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"shied (from or away from)":{
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"as in objected (to) , disapproved (of)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cringed (at)",
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"disapproved (of)",
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"frowned (on or upon)",
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"minded",
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"objected (to)",
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"condemned",
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"despised",
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"scorned",
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"detested",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"resented",
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"disfavored",
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"disliked",
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"disrelished",
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"misliked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adored",
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"cottoned (to)",
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"delighted (in)",
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"dug",
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"enjoyed",
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"fancied",
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"grooved (on)",
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"liked",
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"loved",
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"relished",
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"reveled (in)",
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"revelled (in)",
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"admired",
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"appreciated",
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"cherished",
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"esteemed",
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"regarded",
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"respected",
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"adored",
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"deified",
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"idolized",
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"revered",
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"reverenced",
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"venerated",
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"worshipped",
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"worshiped",
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"prized",
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"treasured",
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"valued",
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"drank (in)",
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"savored",
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"savoured",
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"doted (on)",
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"idolized",
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"favored",
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"preferred"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"shielding":{
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"as in protecting , safeguarding":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"guarding",
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"protecting",
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"safeguarding",
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"sheltering",
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"safe",
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"secure",
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"snug",
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"defended",
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"guarded",
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"protected",
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"sheltered",
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"shielded",
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"impregnable",
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"inviolable",
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"invulnerable",
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"unassailable",
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"unconquerable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dangerous",
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"hazardous",
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"insecure",
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"risky",
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"unsafe",
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"menacing",
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"minatory",
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"parlous",
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"perilous",
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"threatening",
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"undefended",
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"unguarded",
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"unprotected",
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"vulnerable",
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"precarious",
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"treacherous",
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"uncertain"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in protection , safeguarding":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"protection",
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"safeguarding",
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"sheltering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exposure",
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"liability",
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"openness",
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"vulnerability",
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"predisposition",
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"susceptibility",
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"defenselessness",
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"helplessness",
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"weakness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to drive danger or attack away from":{
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"examples":[
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"celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bulwarking",
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"covering",
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"defending",
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"fencing",
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"fending",
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"forfending",
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"guarding",
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"keeping",
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"protecting",
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"safeguarding",
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"screening",
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"securing",
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"warding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"averting",
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"preventing",
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"opposing",
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"resisting",
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"withstanding",
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"battling",
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"contending",
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"fighting",
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"warring",
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"conserving",
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"preserving",
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"saving",
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"buffering",
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"palisading",
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"picketing",
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"walling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bombarding",
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"storming",
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"besetting",
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"besieging",
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"overrunning",
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"capitulating",
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"caving",
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"submitting",
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"yielding"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking"
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]
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},
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"to place a protective layer over":{
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"examples":[
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"she shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"covering",
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"screening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"clothing",
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"veiling",
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"draping",
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"palling",
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"canopying",
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"capping",
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"crowning",
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"disguising",
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"masking",
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"obscuring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"baring",
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"exposing",
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"uncovering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shifting":{
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"the act or an instance of changing position":{
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"antonyms":[
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"motionlessness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the shifting of the toys to the front of the display was a direct result of their sudden popularity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immobility",
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"inertia",
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"inertness",
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"stillness",
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"cessation",
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"discontinuance",
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"ending",
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"expiration",
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"finish",
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"halt",
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"lapse",
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"pause",
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"shutdown",
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"shutoff",
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"stop",
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"stoppage",
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"surcease",
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"termination"
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],
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"related":[
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"dislocation",
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"migration",
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"relocation",
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"locomotion",
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"mobility",
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"motility",
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"motivity",
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"fiddling",
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"fidgeting",
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"squirm",
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"squirming",
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"twitching",
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"wriggling",
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"writhing",
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"flailing",
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"flapping",
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"waving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"motion",
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"move",
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"movement",
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"shift",
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"stir",
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"stirring"
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]
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},
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"to change one's position":{
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"antonyms":[
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"freezing",
