3650 lines
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3650 lines
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{
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"bore (with)":{
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"as in suffered , stood":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"endured",
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"stood",
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"suffered",
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"tolerated",
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"espoused",
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"stomached",
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"swallowed",
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"took",
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"acceded",
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"acquiesced",
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"agreed",
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"assented",
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"came round",
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"consented",
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"subscribed",
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"bowed",
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"knuckled under",
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"relented",
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"submitted",
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"succumbed",
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"yielded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dissented",
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"rebuffed",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"scorned",
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"spurned",
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"denied",
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"gainsaid"
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],
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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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"bore out":{
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
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"examples":[
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"the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argued",
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"attested",
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"authenticated",
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"certified",
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"confirmed",
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"corroborated",
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"substantiated",
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"supported",
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"validated",
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"verified",
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"vindicated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"avouched",
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"backed (up)",
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"testified (to)",
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"vouched (for)",
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"witnessed",
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"guaranteed",
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"warranted",
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"affirmed",
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"asserted",
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"averred",
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"avowed",
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"declared",
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"professed",
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"demonstrated",
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"documented",
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"established",
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"proved",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contradicted",
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"gainsaid",
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"denied",
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"disavowed",
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"disclaimed",
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"challenged",
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"contested",
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"disputed",
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"questioned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disproved",
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"rebutted",
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"refuted"
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]
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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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"borehole":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bore down on":{
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"to push steadily against with some force":{
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"examples":[
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"you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"depressed",
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"pressed",
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"shoved",
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"weighed (on or upon)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"mashed",
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"punched",
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"squashed",
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"squeezed",
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"squished",
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"squooshed",
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"compelled",
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"forced",
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"pressured",
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"leaned (on or against)",
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"muscled",
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"drove",
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"propelled",
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"thrust",
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"compacted",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"crushed",
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"scrunched",
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"wrung",
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"crammed",
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"jammed",
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"jam-packed",
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"packed",
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"stuffed",
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"wedged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
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"examples":[
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"Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accented",
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"accentuated",
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"emphasized",
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"featured",
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"foregrounded",
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"highlighted",
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"illuminated",
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"played up",
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"pointed (up)",
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"pressed",
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"punctuated",
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"stressed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"focused",
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"focussed",
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"identified",
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"pinpointed",
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"spotlighted",
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"spotlit",
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"advertised",
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"boosted",
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"plugged",
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"promoted",
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"publicized",
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"overplayed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"toned (down)",
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"underemphasized",
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"understated",
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"belittled",
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"discounted",
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"disparaged",
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"minimized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasized",
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"played down"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boring":{
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"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
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"examples":[
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"I wish this book weren't so boring ; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arid",
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"colorless",
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"drab",
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"dreary",
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"drudging",
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"dry",
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"dull",
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"dusty",
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"flat",
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"heavy",
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"ho-hum",
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"humdrum",
