||
|
|
"silhouette",
|
||
|
|
"sketch",
|
||
|
|
"illustrate",
|
||
|
|
"show",
|
||
|
|
"diagram",
|
||
|
|
"caricature"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"act",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"impersonate",
|
||
|
|
"interpret",
|
||
|
|
"perform",
|
||
|
|
"play"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"depict",
|
||
|
|
"dramatize",
|
||
|
|
"render",
|
||
|
|
"represent",
|
||
|
|
"act out",
|
||
|
|
"enact",
|
||
|
|
"pantomime",
|
||
|
|
"playact",
|
||
|
|
"role-play",
|
||
|
|
"take on",
|
||
|
|
"overact",
|
||
|
|
"overplay",
|
||
|
|
"underplay",
|
||
|
|
"ape",
|
||
|
|
"clown",
|
||
|
|
"ham",
|
||
|
|
"imitate",
|
||
|
|
"masquerade",
|
||
|
|
"mime",
|
||
|
|
"mimic",
|
||
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
||
|
|
"star (in)",
|
||
|
|
"coact",
|
||
|
|
"costar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|