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"stilling"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hanging around",
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"remaining",
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"staying",
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"sticking around",
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"tarrying",
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"stabilizing"
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],
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"related":[
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"fiddling",
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"fidgeting",
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"jiggling",
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"squiggling",
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"squirming",
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"tossing",
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"twitching",
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"wiggling",
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"wriggling",
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"writhing",
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"rousing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"budging",
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"locomoting",
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"moving",
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"stirring"
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]
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},
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"to change the place or position of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"anchoring",
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"fixing",
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"freezing",
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"mooring",
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"securing",
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"setting",
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"stabilizing",
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"embedding",
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"imbedding",
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"entrenching",
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"intrenching",
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"implanting",
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"ingraining",
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"engraining",
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"lodging",
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"rooting"
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],
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"related":[
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"bearing",
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"carrying",
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"carting",
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"conveying",
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"driving",
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"hauling",
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"lugging",
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"toting",
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"transmitting",
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"transplanting",
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"transporting",
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"replacing",
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"superseding",
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"supplanting",
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"altering",
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"making over",
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"modifying",
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"redoing",
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"refashioning",
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"remaking",
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"remodeling",
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"revamping",
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"revising",
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"reworking",
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"varying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"budging",
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"dislocating",
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"displacing",
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"disturbing",
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"moving",
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"relocating",
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"removing",
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"repositioning",
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"transferring",
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"transposing"
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]
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},
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"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"interchanging",
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"displacing",
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"replacing",
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"superseding",
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"ceding",
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"handing over",
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"surrendering",
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"yielding",
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"reciprocating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changing",
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"commuting",
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"exchanging",
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"substituting",
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"swapping",
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"switching",
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"trading"
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]
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},
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"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"left the others to shift for themselves"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapsing",
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"failing",
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"falling short",
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"fizzling",
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"floundering",
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"declining",
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"petering (out)",
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"slumping",
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"waning",
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"giving up"
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],
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"related":[
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"carrying on",
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"contriving",
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"scraping (by or through)",
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"scrounging",
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"lasting",
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"surviving",
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"eking out",
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"scraping (out)",
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"squeezing",
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"wresting",
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"wringing",
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"affording",
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"swinging"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coping",
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"doing",
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"faring",
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"getting along",
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"getting by",
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"getting on",
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"making out",
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"managing"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"plateauing",
|
||
|
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"stabilizing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"related":[
|
||
|
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"metamorphosing",
|
||
|
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"morphing",
|
||
|
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"transmuting",
|
||
|
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"bettering",
|
||
|
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"improving",
|
||
|
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"deteriorating",
|
||
|
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"worsening",
|
||
|
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"turning around",
|
||
|
|
"seesawing",
|
||
|
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"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
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"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"changing",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
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"mutating",
|
||
|
|
"snapping",
|
||
|
|
"varying"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiftlessness":{
|
||
|
|
"an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"industriousness",
|
||
|
|
"industry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"with the start of the warm weather, combating the students' shiftlessness was a constant ordeal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambition",
|
||
|
|
"enterprise",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"initiative",
|
||
|
|
"assiduity",
|
||
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
||
|
|
"diligence",
|
||
|
|
"perseverance",
|
||
|
|
"animation",
|
||
|
|
"briskness",
|
||
|
|
"energy",
|
||
|
|
"exuberance",
|
||
|
|
"jazziness",
|
||
|
|
"liveliness",
|
||
|
|
"lustiness",
|
||
|
|
"pep",
|
||
|
|
"peppiness",
|
||
|
|
"robustness",
|
||
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
||
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
||
|
|
"vigor",
|
||
|
|
"vim",
|
||
|
|
"vitality",
|
||
|
|
"vivacity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"apathy",
|
||
|
|
"languor",
|
||
|
|
"lassitude",
|
||
|
|
"lethargy",
|
||
|
|
"listlessness",
|
||
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
||
|
|
"supineness",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
||
|
|
"loafing",
|
||
|
|
"lolling",
|
||
|
|
"lounging"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"idleness",
|
||
|
|
"indolence",
|
||
|
|
"inertia",
|
||
|
|
"laziness",
|
||
|
|
"sloth"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shimmery":{
|
||
|
|
"as in shimmering , sparkling":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agleam",
|
||
|
|
"aglitter",
|
||
|
|
"blinding",
|
||
|
|
"coruscant",
|
||
|
|
"flaring",
|
||
|
|
"flashing",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"gemmy",
|
||
|
|
"glancing",
|
||
|
|
"glaring",
|
||
|
|
"gleaming",
|
||
|
|
"glimmering",
|
||
|
|
"glinting",
|
||
|
|
"glistening",
|
||
|
|
"glistering",
|
||
|
|
"glittering",
|
||
|
|
"scintillant",
|
||
|
|
"scintillating",
|
||
|
|
"shimmering",
|
||
|
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
|
"twinkling",
|
||
|
|
"winking",
|
||
|
|
"ablaze",
|
||
|
|
"ardent",
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"combusting",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"flaming",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"burnished",
|
||
|
|
"polished",
|
||
|
|
"shined",
|
||
|
|
"beaming",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"brilliant",
|
||
|
|
"candescent",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"dazzling",
|
||
|
|
"effulgent",
|
||
|
|
"fulgent",
|
||
|
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
|
"incandescent",
|
||
|
|
"lambent",
|
||
|
|
"lucent",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
|
"lustrous",
|
||
|
|
"radiant",
|
||
|
|
"refulgent",
|
||
|
|
"sheeny",
|
||
|
|
"shining",
|
||
|
|
"shiny",
|
||
|
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
|
"superbright",
|
||
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dim",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"lackluster",
|
||
|
|
"unbright",
|
||
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
||
|
|
"blackened",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkened",
|
||
|
|
"darkish",
|
||
|
|
"darkling",
|
||
|
|
"darksome",
|
||
|
|
"dimmed",
|
||
|
|
"dusky",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"lightless",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
|
"obscured",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
||
|
|
"unlit",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
||
|
|
"shadowy",
|
||
|
|
"shady",
|
||
|
|
"gray",
|
||
|
|
"grey",
|
||
|
|
"leaden",
|
||
|
|
"pale",
|
||
|
|
"palish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shine":{
|
||
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beam",
|
||
|
|
"radiate",
|
||
|
|
"ray"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"burn",
|
||
|
|
"fire",
|
||
|
|
"flame",
|
||
|
|
"gleam",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"glint",
|
||
|
|
"glisten",
|
||
|
|
"glister",
|
||
|
|
"glitter",
|
||
|
|
"glow",
|
||
|
|
"luminesce",
|
||
|
|
"sheen",
|
||
|
|
"shimmer",
|
||
|
|
"blink",
|
||
|
|
"coruscate",
|
||
|
|
"flare",
|
||
|
|
"flash",
|