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"jading",
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"jejune",
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"leaden",
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"mind-numbing",
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"monochromatic",
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"monotonous",
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"numbing",
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"old",
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"pedestrian",
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"ponderous",
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"slow",
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"stale",
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"stodgy",
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"stuffy",
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"stupid",
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"tame",
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"tedious",
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"tiresome",
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"tiring",
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"uninteresting",
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"wearisome",
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"weary",
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"wearying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aseptic",
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"barren",
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"blah",
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"dullish",
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"pleasureless",
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"prosaic",
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"prosy",
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"soggy",
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"spiritless",
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"blank",
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"earthbound",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"inanimate",
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"pallid",
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"pedantic",
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"sterile",
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"suspenseless",
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"undramatic",
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"uneventful",
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"unexciting",
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"unimaginative",
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"uninspiring",
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"unnewsworthy",
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"unrewarding",
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"unsensational",
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"unspectacular",
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"annoying",
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"bothersome",
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"irksome",
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"irritating",
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"longsome",
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"palling",
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"draining",
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"enervating",
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"exhausting",
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"fatiguing",
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"wearing",
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"debilitating",
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"enfeebling",
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"demoralizing",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"dispiriting",
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"common",
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"commonplace",
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"ordinary",
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"tepid",
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"unexceptional",
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"unsurprising",
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"vapid",
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"cumbersome",
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"lumbering",
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"plodding",
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"poky",
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"pokey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amazing",
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"astonishing",
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"astounding",
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"awesome",
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"eye-opening",
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"fabulous",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"sensational",
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"spectacular",
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"surprising",
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"wonderful",
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"wondrous",
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"animating",
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"breathtaking",
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"electrifying",
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"energizing",
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"enlivening",
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"exciting",
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"exhilarating",
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"galvanizing",
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"hair-raising",
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"inspiring",
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"invigorating",
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"rip-roaring",
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"rousing",
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"stimulating",
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"stirring",
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"thrilling",
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"amusing",
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"diverting",
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"entertaining",
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"moving",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"alluring",
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"attracting",
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"attractive",
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"beguiling",
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"bewitching",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"enthralling",
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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"mesmerizing",
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"spellbinding",
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"suspenseful",
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"arresting",
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"provocative",
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"tantalizing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"absorbing",
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"engaging",
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"engrossing",
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"gripping",
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"interesting",
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"intriguing",
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"involving",
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"riveting"
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]
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},
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"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
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"examples":[
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"some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drilling",
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"holing",
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"perforating",
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"piercing",
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"punching",
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"puncturing",
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"riddling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broaching",
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"tapping",
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"poking",
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"pricking",
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"prickling",
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"penetrating",
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"burrowing (into)",
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"excavating",
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"gouging",
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"grooving",
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"hollowing",
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"breaking",
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"cutting",
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"gashing",
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"notching",
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"rending",
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"rupturing",
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"slashing",
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"slitting",
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"splitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"filling",
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"patching",
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"plugging",
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"sealing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to force one's way":{
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"examples":[
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"with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bulldozing",
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"bulling",
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"crashing",
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"elbowing",
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"jamming",
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"jostling",
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"muscling",
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"pressing",
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"pushing",
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"shouldering",
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"squeezing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ramming",
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"shoving",
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"thrusting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
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"examples":[
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"the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"jading",
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"tiring",
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"wearying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"palling",
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"burning out",
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"doing in",
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"draining",
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"enervating",
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"exhausting",
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"fagging",
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"fatiguing",
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"tuckering (out)",
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"washing out",
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"wearing",
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"wearing out",
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"debilitating",
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"disabling",
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"enfeebling",
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"dejecting",
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"demoralizing",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"dispiriting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"activating",
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"animating",
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"energizing",
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"enlivening",
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"exciting",
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"galvanizing",
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"invigorating",
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"stimulating",
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"strengthening",
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"vitalizing",
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"amusing",
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"entertaining",
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"alluring",
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"attracting",
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"beguiling",
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"bewitching",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"hypnotizing",
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"mesmerizing",
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"monopolizing",
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"preoccupying",
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"busying",
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"immersing",
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"involving",
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"occupying",
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"pumping up",
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"rallying",
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"rousing",
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"stirring"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"absorbing",
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"busying",
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"engaging",
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"engrossing",
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"enthralling",
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"fascinating",
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"gripping",
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"interesting",
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"intriguing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bordello":{
|
||
|
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the cabdriver offered to show me where he claimed the most infamous bordello in town used to be"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bagnio",
|
||
|
"bawdy house",
|
||
|
"brothel",
|
||
|
"cathouse",
|
||
|
"disorderly house",
|
||
|
"sporting house",
|
||
|
"stew",
|
||
|
"whorehouse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"call house",
|
||
|
"crib",
|
||
|
"massage parlor",
|
||
|
"harem",
|
||
|
"seraglio"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bordering":{
|
||
|
"having a border in common":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a country given to constant disagreements with bordering nations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abutting",
|
||
|
"adjacent",
|
||
|
"adjoining",
|
||
|
"conterminous",
|
||
|
"contiguous",
|
||
|
"flanking",
|
||
|
"flush",
|
||
|
"fringing",
|
||
|
"joining",
|
||
|
"juxtaposed",
|
||
|
"neighboring",
|
||
|
"skirting",
|
||
|
"touching",
|
||
|
"verging"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"approximate",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"closest",
|
||
|
"immediate",
|
||
|
"near",
|
||
|
"nearby",
|
||
|
"nearest",
|
||
|
"next-door",
|
||
|
"nigh",
|
||
|
"attached",
|
||
|
"communicating",
|
||
|
"connected",
|
||
|
"connecting",
|
||
|
"interconnecting",
|
||
|
"joined",
|
||
|
"linked",
|
||
|
"united",
|
||
|
"bounding",
|
||
|
"circumjacent",
|
||
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
"encircling",
|
||
|
"enclosing",
|
||
|
"inclosing",
|
||
|
"fencing",
|
||
|
"rimming",
|
||
|
"surrounding",
|
||
|
"marginal",
|
||
|
"peripheral",
|
||
|
"tangent",
|
||
|
"tangential",
|
||
|
"ambient",
|
||
|
"encompassing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"apart",
|
||
|
"detached",
|
||
|
"disconnected",
|
||
|
"discrete",
|
||
|
"free-standing",
|
||
|
"isolate",
|
||
|
"isolated",
|
||
|
"removed",
|
||
|
"separate",
|
||
|
"single",
|
||
|
"unattached",
|
||
|
"unconnected",
|
||
|
"unlinked",
|
||
|
"away",
|
||
|
"distant",
|
||
|
"far",
|
||
|
"faraway",
|
||
|
"far-off",
|
||
|
"farthest",
|
||
|
"remote",
|
||
|
"discontinuous",
|
||
|
"noncontinuous",
|
||
|
"broken up",
|
||
|
"disjoined",
|
||
|
"dissevered",
|
||
|
"dissociated",
|
||
|
"disunited",
|
||
|
"divided",
|
||
|
"divorced",
|
||
|
"parted",
|
||
|
"ramified",
|
||
|
"resolved",
|
||
|
"severed",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sundered",
|
||
|
"uncoupled",
|
||
|
"unyoked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonadjacent",
|
||
|
"noncontiguous"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bounding",
|
||
|
"edging",
|
||
|
"framing",
|
||
|
"fringing",
|
||
|
"margining",
|
||
|
"rimming",
|
||
|
"skirting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hemming",
|
||
|
"trimming",
|
||
|
"circumscribing",
|
||
|
"defining",
|
||
|
"delineating",
|
||
|
"demarcating",
|
||
|
"outlining",
|
||
|
"silhouetting",
|
||
|
"sketching",
|
||
|
"tracing",
|
||
|
"circling",
|
||
|
"compassing",
|
||
|
"encircling",
|
||
|
"enclosing",
|
||
|
"inclosing",
|
||
|
"environing",
|
||
|
"girdling",
|
||
|
"girthing",
|
||
|
"looping",
|
||
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
"rounding",
|
||
|
"surrounding",
|
||
|
"walling",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"confining",
|
||
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"limiting",
|
||
|
"restraining",
|
||
|
"restricting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bordering (on)":{
|
||
|
"to come very close to being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"touching (on)",
|
||
|
"trenching (on)",
|
||
|
"verging (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"approaching",
|
||
|
"nearing",
|
||
|
"appearing",
|
||
|
"looking",
|
||
|
"resembling",
|
||
|
"seeming",
|
||
|
"suggesting",
|
||
|
"approximating",
|
||
|
"comparing (with)",
|
||
|
"measuring up (to)",
|
||
|
"stacking up (against or with)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that state borders on three others"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abutting",
|
||
|
"adjoining",
|
||
|
"butting (on or against)",
|
||
|
"flanking",
|
||
|
"fringing",
|
||
|
"joining",
|
||
|
"marching (with)",
|
||
|
"neighboring",
|
||
|
"skirting",
|
||
|
"touching",
|
||
|
"verging (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attaching (to)",
|
||
|
"communicating (with)",
|
||
|
"connecting (with)",
|
||
|
"linking (with)",
|
||
|
"bounding",
|
||
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
"encircling",
|
||
|
"enclosing",
|
||
|
"inclosing",
|
||
|
"fencing",
|
||
|
"lining",
|
||
|
"margining",
|
||
|
"rimming",
|
||
|
"surrounding",
|
||
|
"contacting",
|
||
|
"converging",
|
||
|
"meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borderline":{
|
||
|
"located at or near a border":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a borderline region that is claimed by both countries"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"marginal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"outermost",
|
||
|
"outmost",
|
||
|
"exterior",
|
||
|
"external",
|
||
|
"outer",
|
||
|
"outside",
|
||
|
"outward"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"inner",
|
||
|
"inside",
|
||
|
"internal",
|
||
|
"inward",
|
||
|
"inmost",
|
||
|
"innermost",
|
||
|
"central",
|
||
|
"mid",
|
||
|
"middle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"interior"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"your answer was borderline rude, so I would advise you to be more diplomatic in the future"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"about",
|
||
|
"all but",