||
|
|
"flicker",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"scintillate",
|
||
|
|
"spangle",
|
||
|
|
"sparkle",
|
||
|
|
"twinkle",
|
||
|
|
"wink",
|
||
|
|
"winkle",
|
||
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
||
|
|
"glare",
|
||
|
|
"brighten",
|
||
|
|
"illuminate",
|
||
|
|
"illumine",
|
||
|
|
"irradiate",
|
||
|
|
"light",
|
||
|
|
"lighten",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
||
|
|
"blind",
|
||
|
|
"daze",
|
||
|
|
"dazzle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blacken",
|
||
|
|
"darken",
|
||
|
|
"lower",
|
||
|
|
"lour"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buff",
|
||
|
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
|
"dress",
|
||
|
|
"furbish",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"grind",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"rub",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"smoothen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sleek",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"coat",
|
||
|
|
"glaze",
|
||
|
|
"japan",
|
||
|
|
"lacquer",
|
||
|
|
"varnish",
|
||
|
|
"face",
|
||
|
|
"finish",
|
||
|
|
"veneer",
|
||
|
|
"brighten",
|
||
|
|
"file",
|
||
|
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
|
"sand",
|
||
|
|
"sandblast",
|
||
|
|
"sandpaper",
|
||
|
|
"scour",
|
||
|
|
"scrape",
|
||
|
|
"scrub",
|
||
|
|
"bob",
|
||
|
|
"bone",
|
||
|
|
"lap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
|
"roughen",
|
||
|
|
"ruffle",
|
||
|
|
"scuff (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the troop inspector insisted on nothing less than a dazzling shine from every pair of shoes in the line of review"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"luminance",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"sheen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"glare",
|
||
|
|
"gleam",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"glint",
|
||
|
|
"glisten",
|
||
|
|
"glow",
|
||
|
|
"shimmer",
|
||
|
|
"blink",
|
||
|
|
"flicker",
|
||
|
|
"sparkle",
|
||
|
|
"twinkle",
|
||
|
|
"illumination",
|
||
|
|
"irradiation",
|
||
|
|
"iridescence",
|
||
|
|
"luminescence",
|
||
|
|
"brilliance",
|
||
|
|
"luminosity",
|
||
|
|
"radiance",
|
||
|
|
"radiancy",
|
||
|
|
"refulgence",
|
||
|
|
"finish",
|
||
|
|
"glaze"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dimness",
|
||
|
|
"dinginess",
|
||
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
||
|
|
"drabness",
|
||
|
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
|
"flatness",
|
||
|
|
"grayness",
|
||
|
|
"paleness",
|
||
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
||
|
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
|
"murkiness",
|
||
|
|
"obscureness",
|
||
|
|
"obscurity",
|
||
|
|
"somberness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"by the shine of the full moon we could see the rabbit helping himself to our garden vegetables"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"flare",
|
||
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
||
|
|
"glare",
|
||
|
|
"gleam",
|
||
|
|
"glow",
|
||
|
|
"illumination",
|
||
|
|
"incandescence",
|
||
|
|
"light",
|
||
|
|
"luminescence",
|
||
|
|
"radiance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"flash",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"glint",
|
||
|
|
"glitter",
|
||
|
|
"scintillation",
|
||
|
|
"shimmer",
|
||
|
|
"sparkle",
|
||
|
|
"twinkle",
|
||
|
|
"daylight",
|
||
|
|
"moonlight",
|
||
|
|
"sunlight",
|
||
|
|
"sunshine",
|
||
|
|
"afterglow",
|
||
|
|
"aureole",
|
||
|
|
"aureola",
|
||
|
|
"aurora",
|
||
|
|
"beam",
|
||
|
|
"halo",
|
||
|
|
"ray",
|
||
|
|
"shaft",
|
||
|
|
"streak",
|
||
|
|
"stream",
|
||
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
||
|
|
"glisten",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"reflection",
|
||
|
|
"sheen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackness",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkness",
|
||
|
|
"dimness",
|
||
|
|
"dusk",
|
||
|
|
"duskiness",
|
||
|
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
|
"night",
|
||
|
|
"shadow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"positive regard for something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"took quite a shine to the new neighbors"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appetite",
|
||
|
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
|
"favor",
|
||
|
|
"fondness",
|
||
|
|
"like",
|
||
|
|
"liking",
|
||
|
|
"love",
|
||
|
|
"love affair",
|
||
|
|
"partiality",
|
||
|
|
"preference",
|
||
|
|
"relish",
|
||
|
|
"taste",
|
||
|
|
"use"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"craving",
|
||
|
|
"desire",
|
||
|
|
"hankering",
|
||
|
|
"longing",
|
||
|
|
"thirst",
|
||
|
|
"yen",
|
||
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
||
|
|
"gusto",
|
||
|
|
"interest",
|
||
|
|
"passion",
|
||
|
|
"bias",
|
||
|
|
"prejudice",
|
||
|
|
"bent",
|
||
|
|
"inclination",
|
||
|
|
"leaning",
|
||
|
|
"propensity",
|
||
|
|
"tendency",
|
||
|
|
"tooth",
|
||
|
|
"palate",
|
||
|
|
"weakness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apathy",
|
||
|
|
"disinclination",
|
||
|
|
"indifference",
|
||
|
|
"unconcern"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aversion",
|
||
|
|
"disfavor",
|
||
|
|
"disgust",
|
||
|
|
"dislike",
|
||
|
|
"distaste",
|
||
|
|
"hatred",
|
||
|
|
"loathing",
|
||
|
|
"mislike"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shines they pulled at summer camp have become embellished with each retelling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antic",
|
||
|
|
"caper",
|
||
|
|
"capriccio",
|
||
|
|
"dido",
|
||
|
|
"escapade",
|
||
|
|
"frolic",
|
||
|
|
"gag",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"knavery",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
|
"practical joke",
|
||
|
|
"prank",
|
||
|
|
"rag",
|
||
|
|
"roguery",
|
||
|
|
"shavie",
|
||
|
|
"trick",
|
||
|
|
"waggery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"skylarking",
|
||
|
|
"adventure",
|
||
|
|
"experience",
|
||
|
|
"game",
|
||
|
|
"lark",
|
||
|
|
"time",
|
||
|
|
"high jinks",
|
||
|
|
"hijinks",
|
||
|
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
|
"play",
|
||
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
||
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
|
"joking",
|
||
|
|
"kidding",
|
||
|
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
|
"gambit",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"maneuver",
|
||
|
|
"ploy",
|
||
|
|
"deed",
|
||
|
|
"feat",
|
||
|
|
"mission",
|
||
|
|
"performance",
|
||
|
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
|
"caprice",
|
||
|
|
"conceit",
|
||
|
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
|
"vagary",
|
||
|
|
"whim",
|
||
|
|
"whimsy",
|
||
|
|
"whimsey",
|
||
|
|
"deceit",
|
||
|
|
"deception",
|
||
|
|
"delusion",
|
||
|
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
||
|
|
"ruse",
|
||
|
|
"sham",
|
||
|
|
"stratagem",
|
||
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
||
|
|
"trickery",
|
||
|
|
"wile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shingling":{
|
||
|
|
"as in overlap , overlaying":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in overlapping , overlaying":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shininess":{
|
||
|
|
"as in polish , sheen":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"sheen",
|
||
|
|
"shine",
|
||
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
||
|
|
"incandescence",
|
||
|
|
"luminescence",
|
||
|
|
"fire",
|
||
|
|
"flame",
|
||
|
|
"glare",
|
||
|
|
"glow",
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"flare",
|
||
|
|
"flash",
|
||
|
|
"flicker",
|
||
|
|
"light",
|
||
|
|
"flash",
|
||
|
|
"gleam",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"glint",
|
||
|
|
"glisten",
|
||
|
|
"glitter",
|
||
|
|
"scintillation",
|
||
|
|
"shimmer",
|
||
|
|
"sparkle",
|
||
|
|
"twinkle",
|
||
|
|
"brightness",
|
||
|
|
"brilliance",
|
||
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
||
|
|
"candor",
|
||
|
|
"dazzle",
|
||
|
|
"effulgence",
|
||
|
|
"illumination",
|
||
|
|
"lambency",
|
||
|
|
"lightness",
|
||
|
|
"luminance",
|
||
|
|
"luminosity",
|
||
|
|
"luminousness",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
||
|
|
"radiance",
|
||
|
|
"refulgence",
|
||
|
|
"splendor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackness",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkness",
|
||
|
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
|
"duskiness",
|
||
|
|
"dimness",
|
||
|
|
"gloominess",
|
||
|
|
"somberness",
|
||
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
||
|
|
"haziness",
|
||
|
|
"murkiness",
|
||
|
|
"obscureness",
|
||
|
|
"obscurity",
|
||
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
||
|
|
"grayness",
|
||
|
|
"lackluster",
|
||
|
|
"paleness",
|
||
|
|
"shadiness",
|
||
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipload":{
|
||
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"epidemic",
|
||
|
|
"plague",
|
||
|
|
"rash",
|
||
|
|
"bonanza",
|
||
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
||
|
|
"excess",
|
||
|
|
"overabundance",
|
||
|
|
"overage",
|
||
|
|
"overkill",
|
||
|
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
|
"oversupply",
|
||
|
|
"plethora",
|
||
|
|
"redundancy",
|
||
|
|
"superabundance",
|
||
|
|
"superfluity",
|
||
|
|
"surfeit",
|
||
|
|
"surplus",
|
||
|
|
"deluge",
|
||
|
|
"flood",
|
||
|
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
|
"army",
|
||
|
|
"bevy",
|
||
|
|
"cram",
|
||
|
|
"crowd",
|
||
|
|
"crush",
|
||
|
|
"drove",
|
||
|
|
"flock",
|
||
|
|
"herd",
|
||
|
|
"horde",
|
||
|
|
"host",
|
||
|
|
"legion",
|
||
|
|
"mob",
|
||
|
|
"multitude",
|
||
|
|
"press",
|
||
|
|
"score",
|
||
|
|
"sea",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"throng",
|
||
|
|
"gazillion",
|
||
|
|
"jillion",
|
||
|
|
"kazillion",
|
||
|
|
"million",
|
||
|
|
"thousands",
|
||
|
|
"trillion",
|
||
|
|
"zillion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atom",
|
||
|
|
"crumb",
|
||
|
|
"dot",
|
||
|
|
"fleck",
|
||
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
||
|
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
|
"grain",
|
||
|
|
"granule",
|
||
|
|
"iota",
|
||
|
|
"jot",
|
||
|
|
"modicum",
|
||
|
|
"molecule",
|
||
|
|
"mote",
|
||
|
|
"nubbin",
|
||
|
|
"particle",
|
||
|
|
"ray",
|
||
|
|
"scintilla",
|
||
|
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
|
"shred",
|
||
|
|
"tittle",
|
||
|
|
"whit",
|
||
|
|
"smatter",
|
||
|
|
"smattering",
|
||
|
|
"dash",
|
||
|
|
"drop",
|
||
|
|
"morsel",
|
||
|
|
"shot",
|
||
|
|
"piece",
|
||
|
|
"portion",
|
||
|
|
"section",
|
||
|
|
"absence",
|
||
|
|
"dearth",
|
||
|
|
"famine",
|
||
|
|
"lack",
|
||
|
|
"paucity",
|
||
|
|
"poverty",
|
||
|
|
"scarceness",
|
||
|
|
"scarcity",
|
||
|
|
"shortage",
|
||
|
|
"undersupply",
|
||
|
|
"want",
|
||
|
|
"deficiency",
|
||
|
|
"deficit",
|
||
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
||
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
||
|
|
"meagerness",
|
||
|
|
"scantiness",
|
||
|
|
"scantness",
|
||
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ace",
|
||
|
|
"bit",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"dram",
|
||
|
|
"driblet",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"handful",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"mite",
|
||
|
|
"mouthful",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"ounce",
|
||
|
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"pittance",
|
||
|
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
|
"shade",
|
||
|
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
|
"smidgen",
|
||
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
||
|
|
"smidgin",
|
||
|
|
"smidge",
|
||
|
|
"speck",
|
||
|
|
"spot",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"streak",
|
||
|
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
|
"tad",
|
||
|
|
"taste",
|
||
|
|
"touch",
|
||
|
|
"trace"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipping":{
|
||
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we shipped those books out yesterday"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"consigning",
|
||
|
|
"dispatching",
|
||
|
|
"packing (off)",
|
||
|
|
"sending",
|
||
|
|
"shooting",
|
||
|
|
"transferring",
|
||
|
|
"transmitting",
|
||
|
|
"transporting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conveying",
|
||
|
|
"delivering",
|
||
|
|
"handing over",
|
||
|
|
"passing",
|
||
|
|
"rendering",
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"dropping",
|
||
|
|
"launching",
|
||
|
|
"addressing",
|
||
|
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"forwarding",
|
||
|
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"exporting",
|
||
|
|
"importing",
|
||
|
|
"bestowing",
|
||
|
|
"contributing",
|
||
|
|
"donating",
|
||
|
|
"giving",
|
||
|
|
"presenting",
|
||
|
|
"resending",
|
||
|
|
"returning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquiring",
|
||
|
|
"drawing",
|
||
|
|
"earning",
|
||
|
|
"gaining",
|
||
|
|
"garnering",
|
||
|
|
"getting",
|
||
|
|
"obtaining",
|
||
|
|
"procuring",
|
||
|
|
"securing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"receiving"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipyard":{
|
||
|
|
"as in marina , dockyard":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dockyard",
|
||
|
|
"marina",
|
||
|
|
"quayage",
|
||
|
|
"wharfage",
|
||
|
|
"embarcadero",
|
||
|
|
"berth",
|
||
|
|
"mooring",
|
||
|
|
"slip",
|
||
|
|
"dock",
|
||
|
|
"float",
|
||
|
|
"jetty",
|
||
|
|
"landing",
|
||
|
|
"levee",
|
||
|
|
"pier",
|
||
|
|
"quai",
|
||
|
|
"quay",
|
||
|
|
"wharf"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirkers":{
|
||
|
|
"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
||
|
|
"slackers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"malingerers",
|
||
|
|
"dropouts",
|
||
|
|
"quitters",
|
||
|
|
"drones",
|
||
|
|
"idlers",
|
||
|
|
"lazybones",
|
||
|
|
"loafers",
|
||
|
|
"slouches",
|
||
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
||
|
|
"sluggards",
|
||
|
|
"slugs",
|
||
|
|
"dalliers",
|
||
|
|
"lingerers",
|
||
|
|
"loiterers",
|
||
|
|
"loungers",
|
||
|
|
"saunterers",
|
||
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
||
|
|
"laggards",
|
||
|
|
"putterers",
|
||
|
|
"slowpokes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"live wires",
|
||
|
|
"pistols",
|
||
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
||
|
|
"doers",
|
||
|
|
"go-getters",
|
||
|
|
"hummers",
|
||
|
|
"hustlers",
|
||
|
|
"self-starters"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirks":{
|
||
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you \"forgot\" your wallet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"avoids",
|
||
|
|
"dodges",
|
||
|
|
"ducks",
|
||
|
|
"eludes",
|
||
|
|
"escapes",
|
||
|
|
"eschews",
|
||
|
|
"evades",
|
||
|
|
"finesses",
|
||
|
|
"gets around",
|
||
|
|
"scapes",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"shuffles (out of)",
|
||
|
|
"shuns",
|
||
|
|
"weasels (out of)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"misses",
|
||
|
|
"averts",
|
||
|
|
"deflects",
|
||
|
|
"diverts",
|
||
|
|
"obviates",
|
||
|
|
"parries",
|
||
|
|
"prevents",
|
||
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
||
|
|
"bans",
|
||
|
|
"bars",
|
||
|
|
"debars",
|
||
|
|
"eliminates",
|
||
|
|
"excepts",
|
||
|
|
"excludes",
|
||
|
|
"precludes",
|
||
|
|
"rules out",
|
||
|
|
"bypasses",
|
||
|
|
"circumvents",
|
||
|
|
"skirts",
|
||
|
|
"foils",
|
||
|
|
"foxes",
|
||
|
|
"frustrates",
|
||
|
|
"outfoxes",
|
||
|
|
"outsmarts",
|
||
|
|
"outwits",
|
||
|
|
"overreaches",
|
||
|
|
"thwarts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepts",
|
||
|
|
"courts",
|
||
|
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
|
"pursues",
|
||
|
|
"seeks",
|
||
|
|
"welcomes",
|
||
|
|
"catches",
|
||
|
|
"contracts",
|
||
|
|
"incurs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forgets",
|
||
|
|
"neglects"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"slacks (off)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carries out",
|
||
|
|
"does",
|
||
|
|
"executes",
|
||
|
|
"performs",
|
||
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
||
|
|
"achieves",
|
||
|
|
"keeps up",
|
||
|
|
"maintains"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
||
|
|
"remembers"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lurks",
|
||
|
|
"mooches",
|
||
|
|
"mouses",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
||
|
|
"skulks",
|
||
|
|
"slides",
|
||
|
|
"slinks",
|
||
|
|
"slips",
|
||
|
|
"snakes",
|
||
|
|
"sneaks",
|
||
|
|
"steals"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawls",
|
||
|
|
"creeps",
|
||
|
|
"edges",
|
||
|
|
"inches",
|
||
|
|
"worms",
|
||
|
|
"ghosts",
|
||
|
|
"pads",
|
||
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirty":{
|
||
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"angered",
|
||
|
|
"angry",
|
||
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
||
|
|
"ballistic",
|
||
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
||
|
|
"choleric",
|
||
|
|
"enraged",
|
||
|
|
"foaming",
|
||
|
|
"fuming",
|
||
|
|
"furious",
|
||
|
|
"hopping",
|
||
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"incensed",
|
||
|
|
"indignant",
|
||
|
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
|
"infuriate",
|
||
|
|
"infuriated",
|
||
|
|
"irate",
|
||
|
|
"ireful",
|
||
|
|
"livid",
|
||
|
|
"mad",
|
||
|
|
"outraged",
|
||
|
|
"rabid",
|
||
|
|
"rankled",
|
||
|
|
"riled",
|
||
|
|
"riley",
|
||
|
|
"roiled",
|
||
|
|
"sore",
|
||
|
|
"steamed up",
|
||
|
|
"steaming",
|
||
|
|
"teed off",
|
||
|
|
"ticked",
|
||
|
|
"wrathful",
|
||
|
|
"wroth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ranting",
|
||
|
|
"raving",
|
||
|
|
"stormy",
|
||
|
|
"boiling",
|
||
|
|
"bristling",
|
||
|
|
"bristly",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"cross",
|
||
|
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
|
"passionate",
|
||
|
|
"seething",
|
||
|
|
"sizzling",
|
||
|
|
"smoldering",
|
||
|
|
"smouldering",
|
||
|
|
"worked up",
|
||
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
||
|
|
"acrid",
|
||
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
||
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
||
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
||
|
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
|
"embittered",
|
||
|
|
"inimical",
|
||
|
|
"malevolent",
|
||
|
|
"piqued",
|
||
|
|
"rancorous",
|
||
|
|
"resentful",
|
||
|
|
"spiteful",
|
||
|
|
"vengeful",
|
||
|
|
"vindictive",
|
||
|
|
"virulent",
|
||
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
||
|
|
"antisocial",
|
||
|
|
"cold",
|
||
|
|
"cool",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
|
"disapproving",
|
||
|
|
"distant",
|
||
|
|
"frigid",
|
||
|
|
"icy",
|
||
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"sorehead",
|
||
|
|
"soreheaded",
|
||
|
|
"sulky",
|
||
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
||
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
"aggravated",
|
||
|
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
|
"bearish",
|
||
|
|
"bilious",
|
||
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
||
|
|
"churlish",
|
||
|
|
"crabby",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
||
|
|
"exasperated",
|
||
|
|
"fretful",
|
||
|
|
"fussy",
|
||
|
|
"grouchy",
|
||
|
|
"grumpy",
|
||
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
||
|
|
"inflammable",
|
||
|
|
"irascible",
|
||
|
|
"irritable",
|
||
|
|
"peevish",
|
||
|
|
"perturbed",
|
||
|
|
"petulant",
|
||
|
|
"put out",
|
||
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"snappish",
|
||
|
|
"testy",
|
||
|
|
"touchy",
|
||
|
|
"argumentative",
|
||
|
|
"belligerent",
|
||
|
|
"contentious",
|
||
|
|
"contrary",
|
||
|
|
"disputatious",
|
||
|
|
"ornery",
|
||
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
||
|
|
"querulous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"accommodating",
|
||
|
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
|
"complaisant",
|
||
|
|
"amicable",
|
||
|
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
|
"content",
|
||
|
|
"happy",
|
||
|
|
"satisfied",
|
||
|
|
"empathetic",
|
||
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
||
|
|
"tolerant",
|
||
|
|
"understanding",
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"pacific",
|
||
|
|
"peaceable",
|
||
|
|
"placid",
|
||
|
|
"serene",
|
||
|
|
"tranquil",
|
||
|
|
"unembittered",
|
||
|
|
"affable",
|
||
|
|
"amiable",
|
||
|
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
|
"genial",
|
||
|
|
"good-natured",
|
||
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"kind",
|
||
|
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
|
"sweet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"angerless",
|
||
|
|
"delighted",
|
||
|
|
"pleased"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shivered":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shivering":{
|
||
|
|
"a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shivering of the crystal chandeliers while there was construction work next door"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"juddering",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"jiggle",
|
||
|
|
"palpitation",
|
||
|
|
"quiver",
|
||
|
|
"shake",
|
||
|
|
"shiver",
|
||
|
|
"shudder",
|
||
|
|
"tremble",
|
||
|
|
"tremor",
|
||
|
|
"twitch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"jiggling",
|
||
|
|
"oscillation",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"twitching",
|
||
|
|
"vibration"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shaking , shuddering":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shivery":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in splitting , splintering":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shin":{
|
||
|
|
"as in thigh , calf":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calf",
|
||
|
|
"drumstick",
|
||
|
|
"ham",
|
||
|
|
"shank",
|
||
|
|
"thigh",
|
||
|
|
"pin",
|
||
|
|
"member",
|
||
|
|
"foreleg",
|
||
|
|
"forelimb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in skin , shimmy":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shimmy",
|
||
|
|
"shinny",
|
||
|
|
"skin",
|
||
|
|
"clamber",
|
||
|
|
"climb",
|
||
|
|
"scrabble",
|
||
|
|
"scramble",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"ascend",
|
||
|
|
"breast",
|
||
|
|
"free-climb",
|
||
|
|
"get up",
|
||
|
|
"mount",
|
||
|
|
"scale",
|
||
|
|
"summit",
|
||
|
|
"surmount",
|
||
|
|
"claw",
|
||
|
|
"sprawl",
|
||
|
|
"struggle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipmate":{
|
||
|
|
"as in crewman , deckhand":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coxswain",
|
||
|
|
"crewman",
|
||
|
|
"deckhand",
|
||
|
|
"gob",
|
||
|
|
"hearty",
|
||
|
|
"jack",
|
||
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
||
|
|
"mariner",
|
||
|
|
"navigator",
|
||
|
|
"sailor",
|
||
|
|
"salt",
|
||
|
|
"sea dog",
|
||
|
|
"seafarer",
|
||
|
|
"seaman",
|
||
|
|
"shipman",
|
||
|
|
"swab",
|
||
|
|
"swabbie",
|
||
|
|
"swabby",
|
||
|
|
"tar",
|
||
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
||
|
|
"able seaman",
|
||
|
|
"lubber",
|
||
|
|
"powerboater",
|
||
|
|
"sailboater",
|
||
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
||
|
|
"limey"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shibboleth":{
|
||
|
|
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we knew that their claim of giving \"the best deal in town\" was just a shibboleth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"banner",
|
||
|
|
"catchphrase",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"slogan",
|
||
|
|
"tagline",
|
||
|
|
"watchword"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"expression",
|
||
|
|
"idiom",
|
||
|
|
"catchword",
|
||
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"cliche",
|
||
|
|
"maxim",
|
||
|
|
"motto",
|
||
|
|
"battle cry",
|
||
|
|
"war cry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"there's a lot of truth in the shibboleth that if you give some people an inch, they'll take a mile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"banality",
|
||
|
|
"bromide",
|
||
|
|
"chestnut",
|
||
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"cliche",
|
||
|
|
"commonplace",
|
||
|
|
"groaner",
|
||
|
|
"homily",
|
||
|
|
"platitude",
|
||
|
|
"trope",
|
||
|
|
"truism"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conventional wisdom",
|
||
|
|
"party line",
|
||
|
|
"routine",
|
||
|
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
|
"generality",
|
||
|
|
"generalization",
|
||
|
|
"simplification",
|
||
|
|
"adage",
|
||
|
|
"proverb",
|
||
|
|
"saw",
|
||
|
|
"saying",
|
||
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
||
|
|
"stereotype"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"profundity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ships":{
|
||
|
|
"a large craft for travel by water":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boats",
|
||
|
|
"keels",
|
||
|
|
"vessels"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
||
|
|
"argosies",
|
||
|
|
"barges",
|
||
|
|
"coasters",
|
||
|
|
"colliers",
|
||
|
|
"containerships",
|
||
|
|
"corvettes",
|
||
|
|
"cruisers",
|
||
|
|
"cutters",
|
||
|
|
"destroyers",
|
||
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
||
|
|
"flagships",
|
||
|
|
"freighters",
|
||
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
||
|
|
"ironclads",
|
||
|
|
"lightships",
|
||
|
|
"liners",
|
||
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
||
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
||
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
||
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
||
|
|
"motor ships",
|
||
|
|
"packets",
|
||
|
|
"steamers",
|
||
|
|
"steamships",
|
||
|
|
"superliners",
|
||
|
|
"supertankers",
|
||
|
|
"tankers",
|
||
|
|
"traders",
|
||
|
|
"tramps",
|
||
|
|
"transports",
|
||
|
|
"warships",
|
||
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
||
|
|
"barks",
|
||
|
|
"barques",
|
||
|
|
"brigantines",
|
||
|
|
"brigs",
|
||
|
|
"caravels",
|
||
|
|
"clippers",
|
||
|
|
"junk",
|
||
|
|
"ketches",
|
||
|
|
"sailboats",
|
||
|
|
"schooners",
|
||
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
||
|
|
"tall ships",
|
||
|
|
"windjammers",
|
||
|
|
"xebecs",
|
||
|
|
"yachts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we shipped those books out yesterday"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"consigns",
|
||
|
|
"dispatches",
|
||
|
|
"packs (off)",
|
||
|
|
"sends",
|
||
|
|
"shoots",
|
||
|
|
"transfers",
|
||
|
|
"transmits",
|
||
|
|
"transports"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conveys",
|
||
|
|
"delivers",
|
||
|
|
"hands over",
|
||
|
|
"passes",
|
||
|
|
"renders",
|
||
|
|
"advances",
|
||
|
|
"drops",
|
||
|
|
"launches",
|
||
|
|
"addresses",
|
||
|
|
"forwards",
|
||
|
|
"exports",
|
||
|
|
"imports",
|
||
|
|
"bestows",
|
||
|
|
"contributes",
|
||
|
|
"donates",
|
||
|
|
"gives",
|
||
|
|
"presents",
|
||
|
|
"resends",
|
||
|
|
"returns"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquires",
|
||
|
|
"draws",
|
||
|
|
"earns",
|
||
|
|
"gains",
|
||
|
|
"garners",
|
||
|
|
"gets",
|
||
|
|
"obtains",
|
||
|
|
"procures",
|
||
|
|
"secures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepts",
|
||
|
|
"receives"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"ship (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"after college he decide to ship out on a tramp steamer and see the world"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boat",
|
||
|
|
"cruise",
|
||
|
|
"ferry",
|
||
|
|
"navigate",
|
||
|
|
"sail",
|
||
|
|
"voyage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canoe",
|
||
|
|
"kayak",
|
||
|
|
"yacht",
|
||
|
|
"coast"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiploads":{
|
||
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundances",
|
||
|
|
"barrels",
|
||
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
||
|
|
"basketsful",
|
||
|
|
"boatloads",
|
||
|
|
"buckets",
|
||
|
|
"bunches",
|
||
|
|
"bundles",
|
||
|
|
"bushels",
|
||
|
|
"carloads",