|
||
|
"almost",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"fairly",
|
||
|
"feckly",
|
||
|
"more or less",
|
||
|
"most",
|
||
|
"much",
|
||
|
"near",
|
||
|
"nearly",
|
||
|
"next to",
|
||
|
"nigh",
|
||
|
"practically",
|
||
|
"somewhere",
|
||
|
"virtually",
|
||
|
"well-nigh"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appreciably",
|
||
|
"by and large",
|
||
|
"chiefly",
|
||
|
"largely",
|
||
|
"mainly",
|
||
|
"mostly",
|
||
|
"kind of",
|
||
|
"partially",
|
||
|
"partly",
|
||
|
"somewhat"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absolutely",
|
||
|
"altogether",
|
||
|
"completely",
|
||
|
"entirely",
|
||
|
"fully",
|
||
|
"plain",
|
||
|
"plumb",
|
||
|
"quite",
|
||
|
"thoroughly",
|
||
|
"totally",
|
||
|
"utterly",
|
||
|
"well",
|
||
|
"wholly",
|
||
|
"barely",
|
||
|
"hardly",
|
||
|
"scarcely"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the actual borderline separating the two properties is now being disputed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"border",
|
||
|
"bound",
|
||
|
"boundary",
|
||
|
"brim",
|
||
|
"circumference",
|
||
|
"compass",
|
||
|
"confines",
|
||
|
"edge",
|
||
|
"edging",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"frame",
|
||
|
"fringe",
|
||
|
"hem",
|
||
|
"margin",
|
||
|
"perimeter",
|
||
|
"periphery",
|
||
|
"rim",
|
||
|
"skirt",
|
||
|
"skirting",
|
||
|
"verge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambit",
|
||
|
"brink",
|
||
|
"crest",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"cusp",
|
||
|
"lip",
|
||
|
"ceiling",
|
||
|
"maximum",
|
||
|
"demarcation",
|
||
|
"extent",
|
||
|
"limitation",
|
||
|
"measure",
|
||
|
"mere",
|
||
|
"restriction",
|
||
|
"termination",
|
||
|
"borderland",
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"march",
|
||
|
"outskirts",
|
||
|
"pale",
|
||
|
"selvage",
|
||
|
"lap",
|
||
|
"shore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"center",
|
||
|
"core",
|
||
|
"heart",
|
||
|
"inner",
|
||
|
"inside",
|
||
|
"interior",
|
||
|
"middle",
|
||
|
"within"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borne":{
|
||
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"luckily, she turned out to be able to bear children after all"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"birthed",
|
||
|
"delivered",
|
||
|
"dropped",
|
||
|
"had",
|
||
|
"mothered",
|
||
|
"produced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"labored",
|
||
|
"bred",
|
||
|
"multiplied",
|
||
|
"propagated",
|
||
|
"reproduced",
|
||
|
"spawned",
|
||
|
"begotten",
|
||
|
"begot",
|
||
|
"fathered",
|
||
|
"generated",
|
||
|
"got",
|
||
|
"gotten",
|
||
|
"sired",
|
||
|
"calved",
|
||
|
"kidded",
|
||
|
"kindled",
|
||
|
"kittened",
|
||
|
"littered",
|
||
|
"pupped",
|
||
|
"whelped"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aborted",
|
||
|
"lost",
|
||
|
"miscarried"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I can't bear the thought of losing another loved one"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abided",
|
||
|
"abode",
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"bided",
|
||
|
"brooked",
|
||
|
"countenanced",
|
||
|
"endured",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"hacked",
|
||
|
"handled",
|
||
|
"met",
|
||
|
"pocketed",
|
||
|
"stomached",
|
||
|
"stood",
|
||
|
"stuck out",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"sustained",
|
||
|
"sweat out",
|
||
|
"sweated out",
|
||
|
"taken",
|
||
|
"tolerated",
|
||
|
"worn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"allowed",
|
||
|
"permitted",
|
||
|
"suffered",
|
||
|
"swallowed",
|
||
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
||
|
"acquiesced",
|
||
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
||
|
"assented (to)",
|
||
|
"capitulated",
|
||
|
"consented (to)",
|
||
|
"respected",
|
||
|
"submitted (to)",
|
||
|
"yielded (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"dismissed",
|
||
|
"refused",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"repudiated",
|
||
|
"spurned",
|
||
|
"turned down",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"fought",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"resisted",
|
||
|
"avoided",
|
||
|
"bypassed",
|
||
|
"circumvented",
|
||
|
"dodged",
|
||
|
"eluded",
|
||
|
"escaped",
|
||
|
"evaded",
|
||
|
"missed",
|
||
|
"abstained (from)",
|
||
|
"forborne",
|
||
|
"refrained (from)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to have a relation or connection":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I just found another fact that bears on this issue"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appertained",
|
||
|
"applied",
|
||
|
"pertained",
|
||
|
"referred",
|
||
|
"related"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affected",
|
||
|
"concerned",
|
||
|
"interested",
|
||
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"involved",
|
||
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"touched",
|
||
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"associated",
|
||
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"connected",
|
||
|
"coupled",
|
||
|
"interrelated",
|
||
|
"linked",
|
||
|
"tied in",
|
||
|
"dealt (with)",
|
||
|
"treated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the road bears left after the second traffic light"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
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"headed",
|
||
|
"made"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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"near synonyms":[
|
||
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"aimed",
|
||
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"bent",
|
||
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"directed",
|
||
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"pointed",
|
||
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"turned",
|
||
|
"beelined",
|
||
|
"lit",
|
||
|
"lighted out",
|
||
|
"put",
|
||
|
"put out",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"set out",
|
||
|
"struck",
|
||
|
"stricken",
|
||
|
"taken off",
|
||
|
"faced",
|
||
|
"oriented",
|
||
|
"steered",
|
||
|
"about-faced",
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"come about",
|
||
|
"come round",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"inclined",
|
||
|
"put about",
|
||
|
"reversed",
|
||
|
"swerved",
|
||
|
"tacked",
|
||
|
"turned back",
|
||
|
"veered",
|
||
|
"wheeled",
|
||
|
"yawed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bolstered",
|
||
|
"braced",
|
||
|
"buttressed",
|
||
|
"carried",
|
||
|
"propped (up)",
|
||
|
"shored (up)",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"sustained",
|
||
|
"undergirded",
|
||
|
"underpinned",
|
||
|
"upheld"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"steadied",
|
||
|
"trussed",
|
||
|
"underlain"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I'm not one to bear grudges"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cherished",
|
||
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
"had",
|
||
|
"harbored",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"nursed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"sustained",
|
||
|
"carried",
|
||
|
"kept",
|
||
|
"maintained",
|
||
|
"preserved",
|
||
|
"remembered",
|
||
|
"retained",
|
||
|
"treasured",
|
||
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
||
|
"clung (to)",
|
||
|
"hugged",
|
||
|
"stuck (to)",
|
||
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
||
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"obsessed (about or over)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregarded",
|
||
|
"dropped",
|
||
|
"forgotten",
|
||
|
"forgot",
|
||
|
"ignored",
|
||
|
"neglected",
|
||
|
"overlooked",
|
||
|
"abjured",
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"denied",
|
||
|
"disdained",
|
||
|
"refused",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"repudiated",
|
||
|
"scorned",
|
||
|
"abandoned",
|
||
|
"deserted",
|
||
|
"discarded",
|
||
|
"forsaken",
|
||
|
"given up",
|
||
|
"parted (with)",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"quitted",
|
||
|
"renounced",
|
||
|
"thrown out",
|
||
|
"erased",
|
||
|
"expunged"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she bore herself well in her first public speaking event"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"acquitted",
|
||
|
"behaved",
|
||
|
"carried",
|
||
|
"comported",
|
||
|
"conducted",
|
||
|
"demeaned",
|
||
|
"deported",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"quitted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"collected",
|
||
|
"composed",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"contained",
|
||
|
"controlled",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"handled",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"moderated",
|
||
|
"modulated",
|
||
|
"tempered",
|
||
|
"acted",
|
||
|
"impersonated",
|
||
|
"played"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acted up",
|
||
|
"carried on",
|
||
|
"cut up",
|
||
|
"misbehaved",
|
||
|
"misconducted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to support and take from one place to another":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the rescue team came bearing much-needed food and supplies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"carried",
|
||
|
"carted",
|
||
|
"conveyed",
|
||
|
"ferried",
|
||
|
"hauled",
|
||
|
"lugged",
|
||
|
"packed",
|
||
|
"toted",
|
||
|
"transported"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"delivered",
|
||
|
"handed over",
|
||
|
"transferred",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"sent",
|
||
|
"shipped",
|
||
|
"transmitted",
|
||
|
"brought",
|
||
|
"fetched",
|
||
|
"taken",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"removed",
|
||
|
"shifted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to take to or upon oneself":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I bear some responsibility for the mishap"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"assumed",
|
||
|
"shouldered",
|
||
|
"taken over",
|
||
|
"undertaken"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopted",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"taken up",
|
||
|
"advocated",
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"championed",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"espoused",
|
||
|
"stood by",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"upheld",
|
||
|
"acceded",
|
||
|
"acquiesced",
|
||
|
"agreed",
|
||
|
"assented",
|
||
|
"consented",
|
||
|
"reaccepted",
|
||
|
"reassumed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abjured",
|
||
|
"recanted",
|
||
|
"renounced",
|
||
|
"retracted",
|
||
|
"taken back",
|
||
|
"unsaid",
|
||
|
"withdrawn",
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"refused",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"spurned",
|
||
|
"turned down",
|
||
|
"abstained (from)",
|
||
|
"forborne",
|
||
|
"refrained (from)",
|
||
|
"avoided",
|
||
|
"bypassed",
|
||
|
"detoured",
|
||
|
"abandoned",
|
||
|
"abnegated",
|
||
|
"forsaken",
|
||
|
"given up",
|
||
|
"relinquished",
|
||
|
"spurned",
|
||
|
"surrendered",
|
||
|
"backed down",
|
||
|
"backed off",
|
||
|
"backtracked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disavowed",
|
||
|
"disclaimed",
|
||
|
"disowned",
|
||
|
"repudiated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to wear or have on one's person":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the right to bear arms"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"carried",
|
||
|
"packed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"flaunted",
|
||
|
"shown off",
|
||
|
"showed off",
|
||
|
"sported",
|
||
|
"displayed",
|
||
|
"exhibited",
|
||
|
"paraded",
|
||
|
"shown",
|
||
|
"showed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the path will bear north after that marked tree"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extended",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"headed",
|
||
|
"lain",
|
||
|
"led",
|
||
|
"run"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crossed",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"passed",
|
||
|
"coursed",
|
||
|
"followed",
|
||
|
"spanned",
|
||
|
"traversed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"claimed",
|
||
|
"demanded",
|
||
|
"necessitated",
|
||
|
"needed",
|
||
|
"required",
|
||
|
"taken",
|
||
|
"wanted",
|
||
|
"warranted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"entailed",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"asked",
|
||
|
"begged",
|
||
|
"clamored (for)",
|
||
|
"cried (for)",
|
||
|
"hurt (for)",
|
||
|
"lacked",
|
||
|
"commanded",
|
||
|
"enjoined",
|
||
|
"exacted",
|
||
|
"insisted",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"quested",
|
||
|
"stipulated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"owned",
|
||
|
"possessed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"had",
|
||
|
"held"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to have within":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"gold- bearing ore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boasted",
|
||
|
"contained",
|
||
|
"held"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accommodated",
|
||
|
"fitted",
|
||
|
"fit",
|
||
|
"taken",
|
||
|
"cased",
|
||
|
"encased",
|
||
|
"enclosed",
|
||
|
"inclosed",
|
||
|
"encompassed",
|
||
|
"harbored",
|
||
|
"housed",
|
||
|
"lodged",
|
||
|
"sheltered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a hot, humid air mass is now bearing just south of the Gulf Coast"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"been",
|
||
|
"lain",
|
||
|
"sat",
|
||
|
"stood"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"commanded",
|
||
|
"overlooked",
|
||
|
"hung around",
|
||
|
"remained",
|
||
|
"rested",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"stuck around",
|
||
|
"tarried",
|
||
|
"awaited",
|
||
|
"waited",
|
||
|
"posted",
|
||
|
"stationed",
|
||
|
"dwelled",
|
||
|
"dwelt",
|
||
|
"resided"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to produce as revenue":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"an interest- bearing savings account"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"given",
|
||
|
"paid",
|
||
|
"returned",
|
||
|
"yielded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"brought in",
|
||
|
"netted",
|
||
|
"afforded",
|
||
|
"furnished",
|
||
|
"provided",
|
||
|
"supplied",
|
||
|
"paid off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borrows":{
|
||
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopts",
|
||
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
"espouses",
|
||
|
"takes on",
|
||
|
"takes up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"domesticates",
|
||
|
"naturalizes",
|
||
|
"appropriates",
|
||
|
"arrogates",
|
||
|
"takes over",
|
||
|
"usurps",
|
||
|
"absorbs",
|
||
|
"assimilates",
|
||
|
"incorporates",
|
||
|
"quotes",
|
||
|
"cherishes",
|
||
|
"prizes",
|
||
|
"treasures",
|
||
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
"follows",
|
||
|
"heeds",
|
||
|
"honors",
|
||
|
"uses",
|
||
|
"utilizes",
|
||
|
"brings up",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
"raises",
|
||
|
"rears",
|
||
|
"affects",
|
||
|
"assumes",
|
||
|
"copies",
|
||
|
"imitates",
|
||
|
"pretends",
|
||
|
"puts on",
|
||
|
"simulates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
"gives up",
|
||
|
"relinquishes",
|
||
|
"surrenders",
|
||
|
"abjures",
|
||
|
"abnegates",
|
||
|
"disowns",
|
||
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
"renounces",
|
||
|
"repudiates",
|
||
|
"spurns",
|
||
|
"discards",
|
||
|
"jettisons",
|
||
|
"junks",
|
||
|
"throws away",
|
||
|
"throws out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borderland":{
|
||
|
"a region along the dividing line between two countries":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I grew up on the borderland , so I speak both languages"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"border",
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"march"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"no-man's-land"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bore a hand":{
|
||
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They were thankful their parents were there to bear a hand during the move."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"aided",
|
||
|
"assisted",
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"backstopped",
|
||
|
"helped",
|
||
|
"propped (up)",
|
||
|
"supported"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"eased",
|
||
|
"facilitated",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"launched",
|
||
|
"championed",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"patronized",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"sponsored",
|
||
|
"attended",
|
||
|
"cared (for)",
|
||
|
"comforted",
|
||
|
"ministered (to)",
|
||
|
"succored",
|
||
|
"sustained",
|
||
|
"bolstered",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"buttressed",
|
||
|
"reinforced",
|
||
|
"reenforced",
|
||
|
"advised",
|
||
|
"counseled",
|
||
|
"counselled",
|
||
|
"guided",
|
||
|
"mentored",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"bailed out",
|
||
|
"delivered",
|
||
|
"rescued",
|
||
|
"saved",
|
||
|
"emboldened",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"heartened",
|
||
|
"benefited",
|
||
|
"benefitted",
|
||
|
"favored",
|
||
|
"obliged",
|
||
|
"profited",
|
||
|
"served"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"balked",
|
||
|
"barred",
|
||
|
"blocked",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"hampered",
|
||
|
"handicapped",
|
||
|
"held back",
|
||
|
"impeded",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"obstructed",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"strangled",
|
||
|
"baffled",
|
||
|
"foiled",
|
||
|
"frustrated",
|
||
|
"inconvenienced",
|
||
|
"interfered",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"sabotaged",
|
||
|
"thwarted",
|
||
|
"deserted",
|
||
|
"disappointed",
|
||
|
"failed",
|
||
|
"let down",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"retarded",
|
||
|
"stifled",
|
||
|
"straitened",
|
||
|
"stunted",
|
||
|
"damaged",
|
||
|
"harmed",
|
||
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
"injured"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hindered"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"born":{
|
||
|
"being such from birth or by nature":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a born artist and largely self-taught, John Singleton Copley was producing accomplished portraits by the time he was in his late teens"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"congenital",
|
||
|
"natural"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chronic",
|
||
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
"habitual",
|
||
|
"incorrigible",
|
||
|
"ingrained",
|
||
|
"engrained",
|
||
|
"inveterate",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"regular",
|
||
|
"unreconstructed",
|
||
|
"unregenerate",
|
||
|
"constitutional",
|
||
|
"consummate",
|
||
|
"elemental",
|
||
|
"elementary",
|
||
|
"essential",
|
||
|
"connate",
|
||
|
"hereditary",
|
||
|
"inborn",
|
||
|
"inherent",
|
||
|
"innate",
|
||
|
"intimate",
|
||
|
"intrinsic",
|
||
|
"native",
|
||
|
"instinctual",
|
||
|
"intuitive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"developed",
|
||
|
"trained",
|
||
|
"alien",
|
||
|
"foreign",
|
||
|
"unnatural"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonnatural"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a born Texan and very proud of it"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aboriginal",
|
||
|
"autochthonous",
|
||
|
"domestic",
|
||
|
"endemic",
|
||
|
"indigenous",
|
||
|
"native"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"local",
|
||
|
"regional",
|
||
|
"original"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"imported",
|
||
|
"introduced",
|
||
|
"transplanted",
|
||
|
"alien",
|
||
|
"exotic",
|
||
|
"foreign",
|
||
|
"strange",
|
||
|
"expatriate",
|
||
|
"immigrant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonindigenous",
|
||
|
"nonnative"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"born fruit":{
|
||
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They had hoped to start a successful business, but their plans did not bear fruit ."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"clicked",
|
||
|
"come off",
|
||
|
"delivered",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"gone over",
|
||
|
"panned out",
|
||
|
"succeeded",
|
||
|
"worked out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"caught on",
|
||
|
"flourished",
|
||
|
"prospered",
|
||
|
"thrived",
|
||
|
"thriven",
|
||
|
"cooked",
|
||
|
"percolated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"languished",
|
||
|
"floundered",
|
||
|
"struggled",
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"skidded",
|
||
|
"slipped",
|
||
|
"slumped",
|
||
|
"sunk",
|
||
|
"waned",
|
||
|
"crashed",
|
||
|
"cratered",
|
||
|
"crumbled",
|
||
|
"flamed out",
|
||
|
"choked",
|
||
|
"cracked up",
|
||
|
"miscarried",
|
||
|
"misfired",
|
||
|
"fallen down",
|
||
|
"gone under",
|
||
|