|
||
|
|
"chunks",
|
||
|
|
"deals",
|
||
|
|
"dozens",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deals",
|
||
|
|
"heaps",
|
||
|
|
"hundreds",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lots",
|
||
|
|
"masses",
|
||
|
|
"messes",
|
||
|
|
"mountains",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
||
|
|
"myriads",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"packs",
|
||
|
|
"passels",
|
||
|
|
"pecks",
|
||
|
|
"piles",
|
||
|
|
"platefuls",
|
||
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
||
|
|
"plenties",
|
||
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
||
|
|
"potfuls",
|
||
|
|
"pots",
|
||
|
|
"profusions",
|
||
|
|
"quantities",
|
||
|
|
"rafts",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaves",
|
||
|
|
"sights",
|
||
|
|
"slews",
|
||
|
|
"spates",
|
||
|
|
"stacks",
|
||
|
|
"stores",
|
||
|
|
"tons",
|
||
|
|
"truckloads",
|
||
|
|
"volumes",
|
||
|
|
"wads",
|
||
|
|
"wealths",
|
||
|
|
"yards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"epidemics",
|
||
|
|
"plagues",
|
||
|
|
"rashes",
|
||
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
||
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
||
|
|
"excesses",
|
||
|
|
"overabundances",
|
||
|
|
"overages",
|
||
|
|
"overkills",
|
||
|
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
||
|
|
"plethoras",
|
||
|
|
"redundancies",
|
||
|
|
"superabundances",
|
||
|
|
"superfluities",
|
||
|
|
"surfeits",
|
||
|
|
"surpluses",
|
||
|
|
"deluges",
|
||
|
|
"floods",
|
||
|
|
"overflows",
|
||
|
|
"armies",
|
||
|
|
"bevies",
|
||
|
|
"crams",
|
||
|
|
"crowds",
|
||
|
|
"crushes",
|
||
|
|
"droves",
|
||
|
|
"flocks",
|
||
|
|
"herds",
|
||
|
|
"hordes",
|
||
|
|
"hosts",
|
||
|
|
"legions",
|
||
|
|
"mobs",
|
||
|
|
"multitudes",
|
||
|
|
"presses",
|
||
|
|
"scores",
|
||
|
|
"seas",
|
||
|
|
"swarms",
|
||
|
|
"throngs",
|
||
|
|
"gazillions",
|
||
|
|
"jillions",
|
||
|
|
"kazillions",
|
||
|
|
"millions",
|
||
|
|
"million",
|
||
|
|
"thousands",
|
||
|
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"trillions",
|
||
|
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"zillions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"atoms",
|
||
|
|
"crumbs",
|
||
|
|
"dots",
|
||
|
|
"flecks",
|
||
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
||
|
|
"fragments",
|
||
|
|
"grains",
|
||
|
|
"granules",
|
||
|
|
"iotas",
|
||
|
|
"jots",
|
||
|
|
"modicums",
|
||
|
|
"molecules",
|
||
|
|
"motes",
|
||
|
|
"nubbins",
|
||
|
|
"particles",
|
||
|
|
"rays",
|
||
|
|
"scintillas",
|
||
|
|
"scraps",
|
||
|
|
"shreds",
|
||
|
|
"tittles",
|
||
|
|
"whits",
|
||
|
|
"smatterings",
|
||
|
|
"smatters",
|
||
|
|
"dashes",
|
||
|
|
"drops",
|
||
|
|
"morsels",
|
||
|
|
"shots",
|
||
|
|
"pieces",
|
||
|
|
"portions",
|
||
|
|
"sections",
|
||
|
|
"absences",
|
||
|
|
"dearths",
|
||
|
|
"famines",
|
||
|
|
"lacks",
|
||
|
|
"paucities",
|
||
|
|
"poverties",
|
||
|
|
"scarcities",
|
||
|
|
"shortages",
|
||
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
||
|
|
"wants",
|
||
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
||
|
|
"deficits",
|
||
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
||
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aces",
|
||
|
|
"bits",
|
||
|
|
"dabs",
|
||
|
|
"drams",
|
||
|
|
"driblets",
|
||
|
|
"glimmers",
|
||
|
|
"handfuls",
|
||
|
|
"handsful",
|
||
|
|
"hints",
|
||
|
|
"licks",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"mites",
|
||
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
||
|
|
"nips",
|
||
|
|
"ounces",
|
||
|
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
|
"pinches",
|
||
|
|
"pittances",
|
||
|
|
"scruples",
|
||
|
|
"shades",
|
||
|
|
"shadows",
|
||
|
|
"smidgens",
|
||
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
||
|
|
"smidgins",
|
||
|
|
"smidges",
|
||
|
|
"specks",
|
||
|
|
"spots",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
||
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
||
|
|
"strains",
|
||
|
|
"streaks",
|
||
|
|
"suspicions",
|
||
|
|
"tastes",
|
||
|
|
"touches",
|
||
|
|
"traces"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shingles":{
|
||
|
|
"as in sediments , silts":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alluviums",
|
||
|
|
"alluvia",
|
||
|
|
"colluvia",
|
||
|
|
"colluviums",
|
||
|
|
"detritus",
|
||
|
|
"loesses",
|
||
|
|
"marls",
|
||
|
|
"sediments",
|
||
|
|
"silts",
|
||
|
|
"clods",
|
||
|
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
|
"earth",
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"molds",
|
||
|
|
"blacklands",
|
||
|
|
"clays",
|
||
|
|
"gaults",
|
||
|
|
"gleys",
|
||
|
|
"gucks",
|
||
|
|
"gooks",
|
||
|
|
"gumbos",
|
||
|
|
"kaolins",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"muds",
|
||
|
|
"dust",
|
||
|
|
"gravels",
|
||
|
|
"sands",
|
||
|
|
"humuses",
|
||
|
|
"loams",
|
||
|
|
"topsoils",
|
||
|
|
"duffs",
|
||
|
|
"mulls",
|
||
|
|
"subsoils",
|
||
|
|
"substrata"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in trims , crops":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bobs",
|
||
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
||
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
||
|
|
"crops",
|
||
|
|
"fades",
|
||
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
||
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
||
|
|
"shags",
|
||
|
|
"trims",
|
||
|
|
"beehives",
|
||
|
|
"big hairs",
|
||
|
|
"buns",
|
||
|
|
"chignons",
|
||
|
|
"French twists",
|
||
|
|
"pageboys",
|
||
|
|
"pugs",
|
||
|
|
"updos",
|
||
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
||
|
|
"braids",
|
||
|
|
"pigtails",
|
||
|
|
"plaits",
|
||
|
|
"ponytails",
|
||
|
|
"queues",
|
||
|
|
"Afros",
|
||
|
|
"conks",
|
||
|
|
"cornrows",
|
||
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
||
|
|
"permanents",
|
||
|
|
"perms",
|
||
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
||
|
|
"ducktails",
|
||
|
|
"pompadours",
|
||
|
|
"roaches",
|
||
|
|
"coiffures",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"dos",
|
||
|
|
"do's",
|
||
|
|
"haircuts",
|
||
|
|
"hairdos",
|
||
|
|
"hairstyles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in overlaps , overlays":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"laps",
|
||
|
|
"overlaps",
|
||
|
|
"overlays",
|
||
|
|
"overlies",
|
||
|
|
"overspreads"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallied":{
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balanced",
|
||
|
|
"dithered",
|
||
|
|
"faltered",
|
||
|
|
"halted",
|
||
|
|
"hesitated",
|
||
|
|
"hung back",
|
||
|
|
"scrupled",
|
||
|
|
"staggered",
|
||
|
|
"teetered",
|
||
|
|
"vacillated",
|
||
|
|
"wavered",
|
||
|
|
"wobbled",
|
||
|
|
"wabbled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hawed",
|
||
|
|
"hemmed",
|
||
|
|
"dallied",
|
||
|
|
"dawdled",
|
||
|
|
"delayed",
|
||
|
|
"lingered",
|
||
|
|
"paused",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
||
|
|
"waited",
|
||
|
|
"backed down",
|
||
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
||
|
|
"considered",
|
||
|
|
"debated",
|
||
|
|
"deliberated",
|
||
|
|
"pondered",
|
||
|
|
"weighed",
|
||
|
|
"oscillated",
|
||
|
|
"swayed",
|
||
|
|
"equivocated",
|
||
|
|
"hedged",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
||
|
|
"waffled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decided",
|
||
|
|
"budged",
|
||
|
|
"stirred",
|
||
|
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
|
"continued"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
||
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawled",
|
||
|
|
"crept",
|
||
|
|
"dallied",
|
||
|
|
"dawdled",
|
||
|
|
"delayed",
|
||
|
|
"diddled",
|
||
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
||
|
|
"dragged",
|
||
|
|
"lagged",
|
||
|
|
"lingered",
|
||
|
|
"loitered",
|
||
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
||
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
||
|
|
"moped",
|
||
|
|
"poked",
|
||
|
|
"tarried"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
||
|
|
"fooled around",
|
||
|
|
"messed around",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
||
|
|
"played",
|
||
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
||
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
||
|
|
"trifled",
|
||
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
||
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
||
|
|
"idled",
|
||
|
|
"loafed",
|
||
|
|
"lolled",
|
||
|
|
"lounged",
|
||
|
|
"ambled",
|
||
|
|
"eased",
|
||
|
|
"inched",
|
||
|
|
"lumbered",
|
||
|
|
"plodded",
|
||
|
|
"sauntered",
|
||
|
|
"shuffled",
|
||
|
|
"staggered",
|
||
|
|
"strolled",
|
||
|
|
"decelerated",
|
||
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
||
|
|
"filibustered",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
||
|
|
"stalled",
|
||
|
|
"temporized"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bowled",
|
||
|
|
"breezed",
|
||
|
|
"darted",
|
||
|
|
"humped",
|
||
|
|
"hurtled",
|
||
|
|
"hustled",
|
||
|
|
"scrambled",
|
||
|
|
"stampeded",
|
||
|
|
"galloped",
|
||
|
|
"jogged",
|
||
|
|
"ran",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"sprinted",
|
||
|
|
"trotted",
|
||
|
|
"accelerated",
|
||
|
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
||
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
||
|
|
"caught up",
|
||
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
||
|
|
"outpaced",
|
||
|
|
"outran",
|
||
|
|
"outstripped",
|
||
|
|
"overtook"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barreled",
|
||
|
|
"barrelled",
|
||
|
|
"bolted",
|
||
|
|
"careered",
|
||
|
|
"coursed",
|
||
|
|
"dashed",
|
||
|
|
"flew",
|
||
|
|
"hastened",
|
||
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hurried",
|
||
|
|
"raced",
|
||
|
|
"ran",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"ripped",
|
||
|
|
"rocketed",
|
||
|
|
"rushed",
|
||
|
|
"scooted",
|
||
|
|
"scudded",
|
||
|
|
"scurried",
|
||
|
|
"sped",
|
||
|
|
"speeded",
|
||
|
|
"tore",
|
||
|
|
"whirled",
|
||
|
|
"whisked",
|
||
|
|
"whizzed",
|
||
|
|
"zipped"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shigellosis":{
|
||
|
|
"as in dysentery":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dysentery",
|
||
|
|
"Delhi belly",
|
||
|
|
"diarrhea",
|
||
|
|
"flux",
|
||
|
|
"Montezuma's revenge",
|
||
|
|
"runs",
|
||
|
|
"trots",
|
||
|
|
"turista",
|
||
|
|
"scour(s)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipwrecks":{
|
||
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bombs",
|
||
|
|
"bummers",
|
||
|
|
"busts",
|
||
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
||
|
|
"clinkers",
|
||
|
|
"clunkers",
|
||
|
|
"debacles",
|
||
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
||
|
|
"disasters",
|
||
|
|
"duds",
|
||
|
|
"failures",
|
||
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
||
|
|
"fizzles",
|
||
|
|
"flops",
|
||
|
|
"frosts",
|
||
|
|
"lemons",
|
||
|
|
"losers",
|
||
|
|
"misses",
|
||
|
|
"turkeys",
|
||
|
|
"washouts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"also-rans",
|
||
|
|
"disappointments",
|
||
|
|
"dogs",
|
||
|
|
"has-beens",
|
||
|
|
"near misses",
|
||
|
|
"botches",
|
||
|
|
"hashes",
|
||
|
|
"messes",
|
||
|
|
"muddles",
|
||
|
|
"shambles",
|
||
|
|
"nonevents",
|
||
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"corkers",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
||
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
||
|
|
"dandies",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
||
|
|
"phenomena",
|
||
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
||
|
|
"hits",
|
||
|
|
"smashes",
|
||
|
|
"successes",
|
||
|
|
"winners"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"strands",
|
||
|
|
"wrecks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaches",
|
||
|
|
"founders",
|
||
|
|
"scuttles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"recovers",
|
||
|
|
"salvages"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirk":{
|
||
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you \"forgot\" your wallet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"avoid",
|
||
|
|
"dodge",
|
||
|
|
"duck",
|
||
|
|
"elude",
|
||
|
|
"escape",
|
||
|
|
"eschew",
|
||
|
|
"evade",
|
||
|
|
"finesse",
|
||
|
|
"get around",
|
||
|
|
"scape",
|
||
|
|
"shake",
|
||
|
|
"shuffle (out of)",
|
||
|
|
"shun",
|
||
|
|
"weasel (out of)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"miss",
|
||
|
|
"avert",
|
||
|
|
"deflect",
|
||
|
|
"divert",
|
||
|
|
"obviate",
|
||
|
|
"parry",
|
||
|
|
"prevent",
|
||
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
||
|
|
"ban",
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"debar",
|
||
|
|
"eliminate",
|
||
|
|
"except",
|
||
|
|
"exclude",
|
||
|
|
"preclude",
|
||
|
|
"rule out",
|
||
|
|
"bypass",
|
||
|
|
"circumvent",
|
||
|
|
"skirt",
|
||
|
|
"foil",
|
||
|
|
"fox",
|
||
|
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
|
"outfox",
|
||
|
|
"outsmart",
|
||
|
|
"outwit",
|
||
|
|
"overreach",
|
||
|
|
"thwart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accept",
|
||
|
|
"court",
|
||
|
|
"embrace",
|
||
|
|
"pursue",
|
||
|
|
"seek",
|
||
|
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
|
"catch",
|
||
|
|
"contract",
|
||
|
|
"incur"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forget",
|
||
|
|
"neglect"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"slack (off)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carry out",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"execute",
|
||
|
|
"perform",
|
||
|
|
"accomplish",
|
||
|
|
"achieve",
|
||
|
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
|
"maintain"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
||
|
|
"remember"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lurk",
|
||
|
|
"mooch",
|
||
|
|
"mouse",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
||
|
|
"skulk",
|
||
|
|
"slide",
|
||
|
|
"slink",
|
||
|
|
"slip",
|
||
|
|
"snake",
|
||
|
|
"sneak",
|
||
|
|
"steal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawl",
|
||
|
|
"creep",
|
||
|
|
"edge",
|
||
|
|
"inch",
|
||
|
|
"worm",
|
||
|
|
"ghost",
|
||
|
|