"imploded",
|
||
|
"self-destructed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bombed",
|
||
|
"collapsed",
|
||
|
"failed",
|
||
|
"flopped",
|
||
|
"flunked",
|
||
|
"folded",
|
||
|
"foundered",
|
||
|
"missed",
|
||
|
"struck out",
|
||
|
"stricken out",
|
||
|
"washed out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"boringly":{
|
||
|
"as in dully , drably":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drably",
|
||
|
"dully",
|
||
|
"colorlessly",
|
||
|
"inconspicuously",
|
||
|
"unobtrusively",
|
||
|
"unpretentiously",
|
||
|
"chastely",
|
||
|
"demurely",
|
||
|
"modestly",
|
||
|
"conservatively",
|
||
|
"plainly",
|
||
|
"quietly",
|
||
|
"simply",
|
||
|
"bleakly",
|
||
|
"severely",
|
||
|
"somberly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bravely",
|
||
|
"brightly",
|
||
|
"brilliantly",
|
||
|
"colorfully",
|
||
|
"gaily",
|
||
|
"gayly",
|
||
|
"flamboyantly",
|
||
|
"flashily",
|
||
|
"garishly",
|
||
|
"gaudily",
|
||
|
"loud",
|
||
|
"loudly",
|
||
|
"ostentatiously",
|
||
|
"fancily",
|
||
|
"ornately",
|
||
|
"swankily"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borderlands":{
|
||
|
"a region along the dividing line between two countries":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I grew up on the borderland , so I speak both languages"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"borders",
|
||
|
"frontiers",
|
||
|
"marches"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"no-man's-lands"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"border (on)":{
|
||
|
"to come very close to being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"touch (on)",
|
||
|
"trench (on)",
|
||
|
"verge (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"approach",
|
||
|
"near",
|
||
|
"appear",
|
||
|
"look",
|
||
|
"resemble",
|
||
|
"seem",
|
||
|
"suggest",
|
||
|
"approximate",
|
||
|
"compare (with)",
|
||
|
"measure up (to)",
|
||
|
"stack up (against or with)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that state borders on three others"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abut",
|
||
|
"adjoin",
|
||
|
"butt (on or against)",
|
||
|
"flank",
|
||
|
"fringe",
|
||
|
"join",
|
||
|
"march (with)",
|
||
|
"neighbor",
|
||
|
"skirt",
|
||
|
"touch",
|
||
|
"verge (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attach (to)",
|
||
|
"communicate (with)",
|
||
|
"connect (with)",
|
||
|
"link (with)",
|
||
|
"bound",
|
||
|
"embrace",
|
||
|
"encircle",
|
||
|
"enclose",
|
||
|
"inclose",
|
||
|
"fence",
|
||
|
"line",
|
||
|
"margin",
|
||
|
"rim",
|
||
|
"surround",
|
||
|
"contact",
|
||
|
"converge",
|
||
|
"meet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bordered":{
|
||
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bounded",
|
||
|
"edged",
|
||
|
"framed",
|
||
|
"fringed",
|
||
|
"margined",
|
||
|
"rimmed",
|
||
|
"skirted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hemmed",
|
||
|
"trimmed",
|
||
|
"circumscribed",
|
||
|
"defined",
|
||
|
"delineated",
|
||
|
"demarcated",
|
||
|
"outlined",
|
||
|
"silhouetted",
|
||
|
"sketched",
|
||
|
"traced",
|
||
|
"circled",
|
||
|
"compassed",
|
||
|
"encircled",
|
||
|
"enclosed",
|
||
|
"inclosed",
|
||
|
"environed",
|
||
|
"girdled",
|
||
|
"girthed",
|
||
|
"looped",
|
||
|
"ringed",
|
||
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
"surrounded",
|
||
|
"walled",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"confined",
|
||
|
"controlled",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"limited",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"restricted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bordered (on)":{
|
||
|
"to come very close to being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"touched (on)",
|
||
|
"trenched (on)",
|
||
|
"verged (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"approached",
|
||
|
"neared",
|
||
|
"appeared",
|
||
|
"looked",
|
||
|
"resembled",
|
||
|
"seemed",
|
||
|
"suggested",
|
||
|
"approximated",
|
||
|
"compared (with)",
|
||
|
"measured up (to)",
|
||
|
"stacked up (against or with)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that state borders on three others"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abutted",
|
||
|
"adjoined",
|
||
|
"butted (on or against)",
|
||
|
"flanked",
|
||
|
"fringed",
|
||
|
"joined",
|
||
|
"marched (with)",
|
||
|
"neighbored",
|
||
|
"skirted",
|
||
|
"touched",
|
||
|
"verged (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attached (to)",
|
||
|
"communicated (with)",
|
||
|
"connected (with)",
|
||
|
"linked (with)",
|
||
|
"bounded",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"encircled",
|
||
|
"enclosed",
|
||
|
"inclosed",
|
||
|
"fenced",
|
||
|
"lined",
|
||
|
"margined",
|
||
|
"rimmed",
|
||
|
"surrounded",
|
||
|
"contacted",
|
||
|
"converged",
|
||
|
"met"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borough":{
|
||
|
"as in city , town":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asphalt jungle",
|
||
|
"burg",
|
||
|
"city",
|
||
|
"cosmopolis",
|
||
|
"megacity",
|
||
|
"megalopolis",
|
||
|
"metropolis",
|
||
|
"municipality",
|
||
|
"town",
|
||
|
"core city",
|
||
|
"downtown",
|
||
|
"inner city",
|
||
|
"midtown",
|
||
|
"exurb",
|
||
|
"suburb",
|
||
|
"suburbia",
|
||
|
"central city",
|
||
|
"edge city",
|
||
|
"garden city",
|
||
|
"conurbation",
|
||
|
"urban sprawl"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bore witness":{
|
||
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Both parties were asked to bear witness during the trial."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attested",
|
||
|
"deposed",
|
||
|
"swore",
|
||
|
"testified",
|
||
|
"witnessed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"verified",
|
||
|
"vouched",
|
||
|
"promised",
|
||
|
"vowed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bore":{
|
||
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drill",
|
||
|
"hole",
|
||
|
"perforate",
|
||
|
"pierce",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"puncture",
|
||
|
"riddle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broach",
|
||
|
"tap",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"prick",
|
||
|
"prickle",
|
||
|
"penetrate",
|
||
|
"burrow (into)",
|
||
|
"excavate",
|
||
|
"gouge",
|
||
|
"groove",
|
||
|
"hollow",
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"gash",
|
||
|
"notch",
|
||
|
"rend",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"slash",
|
||
|
"slit",
|
||
|
"split"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"fill",
|
||
|
"patch",
|
||
|
"plug",
|
||
|
"seal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to force one's way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bull",
|
||
|
"bulldoze",
|
||
|
"crash",
|
||
|
"elbow",
|
||
|
"jam",
|
||
|
"jostle",
|
||
|
"muscle",
|
||
|
"press",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"shoulder",
|
||
|
"squeeze"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ram",
|
||
|
"shove",
|
||
|
"thrust"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"jade",
|
||
|
"tire",
|
||
|
"weary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"pall",
|
||
|
"burn out",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"drain",
|
||
|
"enervate",
|
||
|
"exhaust",
|
||
|
"fag",
|
||
|
"fatigue",
|
||
|
"tucker (out)",
|
||
|
"wash out",
|
||
|
"wear",
|
||
|
"wear out",
|
||
|
"debilitate",
|
||
|
"disable",
|
||
|
"enfeeble",
|
||
|
"deject",
|
||
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
"dishearten",
|
||
|
"dispirit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"animate",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"enliven",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"invigorate",
|
||
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
"strengthen",
|
||
|
"vitalize",
|
||
|
"amuse",
|
||
|
"entertain",
|
||
|
"allure",
|
||
|
"attract",
|
||
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
"bewitch",
|
||
|
"captivate",
|
||
|
"charm",
|
||
|
"enchant",
|
||
|
"hypnotize",
|
||
|
"mesmerize",
|
||
|
"monopolize",
|
||
|
"preoccupy",
|
||
|
"busy",
|
||
|
"immerse",
|
||
|
"involve",
|
||
|
"occupy",
|
||
|
"pump up",
|
||
|
"rally",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
"busy",
|
||
|
"engage",
|
||
|
"engross",
|
||
|
"enthrall",
|
||
|
"enthral",
|
||
|
"fascinate",
|
||
|
"grip",
|
||
|
"interest",
|
||
|
"intrigue"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"for once, the graduation speaker wasn't a real bore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drag",
|
||
|
"drip",
|
||
|
"droner",
|
||
|
"dullsville",
|
||
|
"nudnik",
|
||
|
"nudnick",
|
||
|
"snooze",
|
||
|
"snoozer",
|
||
|
"yawn",
|
||
|
"yawner"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bummer",
|
||
|
"downer",
|
||
|
"bromide",
|
||
|
"pill"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blast",
|
||
|
"gas",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"rush",
|
||
|
"upper"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borne down on":{
|
||
|
"to push steadily against with some force":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"depressed",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"shoved",
|
||
|
"weighed (on or upon)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"compressed",
|
||
|
"mashed",
|
||
|
"punched",
|
||
|
"squashed",
|
||
|
"squeezed",
|
||
|
"squished",
|
||
|
"squooshed",
|
||
|
"compelled",
|
||
|
"forced",
|
||
|
"pressured",
|
||
|
"leaned (on or against)",
|
||
|
"muscled",
|
||
|
"driven",
|
||
|
"propelled",
|
||
|
"thrust",
|
||
|
"compacted",
|
||
|
"condensed",
|
||
|
"constricted",
|
||
|
"contracted",
|
||
|
"crushed",
|
||
|
"scrunched",
|
||
|
"wrung",
|
||
|
"crammed",
|
||
|
"jammed",
|
||
|
"jam-packed",
|
||
|
"packed",
|
||
|
"stuffed",
|
||
|
"wedged"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accented",
|
||
|
"accentuated",
|
||
|
"emphasized",
|
||
|
"featured",
|
||
|
"foregrounded",
|
||
|
"highlighted",
|
||
|
"illuminated",
|
||
|
"played up",
|
||
|
"pointed (up)",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"punctuated",
|
||
|
"stressed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"focused",
|
||
|
"focussed",
|
||
|
"identified",
|
||
|
"pinpointed",
|
||
|
"spotlighted",
|
||
|
"spotlit",
|
||
|
"advertised",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"plugged",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"publicized",
|
||
|
"overplayed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"toned (down)",
|
||
|
"underemphasized",
|
||
|
"understated",
|
||
|
"belittled",
|
||
|
"discounted",
|
||
|
"disparaged",
|
||
|