"pad",
|
||
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipman":{
|
||
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in the middle of the vasty deep the shipman enjoys a splendid isolation that the landsman will never know"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gob",
|
||
|
|
"hearty",
|
||
|
|
"jack",
|
||
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
||
|
|
"mariner",
|
||
|
|
"navigator",
|
||
|
|
"sailor",
|
||
|
|
"salt",
|
||
|
|
"sea dog",
|
||
|
|
"seafarer",
|
||
|
|
"seaman",
|
||
|
|
"swab",
|
||
|
|
"swabbie",
|
||
|
|
"swabby",
|
||
|
|
"tar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coxswain",
|
||
|
|
"crewman",
|
||
|
|
"deckhand",
|
||
|
|
"shipmate",
|
||
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
||
|
|
"able seaman",
|
||
|
|
"lubber",
|
||
|
|
"powerboater",
|
||
|
|
"sailboater",
|
||
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
||
|
|
"limey"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying":{
|
||
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"fortunately, during the crisis there was no shilly-shallying on the part of the president"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
||
|
|
"hesitance",
|
||
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
|
"hesitation",
|
||
|
|
"indecision",
|
||
|
|
"irresolution",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
||
|
|
"vacillation",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"wobbling",
|
||
|
|
"wabbling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastination",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"second thought",
|
||
|
|
"consideration",
|
||
|
|
"debate",
|
||
|
|
"deliberation",
|
||
|
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"indetermination",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
|
"avoidance",
|
||
|
|
"equivocation",
|
||
|
|
"aversion",
|
||
|
|
"disinclination",
|
||
|
|
"indisposition",
|
||
|
|
"reluctance",
|
||
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
||
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"shyness",
|
||
|
|
"timidity",
|
||
|
|
"timidness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"certainty",
|
||
|
|
"certitude",
|
||
|
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"determination",
|
||
|
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
||
|
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
|
"sureness",
|
||
|
|
"alacrity",
|
||
|
|
"eagerness",
|
||
|
|
"readiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in vacillating , wavering":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
||
|
|
"hesitating",
|
||
|
|
"shaky",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"aimless",
|
||
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
||
|
|
"desultory",
|
||
|
|
"erratic",
|
||
|
|
"haphazard",
|
||
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
||
|
|
"irregular",
|
||
|
|
"random",
|
||
|
|
"scattered",
|
||
|
|
"slapdash",
|
||
|
|
"stray",
|
||
|
|
"dicey",
|
||
|
|
"undependable",
|
||
|
|
"unreliable",
|
||
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
||
|
|
"capricious",
|
||
|
|
"changeable",
|
||
|
|
"changeful",
|
||
|
|
"fickle",
|
||
|
|
"flickery",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
|
"fluid",
|
||
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
||
|
|
"inconstant",
|
||
|
|
"mercurial",
|
||
|
|
"mutable",
|
||
|
|
"skittish",
|
||
|
|
"temperamental",
|
||
|
|
"uncertain",
|
||
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
||
|
|
"unsettled",
|
||
|
|
"unstable",
|
||
|
|
"unsteady",
|
||
|
|
"variable",
|
||
|
|
"volatile",
|
||
|
|
"adaptable",
|
||
|
|
"mobile",
|
||
|
|
"protean",
|
||
|
|
"versatile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"certain",
|
||
|
|
"changeless",
|
||
|
|
"constant",
|
||
|
|
"immutable",
|
||
|
|
"invariable",
|
||
|
|
"predictable",
|
||
|
|
"settled",
|
||
|
|
"stable",
|
||
|
|
"stationary",
|
||
|
|
"steady",
|
||
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
||
|
|
"unchanging",
|
||
|
|
"unvarying",
|
||
|
|
"equable",
|
||
|
|
"even",
|
||
|
|
"uniform",
|
||
|
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
|
"durable",
|
||
|
|
"lasting",
|
||
|
|
"permanent",
|
||
|
|
"persistent",
|
||
|
|
"dependable",
|
||
|
|
"reliable",
|
||
|
|
"sure",
|
||
|
|
"tried",
|
||
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
||
|
|
"true",
|
||
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
||
|
|
"trusty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balancing",
|
||
|
|
"dithering",
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hanging back",
|
||
|
|
"hesitating",
|
||
|
|
"scrupling",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"wobbling",
|
||
|
|
"wabbling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"hemming",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"delaying",
|
||
|
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
|
"pausing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"backing down",
|
||
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
||
|
|
"considering",
|
||
|
|
"debating",
|
||
|
|
"deliberating",
|
||
|
|
"pondering",
|
||
|
|
"weighing",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"equivocating",
|
||
|
|
"hedging",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
||
|
|
"waffling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deciding",
|
||
|
|
"budging",
|
||
|
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"continuing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawling",
|
||
|
|
"creeping",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"delaying",
|
||
|
|
"diddling",
|
||
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
||
|
|
"dragging",
|
||
|
|
"lagging",
|
||
|
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
|
"loitering",
|
||
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
||
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
||
|
|
"moping",
|
||
|
|
"poking",
|
||
|
|
"tarrying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
||
|
|
"fooling around",
|
||
|
|
"messing around",
|
||
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
||
|
|
"playing",
|
||
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
||
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
||
|
|
"trifling",
|
||
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
||
|
|
"idling",
|
||
|
|
"loafing",
|
||
|
|
"lolling",
|
||
|
|
"lounging",
|
||
|
|
"ambling",
|
||
|
|
"easing",
|
||
|
|
"inching",
|
||
|
|
"lumbering",
|
||
|
|
"plodding",
|
||
|
|
"sauntering",
|
||
|
|
"shuffling",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"strolling",
|
||
|
|
"decelerating",
|
||
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
||
|
|
"filibustering",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
||
|
|
"stalling",
|
||
|
|
"temporizing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bowling",
|
||
|
|
"breezing",
|
||
|
|
"darting",
|
||
|
|
"humping",
|
||
|
|
"hurtling",
|
||
|
|
"hustling",
|
||
|
|
"scrambling",
|
||
|
|
"stampeding",
|
||
|
|
"galloping",
|
||
|
|
"jogging",
|
||
|
|
"running",
|
||
|
|
"sprinting",
|
||
|
|
"trotting",
|
||
|
|
"accelerating",
|
||
|
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
||
|
|
"catching up",
|
||
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
||
|
|
"outpacing",
|
||
|
|
"outrunning",
|
||
|
|
"outstripping",
|
||
|
|
"overtaking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barreling",
|
||
|
|
"barrelling",
|
||
|
|
"bolting",
|
||
|
|
"careering",
|
||
|
|
"coursing",
|
||
|
|
"dashing",
|
||
|
|
"flying",
|
||
|
|
"hastening",
|
||
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hurrying",
|
||
|
|
"racing",
|
||
|
|
"ripping",
|
||
|
|
"rocketing",
|
||
|
|
"running",
|
||
|
|
"rushing",
|
||
|
|
"scooting",
|
||
|
|
"scudding",
|
||
|
|
"scurrying",
|
||
|
|
"speeding",
|
||
|
|
"tearing",
|
||
|
|
"whirling",
|
||
|
|
"whisking",
|
||
|
|
"whizzing",
|
||
|
|
"zipping"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipments":{
|
||
|
|
"as in packages , parcels":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bales",
|
||
|
|
"bundles",
|
||
|
|
"packages",
|
||
|
|
"packets",
|
||
|
|
"packs",
|
||
|
|
"parcels",
|
||
|
|
"burdens",
|
||
|
|
"cargoes",
|
||
|
|
"cargos",
|
||
|
|
"drafts",
|
||
|
|
"freights",
|
||
|
|
"hauls",
|
||
|
|
"ladings",
|
||
|
|
"loadings",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"payloads",
|
||
|
|
"weights",
|
||
|
|
"consignments",
|
||
|
|
"boatloads",
|
||
|
|
"carloads",
|
||
|
|
"shiploads",
|
||
|
|
"trainloads",
|
||
|
|
"truckloads",
|
||
|
|
"wagonloads",
|
||
|
|
"ballasts",
|
||
|
|
"deadweights",
|
||
|
|
"overloads",
|
||
|
|
"surcharges",
|
||
|
|
"manifests",
|
||
|
|
"bodies",
|
||
|
|
"bulks",
|
||
|
|
"masses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirtdresses":{
|
||
|
|
"as in sundresses , minidresses":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chemises",
|
||
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
||
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
||
|
|
"housedresses",
|
||
|
|
"jumpers",
|
||
|
|
"kimonos",
|
||
|
|
"kirtles",
|
||
|
|
"minidresses",
|
||
|
|
"Mother Hubbards",
|
||
|
|
"muumuus",
|
||
|
|
"overdresses",
|
||
|
|
"sacks",
|
||
|
|
"sheaths",
|
||
|
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
|
"shirtwaists",
|
||
|
|
"sundresses",
|
||
|
|
"sweaterdresses",
|
||
|
|
"tea gowns",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"frocks",
|
||
|
|
"gowns"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shillelagh":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinado",
|
||
|
|
"bastinade",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"baton",
|
||
|
|
"billy",
|
||
|
|
"billy club",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"cane",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
|
"nightstick",
|
||
|
|
"rod",
|
||
|
|
"rung",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"staff",
|
||
|
|
"truncheon",
|
||
|
|
"waddy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjack",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
||
|
|
"mace",
|
||
|
|
"birch",
|
||
|
|
"crabstick",
|
||
|
|
"hickory",
|
||
|
|
"rattan",
|
||
|
|
"stave",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"gavel",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"mallet",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
||
|
|
"crook",
|
||
|
|
"crosier",
|
||
|
|
"crozier",
|
||
|
|
"walking stick",
|
||
|
|
"whangee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shields":{
|
||
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the slightly built boy used his sharp wit as a shield against the school's bullies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aegises",
|
||
|
|
"egises",
|
||
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
||
|
|
"armors",
|
||
|
|
"bucklers",
|
||
|
|
"covers",
|
||
|
|
"defenses",
|
||
|
|
"guards",
|
||
|
|
"protections",
|
||
|
|
"safeguards",
|
||
|
|
"screens",
|
||
|
|
"securities",
|
||
|
|
"walls",
|
||
|
|
"wards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"armaments",
|
||
|
|
"arms",
|
||
|
|
"munitions",
|
||
|
|
"weaponries",
|
||
|
|
"weapons",
|
||
|
|
"fortresses",
|
||
|
|
"forts",
|
||
|
|
"palisades",
|
||
|
|
"strongholds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggressions",
|
||
|
|
"assaults",
|
||
|
|
"attacks",
|
||
|
|
"offenses",
|
||
|
|
"offences",
|
||
|
|
"offensives"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
||
|
|
"covers",
|
||
|
|
"defends",
|
||
|
|
"fences",
|
||
|
|
"fends",
|
||
|
|
"forfends",
|
||
|
|
"guards",
|
||
|
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
|
"protects",
|
||
|
|
"safeguards",
|
||
|
|
"screens",
|
||
|
|
"secures",
|
||
|
|
"wards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"averts",
|
||
|
|
"prevents",
|
||
|
|
"opposes",
|
||
|
|
"resists",
|
||
|
|
"withstands",
|
||
|
|
"battles",
|
||
|
|
"contends",
|
||
|
|
"fights",
|
||
|
|
"wars",
|
||
|
|
"conserves",
|
||
|
|
"preserves",
|
||
|
|
"saves",
|
||
|
|
"buffers",
|
||
|
|
"palisades",
|
||
|
|
"pickets",
|
||
|
|
"walls"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bombards",
|
||
|
|
"storms",
|
||
|
|
"besets",
|
||
|
|
"besieges",
|
||
|
|
"overruns",
|
||
|
|
"capitulates",
|
||
|
|
"caves",
|
||
|
|
"submits",
|
||
|
|
"yields"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assails",
|
||
|
|
"assaults",
|
||
|
|
"attacks"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"covers",
|
||
|
|
"screens"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cloaks",
|
||
|
|
"clothes",
|
||
|
|
"veils",
|
||
|
|
"drapes",
|
||
|
|
"palls",
|
||
|
|
"canopies",
|
||
|
|
"caps",
|
||
|
|
"crowns",
|
||
|
|
"disguises",
|
||
|
|
"masks",
|
||
|
|
"obscures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bares",
|
||
|
|
"exposes",
|
||
|
|
"uncovers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shindig":{
|
||
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we're hosting a little shindig this weekend for some friends"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affair",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"binge",
|
||
|
|
"blast",
|
||
|
|
"blowout",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"event",
|
||
|
|
"fete",
|
||
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
||
|
|
"function",
|
||
|
|
"get-together",
|
||
|
|
"party",
|
||
|
|
"reception"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benefit",
|
||
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
||
|
|
"ball",
|
||
|
|
"dance",
|
||
|
|
"formal",
|
||
|
|
"prom",
|
||
|
|
"celebration",
|
||
|
|
"gala",
|
||
|
|
"occasion",
|
||
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
||
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
||
|
|
"orgy",
|
||
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
||
|
|
"bake",
|
||
|
|
"clambake",
|
||
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
||
|
|
"hen party",
|
||
|
|
"house party",
|
||
|
|
"housewarming",
|
||
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
||
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
||
|
|
"kegger",
|
||
|
|
"keg party",
|
||
|
|
"klatch",