"minimized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"de-emphasized",
|
||
|
"played down"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bores":{
|
||
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"for once, the graduation speaker wasn't a real bore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drags",
|
||
|
"drips",
|
||
|
"droners",
|
||
|
"dullsvilles",
|
||
|
"nudniks",
|
||
|
"nudnicks",
|
||
|
"snoozers",
|
||
|
"snoozes",
|
||
|
"yawners",
|
||
|
"yawns"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bummers",
|
||
|
"downers",
|
||
|
"bromides",
|
||
|
"pills"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blasts",
|
||
|
"gases",
|
||
|
"gasses",
|
||
|
"kicks",
|
||
|
"rushes",
|
||
|
"uppers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drills",
|
||
|
"holes",
|
||
|
"perforates",
|
||
|
"pierces",
|
||
|
"punches",
|
||
|
"punctures",
|
||
|
"riddles"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broaches",
|
||
|
"taps",
|
||
|
"pokes",
|
||
|
"prickles",
|
||
|
"pricks",
|
||
|
"penetrates",
|
||
|
"burrows (into)",
|
||
|
"excavates",
|
||
|
"gouges",
|
||
|
"grooves",
|
||
|
"hollows",
|
||
|
"breaks",
|
||
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
"gashes",
|
||
|
"notches",
|
||
|
"rends",
|
||
|
"ruptures",
|
||
|
"slashes",
|
||
|
"slits",
|
||
|
"splits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"fills",
|
||
|
"patches",
|
||
|
"plugs",
|
||
|
"seals"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to force one's way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bulldozes",
|
||
|
"bulls",
|
||
|
"crashes",
|
||
|
"elbows",
|
||
|
"jams",
|
||
|
"jostles",
|
||
|
"muscles",
|
||
|
"presses",
|
||
|
"pushes",
|
||
|
"shoulders",
|
||
|
"squeezes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"rams",
|
||
|
"shoves",
|
||
|
"thrusts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"jades",
|
||
|
"tires",
|
||
|
"wearies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"palls",
|
||
|
"burns out",
|
||
|
"does in",
|
||
|
"drains",
|
||
|
"enervates",
|
||
|
"exhausts",
|
||
|
"fags",
|
||
|
"fatigues",
|
||
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
||
|
"washes out",
|
||
|
"wears",
|
||
|
"wears out",
|
||
|
"debilitates",
|
||
|
"disables",
|
||
|
"enfeebles",
|
||
|
"dejects",
|
||
|
"demoralizes",
|
||
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
"disheartens",
|
||
|
"dispirits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"activates",
|
||
|
"animates",
|
||
|
"energizes",
|
||
|
"enlivens",
|
||
|
"excites",
|
||
|
"galvanizes",
|
||
|
"invigorates",
|
||
|
"stimulates",
|
||
|
"strengthens",
|
||
|
"vitalizes",
|
||
|
"amuses",
|
||
|
"entertains",
|
||
|
"allures",
|
||
|
"attracts",
|
||
|
"beguiles",
|
||
|
"bewitches",
|
||
|
"captivates",
|
||
|
"charms",
|
||
|
"enchants",
|
||
|
"hypnotizes",
|
||
|
"mesmerizes",
|
||
|
"monopolizes",
|
||
|
"preoccupies",
|
||
|
"busies",
|
||
|
"immerses",
|
||
|
"involves",
|
||
|
"occupies",
|
||
|
"pumps up",
|
||
|
"rallies",
|
||
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
"stirs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absorbs",
|
||
|
"busies",
|
||
|
"engages",
|
||
|
"engrosses",
|
||
|
"enthralls",
|
||
|
"enthrals",
|
||
|
"fascinates",
|
||
|
"grips",
|
||
|
"interests",
|
||
|
"intrigues"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"born witness":{
|
||
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Both parties were asked to bear witness during the trial."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attested",
|
||
|
"deposed",
|
||
|
"sworn",
|
||
|
"testified",
|
||
|
"witnessed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"verified",
|
||
|
"vouched",
|
||
|
"promised",
|
||
|
"vowed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borders (on)":{
|
||
|
"to come very close to being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"touches (on)",
|
||
|
"trenches (on)",
|
||
|
"verges (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"approaches",
|
||
|
"nears",
|
||
|
"appears",
|
||
|
"looks",
|
||
|
"resembles",
|
||
|
"seems",
|
||
|
"suggests",
|
||
|
"approximates",
|
||
|
"compares (with)",
|
||
|
"measures up (to)",
|
||
|
"stacks up (against or with)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that state borders on three others"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abuts",
|
||
|
"adjoins",
|
||
|
"butts (on or against)",
|
||
|
"flanks",
|
||
|
"fringes",
|
||
|
"joins",
|
||
|
"marches (with)",
|
||
|
"neighbors",
|
||
|
"skirts",
|
||
|
"touches",
|
||
|
"verges (on)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attaches (to)",
|
||
|
"communicates (with)",
|
||
|
"connects (with)",
|
||
|
"links (with)",
|
||
|
"bounds",
|
||
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
"encircles",
|
||
|
"encloses",
|
||
|
"incloses",
|
||
|
"fences",
|
||
|
"lines",
|
||
|
"margins",
|
||
|
"rims",
|
||
|
"surrounds",
|
||
|
"contacts",
|
||
|
"converges",
|
||
|
"meets"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bored":{
|
||
|
"having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I was completely bored during that speech"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fed up",
|
||
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
"sick",
|
||
|
"sick and tired",
|
||
|
"tired",
|
||
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
"weary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
"disinterested",
|
||
|
"uninterested",
|
||
|
"glutted",
|
||
|
"sated",
|
||
|
"satiated",
|
||
|
"surfeited",
|
||
|
"dejected",
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"dispirited",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"burned-out",
|
||
|
"burnt-out",
|
||
|
"bushed",
|
||
|
"done in",
|
||
|
"drained",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
"limp",
|
||
|
"played out",
|
||
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
"worn-out",
|
||
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
"exasperated",
|
||
|
"frustrated",
|
||
|
"irritated",
|
||
|
"disgusted",
|
||
|
"nauseated",
|
||
|
"repulsed",
|
||
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
||
|
"blase",
|
||
|
"world-weary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"amused",
|
||
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
"beguiled",
|
||
|
"bewitched",
|
||
|
"captivated",
|
||
|
"charmed",
|
||
|
"enchanted",
|
||
|
"enthralled",
|
||
|
"fascinated",
|
||
|
"hypnotized",
|
||
|
"mesmerized",
|
||
|
"delighted",
|
||
|
"pleased",
|
||
|
"thrilled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
"engrossed",
|
||
|
"interested",
|
||
|
"intrigued",
|
||
|
"rapt"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"drilled",
|
||
|
"holed",
|
||
|
"perforated",
|
||
|
"pierced",
|
||
|
"punched",
|
||
|
"punctured",
|
||
|
"riddled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broached",
|
||
|
"tapped",
|
||
|
"poked",
|
||
|
"pricked",
|
||
|
"prickled",
|
||
|
"penetrated",
|
||
|
"burrowed (into)",
|
||
|
"excavated",
|
||
|
"gouged",
|
||
|
"grooved",
|
||
|
"hollowed",
|
||
|
"broke",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"gashed",
|
||
|
"notched",
|
||
|
"rent",
|
||
|
"rended",
|
||
|
"ruptured",
|
||
|
"slashed",
|
||
|
"slit",
|
||
|
"split"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"filled",
|
||
|
"patched",
|
||
|
"plugged",
|
||
|
"sealed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to force one's way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bulldozed",
|
||
|
"bulled",
|
||
|
"crashed",
|
||
|
"elbowed",
|
||
|
"jammed",
|
||
|
"jostled",
|
||
|
"muscled",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"pushed",
|
||
|
"shouldered",
|
||
|
"squeezed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"rammed",
|
||
|
"shoved",
|
||
|
"thrust"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
"tired",
|
||
|
"wearied"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"palled",
|
||
|
"burned out",
|
||
|
"burnt out",
|
||
|
"did in",
|
||
|
"drained",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"fagged",
|
||
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
"washed out",
|
||
|
"wore",
|
||
|
"wore out",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"disabled",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"dejected",
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"dispirited"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"amused",
|
||
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
"allured",
|
||
|
"attracted",
|
||
|
"beguiled",
|
||
|
"bewitched",
|
||
|
"captivated",
|
||
|
"charmed",
|
||
|
"enchanted",
|
||
|
"hypnotized",
|
||
|
"mesmerized",
|
||
|
"monopolized",
|
||
|
"preoccupied",
|
||
|
"busied",
|
||
|
"immersed",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"occupied",
|
||
|
"pumped up",
|
||
|
"rallied",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"busied",
|
||
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
"engrossed",
|
||
|
"enthralled",
|
||
|
"fascinated",
|
||
|
"gripped",
|
||
|
"interested",
|
||
|
"intrigued"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borrowing":{
|
||
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopting",
|
||
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
"taking on",
|
||
|
"taking up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"domesticating",
|
||
|
"naturalizing",
|
||
|
"appropriating",
|
||
|
"arrogating",
|
||
|
"taking over",
|
||
|
"usurping",
|
||
|
"absorbing",
|
||
|
"assimilating",
|
||
|
"incorporating",
|
||
|
"quoting",
|
||
|
"cherishing",
|
||
|
"prizing",
|
||
|
"treasuring",
|
||
|
"cultivating",
|
||
|
"following",
|
||
|
"heeding",
|
||
|
"honoring",
|
||
|
"using",
|
||
|
"utilizing",
|
||
|
"bringing up",
|
||
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
"nurturing",
|
||
|
"raising",
|
||
|
"rearing",
|
||
|
"affecting",
|
||
|
"assuming",
|
||
|
"copying",
|
||
|
"imitating",
|
||
|
"pretending",
|
||
|
"putting on",
|
||
|
"simulating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandoning",
|
||
|
"forsaking",
|
||
|
"giving up",
|
||
|
"relinquishing",
|
||
|
"surrendering",
|
||
|
"abjuring",
|
||
|
"abnegating",
|
||
|
"disowning",
|
||
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
"renouncing",
|
||
|
"repudiating",
|
||
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
"discarding",
|
||
|
"jettisoning",
|
||
|
"junking",
|
||
|
"throwing away",
|
||
|
"throwing out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bore (on)":{
|
||
|
"as in referred (to) , related (to)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appertained (to)",
|
||
|
"applied (to)",
|
||
|
"pertained (to)",
|
||
|
"referred (to)",
|