|
||
|
|
"klatsch",
|
||
|
|
"masquerade",
|
||
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
||
|
|
"mixer",
|
||
|
|
"salon",
|
||
|
|
"shower",
|
||
|
|
"social",
|
||
|
|
"soiree",
|
||
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"stag",
|
||
|
|
"supper",
|
||
|
|
"symposium",
|
||
|
|
"tea",
|
||
|
|
"tea party"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shielded":{
|
||
|
|
"as in secure , protected":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"defended",
|
||
|
|
"guarded",
|
||
|
|
"protected",
|
||
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
||
|
|
"secure",
|
||
|
|
"secured",
|
||
|
|
"defendable",
|
||
|
|
"defensible",
|
||
|
|
"tenable",
|
||
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
||
|
|
"impregnable",
|
||
|
|
"indomitable",
|
||
|
|
"invincible",
|
||
|
|
"inviolable",
|
||
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
||
|
|
"unassailable",
|
||
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
||
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
||
|
|
"untouchable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"indefensible",
|
||
|
|
"untenable",
|
||
|
|
"vincible",
|
||
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
||
|
|
"assailable",
|
||
|
|
"exposed",
|
||
|
|
"imperiled",
|
||
|
|
"imperilled",
|
||
|
|
"insecure",
|
||
|
|
"liable",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"susceptible",
|
||
|
|
"undefended",
|
||
|
|
"unguarded",
|
||
|
|
"unprotected",
|
||
|
|
"unsecured",
|
||
|
|
"defenseless",
|
||
|
|
"helpless",
|
||
|
|
"powerless",
|
||
|
|
"weak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
||
|
|
"covered",
|
||
|
|
"defended",
|
||
|
|
"fenced",
|
||
|
|
"fended",
|
||
|
|
"forfended",
|
||
|
|
"guarded",
|
||
|
|
"kept",
|
||
|
|
"protected",
|
||
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
||
|
|
"screened",
|
||
|
|
"secured",
|
||
|
|
"warded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"averted",
|
||
|
|
"prevented",
|
||
|
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
|
"resisted",
|
||
|
|
"withstood",
|
||
|
|
"battled",
|
||
|
|
"contended",
|
||
|
|
"fought",
|
||
|
|
"warred",
|
||
|
|
"conserved",
|
||
|
|
"preserved",
|
||
|
|
"saved",
|
||
|
|
"buffered",
|
||
|
|
"palisaded",
|
||
|
|
"picketed",
|
||
|
|
"walled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bombarded",
|
||
|
|
"stormed",
|
||
|
|
"beset",
|
||
|
|
"besieged",
|
||
|
|
"overran",
|
||
|
|
"capitulated",
|
||
|
|
"caved",
|
||
|
|
"submitted",
|
||
|
|
"yielded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assailed",
|
||
|
|
"assaulted",
|
||
|
|
"attacked"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"covered",
|
||
|
|
"screened"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cloaked",
|
||
|
|
"clothed",
|
||
|
|
"clad",
|
||
|
|
"veiled",
|
||
|
|
"draped",
|
||
|
|
"palled",
|
||
|
|
"canopied",
|
||
|
|
"capped",
|
||
|
|
"crowned",
|
||
|
|
"disguised",
|
||
|
|
"masked",
|
||
|
|
"obscured"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bared",
|
||
|
|
"exposed",
|
||
|
|
"uncovered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiv":{
|
||
|
|
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"watch yourself in Cell Block 8, or you'll end up with a shiv in your back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blade",
|
||
|
|
"cutter",
|
||
|
|
"knife",
|
||
|
|
"shank"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cleaver",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"bayonet",
|
||
|
|
"bodkin",
|
||
|
|
"bolo",
|
||
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
||
|
|
"cutlass",
|
||
|
|
"dagger",
|
||
|
|
"dirk",
|
||
|
|
"jackknife",
|
||
|
|
"machete",
|
||
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
||
|
|
"poniard",
|
||
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
||
|
|
"stiletto",
|
||
|
|
"stylet",
|
||
|
|
"switchblade",
|
||
|
|
"switch knife",
|
||
|
|
"yataghan",
|
||
|
|
"rapier",
|
||
|
|
"saber",
|
||
|
|
"sabre",
|
||
|
|
"steel",
|
||
|
|
"sword",
|
||
|
|
"scalpel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirking":{
|
||
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you \"forgot\" your wallet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"avoiding",
|
||
|
|
"dodging",
|
||
|
|
"ducking",
|
||
|
|
"eluding",
|
||
|
|
"escaping",
|
||
|
|
"eschewing",
|
||
|
|
"evading",
|
||
|
|
"finessing",
|
||
|
|
"getting around",
|
||
|
|
"scaping",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuffling (out of)",
|
||
|
|
"shunning",
|
||
|
|
"weaseling (out of)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"missing",
|
||
|
|
"averting",
|
||
|
|
"deflecting",
|
||
|
|
"diverting",
|
||
|
|
"obviating",
|
||
|
|
"parrying",
|
||
|
|
"preventing",
|
||
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
||
|
|
"banning",
|
||
|
|
"barring",
|
||
|
|
"debarring",
|
||
|
|
"eliminating",
|
||
|
|
"excepting",
|
||
|
|
"excluding",
|
||
|
|
"precluding",
|
||
|
|
"ruling out",
|
||
|
|
"bypassing",
|
||
|
|
"circumventing",
|
||
|
|
"skirting",
|
||
|
|
"foiling",
|
||
|
|
"foxing",
|
||
|
|
"frustrating",
|
||
|
|
"outfoxing",
|
||
|
|
"outsmarting",
|
||
|
|
"outwitting",
|
||
|
|
"overreaching",
|
||
|
|
"thwarting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"courting",
|
||
|
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
|
"pursuing",
|
||
|
|
"seeking",
|
||
|
|
"welcoming",
|
||
|
|
"catching",
|
||
|
|
"contracting",
|
||
|
|
"incurring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forgetting",
|
||
|
|
"neglecting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"slacking (off)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carrying out",
|
||
|
|
"doing",
|
||
|
|
"executing",
|
||
|
|
"performing",
|
||
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
||
|
|
"achieving",
|
||
|
|
"keeping up",
|
||
|
|
"maintaining"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
||
|
|
"remembering"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lurking",
|
||
|
|
"mooching",
|
||
|
|
"mousing",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
||
|
|
"skulking",
|
||
|
|
"sliding",
|
||
|
|
"slinking",
|
||
|
|
"slipping",
|
||
|
|
"snaking",
|
||
|
|
"sneaking",
|
||
|
|
"stealing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawling",
|
||
|
|
"creeping",
|
||
|
|
"edging",
|
||
|
|
"inching",
|
||
|
|
"worming",
|
||
|
|
"ghosting",
|
||
|
|
"padding",
|
||
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shillelaghs":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
||
|
|
"bastinades",
|
||
|
|
"batons",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"billies",
|
||
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
|
"canes",
|
||
|
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
|
"cudgels",
|
||
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
||
|
|
"rods",
|
||
|
|
"rungs",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"staffs",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"truncheons",
|
||
|
|
"waddies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
||
|
|
"maces",
|
||
|
|
"birches",
|
||
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
||
|
|
"hickories",
|
||
|
|
"rattans",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"switches",
|
||
|
|
"beetles",
|
||
|
|
"gavels",
|
||
|
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
|
"mallets",
|
||
|
|
"mauls",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
||
|
|
"crooks",
|
||
|
|
"crosiers",
|
||
|
|
"croziers",
|
||
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
||
|
|
"whangees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shindies":{
|
||
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the prime minister created a brief shindy with his unexpected appearance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ados",
|
||
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
||
|
|
"blathers",
|
||
|
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
|
"bobberies",
|
||
|
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
|
"bustles",
|
||
|
|
"clatters",
|
||
|
|
"clutters",
|
||
|
|
"coils",
|
||
|
|
"commotions",
|
||
|
|
"corroborees",
|
||
|
|
"disturbances",
|
||
|
|
"dos",
|
||
|
|
"do's",
|
||
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"furores",
|
||
|
|
"furors",
|
||
|
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
||
|
|
"hooplas",
|
||
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
||
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
||
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
||
|
|
"hurlies",
|
||
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
||
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
||
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
||
|
|
"moils",
|
||
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
||
|
|
"pothers",
|
||
|
|
"rows",
|
||
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
||
|
|
"ructions",
|
||
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
||
|
|
"splores",
|
||
|
|
"squalls",
|
||
|
|
"stews",
|
||
|
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
|
"storms",
|
||
|
|
"to-dos",
|
||
|
|
"tumults",
|
||
|
|
"turmoils",
|
||
|
|
"uproars",
|
||
|
|
"welters",
|
||
|
|
"whirls",
|
||
|
|
"williwaws",
|
||
|
|
"zoos"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
||
|
|
"clamors",
|
||
|
|
"dins",
|
||
|
|
"howls",
|
||
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
||
|
|
"noises",
|
||
|
|
"outcries",
|
||
|
|
"rackets",
|
||
|
|
"roars",
|
||
|
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
|
"upheavals",
|
||
|
|
"eruptions",
|
||
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
||
|
|
"flurries",
|
||
|
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
||
|
|
"outbursts",
|
||
|
|
"brawls",
|
||
|
|
"fracases",
|
||
|
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
|
"frays",
|
||
|
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
|
"melees",
|
||
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
||
|
|
"scuffles",
|
||
|
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
|
"fevers",
|
||
|
|
"frets",
|
||
|
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
|
"tizzies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calms",
|
||
|
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
|
"peaces",
|
||
|
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
|
"quietudes",
|
||
|
|
"rests",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
||
|
|
"orders"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipyards":{
|
||
|
|
"as in marinas , dockyards":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dockyards",
|
||
|
|
"marinas",
|
||
|
|
"quayages",
|
||
|
|
"wharfages",
|
||
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
||
|
|
"berths",
|
||
|
|
"moorings",
|
||
|
|
"slips",
|
||
|
|
"docks",
|
||
|
|
"floats",
|
||
|
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"jetties",
|
||
|
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"landings",
|
||
|
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"levees",
|
||
|
|
"piers",
|
||
|
|
"quais",
|
||
|
|
"quays",
|
||
|
|
"wharves",
|
||
|
|
"wharfs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shies":{
|
||
|
|
"as in starts , flinches":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blenches",
|
||
|
|
"flinches",
|
||
|
|
"quails",
|
||
|
|
"recoils",
|
||
|
|
"shrinks",
|
||
|
|
"starts",
|
||
|
|
"winces"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cuddles",
|
||
|
|
"nestles",
|
||
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
||
|
|
"snoozles",
|
||
|
|
"snuggles",
|
||
|
|
"curls up",
|
||
|
|
"crouches",
|
||
|
|
"huddles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirker":{
|
||
|
|
"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
||
|
|
"slacker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"malingerer",
|
||
|
|
"dropout",
|
||
|
|
"quitter",
|
||
|
|
"drone",
|
||
|
|
"idler",
|
||
|
|
"lazybones",
|
||
|
|
"loafer",
|
||
|
|
"slouch",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"slugabed",
|
||
|
|
"sluggard",
|
||
|
|
"dallier",
|
||
|
|
"lingerer",
|
||
|
|
"loiterer",
|
||
|
|
"lounger",
|
||
|
|
"saunterer",
|
||
|
|
"dawdler",
|
||
|
|
"laggard",
|
||
|
|
"putterer",
|
||
|
|
"slowpoke"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"live wire",
|
||
|
|
"pistol",
|
||
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
||
|
|
"doer",
|
||
|
|
"go-getter",
|
||
|
|
"hummer",
|
||
|
|
"hustler",
|
||
|
|
"self-starter"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shift":{
|
||
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"budge",
|
||
|
|
"dislocate",
|
||
|
|
"displace",
|
||
|
|
"disturb",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"relocate",
|
||
|
|
"remove",
|
||
|
|
"reposition",
|
||
|
|
"transfer",
|
||
|
|
"transpose"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bear",
|
||
|
|
"carry",
|
||
|
|
"cart",
|
||
|
|
"convey",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"haul",
|
||
|
|
"lug",
|
||
|
|
"tote",
|
||
|
|
"transmit",
|
||
|
|
"transplant",
|
||
|
|
"transport",
|
||
|
|
"replace",
|
||
|
|
"supersede",
|
||
|
|
"supplant",
|
||
|
|
"alter",
|
||
|
|
"make over",
|
||
|
|
"modify",
|
||
|
|
"redo",
|
||
|
|
"refashion",
|
||
|
|
"remake",
|
||
|
|
"remodel",
|
||
|
|
"revamp",
|
||
|
|
"revise",
|
||
|
|
"rework",
|
||
|
|
"vary"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anchor",
|
||
|
|
"fix",
|
||
|
|
"freeze",
|
||
|
|
"moor",
|
||
|
|
"secure",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"stabilize",
|
||
|
|
"embed",
|
||
|
|
"imbed",
|
||
|
|
"entrench",
|
||
|
|
"intrench",
|
||
|
|
"implant",
|
||
|
|
"ingrain",
|
||
|
|
"engrain",
|
||
|
|
"lodge",
|
||
|
|
"root"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to change one's position":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"budge",
|
||
|
|
"locomote",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"stir"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"fidget",
|
||
|
|
"jiggle",
|
||
|
|
"squiggle",
|
||
|
|
"squirm",
|
||
|
|
"toss",
|
||
|
|
"twitch",
|
||
|
|
"wiggle",
|
||
|
|
"wriggle",
|
||
|
|
"writhe",
|
||
|
|