||
|
"related (to)",
|
||
|
"affected",
|
||
|
"concerned",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"touched",
|
||
|
"embroiled",
|
||
|
"ensnared",
|
||
|
"entangled",
|
||
|
"implicated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bore up":{
|
||
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"repeatedly borne up in times of adversity by his faith"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bucked up",
|
||
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
||
|
"cheered (up)",
|
||
|
"chirked (up)",
|
||
|
"emboldened",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"heartened",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"inspirited",
|
||
|
"steeled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"enforced",
|
||
|
"fortified",
|
||
|
"reinforced",
|
||
|
"reenforced",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"assured",
|
||
|
"reassured",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"rallied",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"depressed",
|
||
|
"saddened",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"hamstrung",
|
||
|
"undermined",
|
||
|
"weakened",
|
||
|
"intimidated",
|
||
|
"psyched (out)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"daunted",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"dispirited"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borrow":{
|
||
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopt",
|
||
|
"embrace",
|
||
|
"espouse",
|
||
|
"take on",
|
||
|
"take up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"domesticate",
|
||
|
"naturalize",
|
||
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
"arrogate",
|
||
|
"take over",
|
||
|
"usurp",
|
||
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
"assimilate",
|
||
|
"incorporate",
|
||
|
"quote",
|
||
|
"cherish",
|
||
|
"prize",
|
||
|
"treasure",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"follow",
|
||
|
"heed",
|
||
|
"honor",
|
||
|
"use",
|
||
|
"utilize",
|
||
|
"bring up",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"rear",
|
||
|
"affect",
|
||
|
"assume",
|
||
|
"copy",
|
||
|
"imitate",
|
||
|
"pretend",
|
||
|
"put on",
|
||
|
"simulate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandon",
|
||
|
"forsake",
|
||
|
"give up",
|
||
|
"relinquish",
|
||
|
"surrender",
|
||
|
"abjure",
|
||
|
"abnegate",
|
||
|
"disown",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"renounce",
|
||
|
"repudiate",
|
||
|
"spurn",
|
||
|
"discard",
|
||
|
"jettison",
|
||
|
"junk",
|
||
|
"throw away",
|
||
|
"throw out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"border":{
|
||
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a rug with a fancily embroidered border"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"borderline",
|
||
|
"bound",
|
||
|
"boundary",
|
||
|
"brim",
|
||
|
"circumference",
|
||
|
"compass",
|
||
|
"confines",
|
||
|
"edge",
|
||
|
"edging",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"frame",
|
||
|
"fringe",
|
||
|
"hem",
|
||
|
"margin",
|
||
|
"perimeter",
|
||
|
"periphery",
|
||
|
"rim",
|
||
|
"skirt",
|
||
|
"skirting",
|
||
|
"verge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambit",
|
||
|
"brink",
|
||
|
"crest",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"cusp",
|
||
|
"lip",
|
||
|
"ceiling",
|
||
|
"maximum",
|
||
|
"demarcation",
|
||
|
"extent",
|
||
|
"limitation",
|
||
|
"measure",
|
||
|
"mere",
|
||
|
"restriction",
|
||
|
"termination",
|
||
|
"borderland",
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"march",
|
||
|
"outskirts",
|
||
|
"pale",
|
||
|
"selvage",
|
||
|
"lap",
|
||
|
"shore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"center",
|
||
|
"core",
|
||
|
"heart",
|
||
|
"inner",
|
||
|
"inside",
|
||
|
"interior",
|
||
|
"middle",
|
||
|
"within"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a region along the dividing line between two countries":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"people who live on an international border get used to carrying a passport"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"borderland",
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"march"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"no-man's-land"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bound",
|
||
|
"edge",
|
||
|
"frame",
|
||
|
"fringe",
|
||
|
"margin",
|
||
|
"rim",
|
||
|
"skirt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hem",
|
||
|
"trim",
|
||
|
"circumscribe",
|
||
|
"define",
|
||
|
"delineate",
|
||
|
"demarcate",
|
||
|
"outline",
|
||
|
"silhouette",
|
||
|
"sketch",
|
||
|
"trace",
|
||
|
"circle",
|
||
|
"compass",
|
||
|
"encircle",
|
||
|
"enclose",
|
||
|
"inclose",
|
||
|
"environ",
|
||
|
"girdle",
|
||
|
"girth",
|
||
|
"loop",
|
||
|
"ring",
|
||
|
"round",
|
||
|
"surround",
|
||
|
"wall",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"confine",
|
||
|
"control",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"limit",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"restrict"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borne fruit":{
|
||
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They had hoped to start a successful business, but their plans did not bear fruit ."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"clicked",
|
||
|
"come off",
|
||
|
"delivered",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"gone over",
|
||
|
"panned out",
|
||
|
"succeeded",
|
||
|
"worked out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"caught on",
|
||
|
"flourished",
|
||
|
"prospered",
|
||
|
"thrived",
|
||
|
"thriven",
|
||
|
"cooked",
|
||
|
"percolated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"languished",
|
||
|
"floundered",
|
||
|
"struggled",
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"skidded",
|
||
|
"slipped",
|
||
|
"slumped",
|
||
|
"sunk",
|
||
|
"waned",
|
||
|
"crashed",
|
||
|
"cratered",
|
||
|
"crumbled",
|
||
|
"flamed out",
|
||
|
"choked",
|
||
|
"cracked up",
|
||
|
"miscarried",
|
||
|
"misfired",
|
||
|
"fallen down",
|
||
|
"gone under",
|
||
|
"imploded",
|
||
|
"self-destructed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bombed",
|
||
|
"collapsed",
|
||
|
"failed",
|
||
|
"flopped",
|
||
|
"flunked",
|
||
|
"folded",
|
||
|
"foundered",
|
||
|
"missed",
|
||
|
"struck out",
|
||
|
"stricken out",
|
||
|
"washed out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borne out":{
|
||
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"argued",
|
||
|
"attested",
|
||
|
"authenticated",
|
||
|
"certified",
|
||
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
"corroborated",
|
||
|
"substantiated",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"validated",
|
||
|
"verified",
|
||
|
"vindicated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"avouched",
|
||
|
"backed (up)",
|
||
|
"testified (to)",
|
||
|
"vouched (for)",
|
||
|
"witnessed",
|
||
|
"guaranteed",
|
||
|
"warranted",
|
||
|
"affirmed",
|
||
|
"asserted",
|
||
|
"averred",
|
||
|
"avowed",
|
||
|
"declared",
|
||
|
"professed",
|
||
|
"demonstrated",
|
||
|
"documented",
|
||
|
"established",
|
||
|
"proved",
|
||
|
"proven",
|
||
|
"reinforced",
|
||
|
"reenforced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"contradicted",
|
||
|
"gainsaid",
|
||
|
"denied",
|
||
|
"disavowed",
|
||
|
"disclaimed",
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
"questioned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disproved",
|
||
|
"rebutted",
|
||
|
"refuted"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bordereaux":{
|
||
|
"as in memoirs , reports":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"memoirs",
|
||
|
"memorials",
|
||
|
"minutes",
|
||
|
"protocols",
|
||
|
"reports",
|
||
|
"jottings",
|
||
|
"memorandums",
|
||
|
"memoranda",
|
||
|
"memos",
|
||
|
"notations",
|
||
|
"notes",
|
||
|
"lines",
|
||
|
"documents",
|
||
|
"writings"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"boroughs":{
|
||
|
"as in cities , towns":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asphalt jungles",
|
||
|
"burgs",
|
||
|
"cities",
|
||
|
"cosmopolises",
|
||
|
"megacities",
|
||
|
"megalopolises",
|
||
|
"metropolises",
|
||
|
"municipalities",
|
||
|
"towns",
|
||
|
"core cities",
|
||
|
"downtowns",
|
||
|
"inner cities",
|
||
|
"midtowns",
|
||
|
"exurbs",
|
||
|
"suburbias",
|
||
|
"suburbs",
|
||
|
"central cities",
|
||
|
"edge cities",
|
||
|
"garden cities",
|
||
|
"conurbations",
|
||
|
"urban sprawls"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borne witness":{
|
||
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Both parties were asked to bear witness during the trial."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"attested",
|
||
|
"deposed",
|
||
|
"sworn",
|
||
|
"testified",
|
||
|
"witnessed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"verified",
|
||
|
"vouched",
|
||
|
"promised",
|
||
|
"vowed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"borrowed":{
|
||
|
"as in assumed":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"assumed",
|
||
|
"old",
|
||
|
"worn",
|
||
|
"hand-me-down",
|
||
|
"pre-owned",
|
||
|
"reach-me-down",
|
||
|
"secondhand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bespoke",
|
||
|
"bespoken",
|
||
|
"brand-new",
|
||
|
"custom",
|
||
|
"customized",
|
||
|
"custom-made",
|
||
|
"new",
|
||
|
"tailored",
|
||
|
"tailor-made",
|
||
|
"unused"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopted",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"espoused",
|
||
|
"took on",
|
||
|
"took up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"domesticated",
|
||
|
"naturalized",
|
||
|
"appropriated",
|
||
|
"arrogated",
|
||
|
"took over",
|
||
|
"usurped",
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"assimilated",
|
||
|
"incorporated",
|
||
|
"quoted",
|
||
|
"cherished",
|
||
|
"prized",
|
||
|
"treasured",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"followed",
|
||
|
"heeded",
|
||
|
"honored",
|
||
|
"used",
|
||
|
"utilized",
|
||
|
"brought up",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"reared",
|
||
|
"affected",
|
||
|
"assumed",
|
||
|
"copied",
|
||
|
"imitated",
|
||
|
"pretended",
|
||
|
"put on",
|
||
|
"simulated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandoned",
|
||
|
"forsook",
|
||
|
"gave up",
|
||
|
"relinquished",
|
||
|
"surrendered",
|
||
|
"abjured",
|
||
|
"abnegated",
|
||
|
"disowned",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"renounced",
|
||
|
"repudiated",
|
||
|
"spurned",
|
||
|
"discarded",
|
||
|
"jettisoned",
|
||
|
"junked",
|
||
|
"threw away",
|
||
|
"threw out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|