"rouse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hang around",
|
||
|
|
"remain",
|
||
|
|
"stay",
|
||
|
|
"stick around",
|
||
|
|
"tarry",
|
||
|
|
"stabilize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"freeze",
|
||
|
|
"still"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"change",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
||
|
|
"mutate",
|
||
|
|
"snap",
|
||
|
|
"vary"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
||
|
|
"morph",
|
||
|
|
"transmute",
|
||
|
|
"better",
|
||
|
|
"improve",
|
||
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
||
|
|
"worsen",
|
||
|
|
"turn around",
|
||
|
|
"seesaw",
|
||
|
|
"teeter",
|
||
|
|
"vacillate",
|
||
|
|
"waver"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"plateau",
|
||
|
|
"stabilize"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"change",
|
||
|
|
"commute",
|
||
|
|
"exchange",
|
||
|
|
"substitute",
|
||
|
|
"swap",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"trade"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"interchange",
|
||
|
|
"displace",
|
||
|
|
"replace",
|
||
|
|
"supersede",
|
||
|
|
"cede",
|
||
|
|
"hand over",
|
||
|
|
"surrender",
|
||
|
|
"yield",
|
||
|
|
"reciprocate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"left the others to shift for themselves"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cope",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"fare",
|
||
|
|
"get along",
|
||
|
|
"get by",
|
||
|
|
"get on",
|
||
|
|
"make out",
|
||
|
|
"manage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
|
"contrive",
|
||
|
|
"scrape (by or through)",
|
||
|
|
"scrounge",
|
||
|
|
"last",
|
||
|
|
"survive",
|
||
|
|
"eke out",
|
||
|
|
"scrape (out)",
|
||
|
|
"squeeze",
|
||
|
|
"wrest",
|
||
|
|
"wring",
|
||
|
|
"afford",
|
||
|
|
"swing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"collapse",
|
||
|
|
"fail",
|
||
|
|
"fall short",
|
||
|
|
"fizzle",
|
||
|
|
"flounder",
|
||
|
|
"decline",
|
||
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
||
|
|
"slump",
|
||
|
|
"wane",
|
||
|
|
"give up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"desperate shifts to stave off financial disaster"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"expedient",
|
||
|
|
"means",
|
||
|
|
"measure",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"step"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"act",
|
||
|
|
"action",
|
||
|
|
"deed",
|
||
|
|
"doing",
|
||
|
|
"feat",
|
||
|
|
"thing",
|
||
|
|
"course",
|
||
|
|
"procedure",
|
||
|
|
"proceeding",
|
||
|
|
"process",
|
||
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
||
|
|
"achievement",
|
||
|
|
"attainment",
|
||
|
|
"coup",
|
||
|
|
"exploit",
|
||
|
|
"success",
|
||
|
|
"triumph",
|
||
|
|
"activity",
|
||
|
|
"affair",
|
||
|
|
"business",
|
||
|
|
"dealing",
|
||
|
|
"enterprise",
|
||
|
|
"event",
|
||
|
|
"attempt",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"endeavor",
|
||
|
|
"essay",
|
||
|
|
"fling",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"initiative",
|
||
|
|
"operation",
|
||
|
|
"pass",
|
||
|
|
"shot",
|
||
|
|
"stab",
|
||
|
|
"trial",
|
||
|
|
"try",
|
||
|
|
"undertaking",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"effort",
|
||
|
|
"exertion",
|
||
|
|
"labor",
|
||
|
|
"pains",
|
||
|
|
"trouble",
|
||
|
|
"while",
|
||
|
|
"work",
|
||
|
|
"project",
|
||
|
|
"proposal",
|
||
|
|
"proposition",
|
||
|
|
"makeshift",
|
||
|
|
"resort",
|
||
|
|
"resource",
|
||
|
|
"stopgap",
|
||
|
|
"countermeasure",
|
||
|
|
"countermove",
|
||
|
|
"counterstep"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"made a small shift to the left to make more room on the bench"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"motion",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"movement",
|
||
|
|
"shifting",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dislocation",
|
||
|
|
"migration",
|
||
|
|
"relocation",
|
||
|
|
"locomotion",
|
||
|
|
"mobility",
|
||
|
|
"motility",
|
||
|
|
"motivity",
|
||
|
|
"fiddling",
|
||
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
||
|
|
"squirm",
|
||
|
|
"squirming",
|
||
|
|
"twitching",
|
||
|
|
"wriggling",
|
||
|
|
"writhing",
|
||
|
|
"flailing",
|
||
|
|
"flapping",
|
||
|
|
"waving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"immobility",
|
||
|
|
"inertia",
|
||
|
|
"inertness",
|
||
|
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
|
"cessation",
|
||
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
||
|
|
"ending",
|
||
|
|
"expiration",
|
||
|
|
"finish",
|
||
|
|
"halt",
|
||
|
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"shutdown",
|
||
|
|
"shutoff",
|
||
|
|
"stop",
|
||
|
|
"stoppage",
|
||
|
|
"surcease",
|
||
|
|
"termination"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shindigs":{
|
||
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we're hosting a little shindig this weekend for some friends"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affairs",
|
||
|
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
|
"binges",
|
||
|
|
"blasts",
|
||
|
|
"blowouts",
|
||
|
|
"dos",
|
||
|
|
"do's",
|
||
|
|
"events",
|
||
|
|
"fetes",
|
||
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
||
|
|
"functions",
|
||
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
||
|
|
"parties",
|
||
|
|
"receptions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benefits",
|
||
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
||
|
|
"balls",
|
||
|
|
"dances",
|
||
|
|
"formals",
|
||
|
|
"proms",
|
||
|
|
"celebrations",
|
||
|
|
"galas",
|
||
|
|
"occasions",
|
||
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
||
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
||
|
|
"orgies",
|
||
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
||
|
|
"bakes",
|
||
|
|
"clambakes",
|
||
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
||
|
|
"hen parties",
|
||
|
|
"house parties",
|
||
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
||
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
||
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
||
|
|
"keggers",
|
||
|
|
"keg parties",
|
||
|
|
"klatches",
|
||
|
|
"klatsches",
|
||
|
|
"masquerades",
|
||
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
||
|
|
"mixers",
|
||
|
|
"salons",
|
||
|
|
"showers",
|
||
|
|
"socials",
|
||
|
|
"soirees",
|
||
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
||
|
|
"stags",
|
||
|
|
"suppers",
|
||
|
|
"symposia",
|
||
|
|
"symposiums",
|
||
|
|
"tea parties",
|
||
|
|
"teas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shinnies":{
|
||
|
|
"as in skins , shimmies":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shimmies",
|
||
|
|
"shins",
|
||
|
|
"skins",
|
||
|
|
"clambers",
|
||
|
|
"climbs",
|
||
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
||
|
|
"scrambles",
|
||
|
|
"swarms",
|
||
|
|
"ascends",
|
||
|
|
"breasts",
|
||
|
|
"free-climbs",
|
||
|
|
"gets up",
|
||
|
|
"mounts",
|
||
|
|
"scales",
|
||
|
|
"summits",
|
||
|
|
"surmounts",
|
||
|
|
"claws",
|
||
|
|
"sprawls",
|
||
|
|
"struggles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shingle":{
|
||
|
|
"as in sediment , silt":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alluvium",
|
||
|
|
"colluvium",
|
||
|
|
"detritus",
|
||
|
|
"loess",
|
||
|
|
"marl",
|
||
|
|
"sediment",
|
||
|
|
"silt",
|
||
|
|
"clod",
|
||
|
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
|
"earth",
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"mold",
|
||
|
|
"blackland",
|
||
|
|
"clay",
|
||
|
|
"gault",
|
||
|
|
"gley",
|
||
|
|
"guck",
|
||
|
|
"gook",
|
||
|
|
"gumbo",
|
||
|
|
"kaolin",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"mud",
|
||
|
|
"dust",
|
||
|
|
"gravel",
|
||
|
|
"sand",
|
||
|
|
"humus",
|
||
|
|
"loam",
|
||
|
|
"topsoil",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"mull",
|
||
|
|
"subsoil",
|
||
|
|
"substratum"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in trim , crop":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bob",
|
||
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
||
|
|
"crew cut",
|
||
|
|
"crop",
|
||
|
|
"fade",
|
||
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
||
|
|
"shag",
|
||
|
|
"trim",
|
||
|
|
"beehive",
|
||
|
|
"big hair",
|
||
|
|
"bun",
|
||
|
|
"chignon",
|
||
|
|
"French twist",
|
||
|
|
"pageboy",
|
||
|
|
"pug",
|
||
|
|
"updo",
|
||
|
|
"upsweep",
|
||
|
|
"braid",
|
||
|
|
"pigtail",
|
||
|
|
"plait",
|
||
|
|
"ponytail",
|
||
|
|
"queue",
|
||
|
|
"Afro",
|
||
|
|
"conk",
|
||
|
|
"cornrow",
|
||
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
||
|
|
"perm",
|
||
|
|
"permanent",
|
||
|
|
"comb-over",
|
||
|
|
"ducktail",
|
||
|
|
"pompadour",
|
||
|
|
"roach",
|
||
|
|
"coiffure",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"haircut",
|
||
|
|
"hairdo",
|
||
|
|
"hairstyle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in overlap , overlay":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lap",
|
||
|
|
"overlap",
|
||
|
|
"overlay",
|
||
|
|
"overlie",
|
||
|
|
"overspread"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirtwaists":{
|
||
|
|
"as in shirtdresses , sundresses":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chemises",
|
||
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
||
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
||
|
|
"housedresses",
|
||
|
|
"jumpers",
|
||
|
|
"kimonos",
|
||
|
|
"kirtles",
|
||
|
|
"minidresses",
|
||
|
|
"Mother Hubbards",
|
||
|
|
"muumuus",
|
||
|
|
"overdresses",
|
||
|
|
"sacks",
|
||
|
|
"sheaths",
|
||
|
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
|
"shirtdresses",
|
||
|
|
"sundresses",
|
||
|
|
"sweaterdresses",
|
||
|
|
"tea gowns",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"frocks",
|
||
|
|
"gowns"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shinnying":{
|
||
|
|
"as in skinning , shimmying":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shimmying",
|
||
|
|
"shinning",
|
||
|
|
"skinning",
|
||
|
|
"clambering",
|
||
|
|
"climbing",
|
||
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
||
|
|
"scrambling",
|
||
|
|
"swarming",
|
||
|
|
"ascending",
|
||
|
|
"breasting",
|
||
|
|
"free-climbing",
|
||
|
|
"getting up",
|
||
|
|
"mounting",
|
||
|
|
"scaling",
|
||
|
|
"summiting",
|
||
|
|
"surmounting",
|
||
|
|
"clawing",
|
||
|
|
"sprawling",
|
||
|
|
"struggling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiftlessly":{
|
||
|
|
"as in casually , lazily":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"casually",
|
||
|
|
"desultorily",
|
||
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
||
|
|
"indolently",
|
||
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
||
|
|
"languidly",
|
||
|
|
"lazily",
|
||
|
|
"listlessly",
|
||
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
||
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
||
|
|
"tiredly",
|
||
|
|
"wearily"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amain",
|
||
|
|
"arduously",
|
||
|
|
"assiduously",
|
||
|
|
"determinedly",
|
||
|
|
"diligently",
|
||
|
|
"doggedly",
|
||
|
|
"hard",
|
||
|
|
"hardly",
|
||
|
|
"industriously",
|
||
|
|
"intensely",
|
||
|
|
"intensively",
|
||
|
|
"intently",
|
||
|
|
"laboriously",
|
||
|
|
"mightily",
|
||
|
|
"purposefully",
|
||
|
|
"resolutely",
|
||
|
|
"sedulously",
|
||
|
|
"slavishly",
|
||
|
|
"strenuously",
|
||
|
|
"actively",
|
||
|
|
"animatedly",
|
||
|
|
"briskly",
|
||
|
|
"busily",
|
||
|
|
"dynamically",
|
||
|
|
"energetically",
|
||
|
|
"feverishly",
|
||
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
||
|
|
"vehemently",
|
||
|
|
"vigorously",
|
||
|
|
"zealously",
|
||
|
|
"continuously",
|
||
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
||
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
||
|
|
"steadily",
|
||
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
||
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
||
|
|
"unremittingly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiftily":{
|
||
|
|
"as in furtively , slyly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"archly",
|
||
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
||
|
|
"craftily",
|
||
|
|
"cunningly",
|
||
|
|
"furtively",
|
||
|
|
"insidiously",
|
||
|
|
"sharply",
|
||
|
|
"slickly",
|
||
|
|
"slyly",
|
||
|
|
"slily",
|
||
|
|
"underhand",
|
||
|
|
"underhanded",
|
||
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
||
|
|
"artfully",
|
||
|
|
"cannily",
|
||
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
||
|
|
"deceptively",
|
||
|
|
"deviously",
|
||
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
||
|
|
"falsely",
|
||
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
||
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
||
|
|
"unctuously",
|
||
|
|
"affectedly",
|
||
|
|
"artificially",
|
||
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
||
|
|
"insincerely",
|
||
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
||
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artlessly",
|
||
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
||
|
|
"innocently",
|
||
|
|
"naively",
|
||
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
||
|
|
"naturally",
|
||
|
|
"sincerely",
|
||
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
||
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
||
|
|
"genuinely",
|
||
|
|
"honestly",
|
||
|
|
"simply",
|
||
|
|
"truly",
|
||
|
|
"freely",
|
||
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
||
|
|
"openly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shine(s)":{
|
||
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beams",
|
||
|
|
"radiates",
|
||
|
|
"rays"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blazes",
|
||
|
|
"burns",
|
||
|
|
"fires",
|
||
|
|
"flames",
|
||
|
|
"gleams",
|
||
|
|
"glimmers",
|
||
|
|
"glints",
|
||
|
|
"glistens",
|
||
|
|
"glisters",
|
||
|
|
"glitters",
|
||
|
|
"glows",
|
||
|
|
"luminesces",
|
||
|
|
"sheens",
|
||
|
|
"shimmers",
|
||
|
|
"blinks",
|
||
|
|
"coruscates",
|
||
|
|
"flares",
|
||
|
|
"flashes",
|
||
|
|
"flickers",
|
||
|
|
"lusters",
|
||
|
|
"lustres",
|
||
|
|
"scintillates",
|
||
|
|
"spangles",
|
||
|
|
"sparkles",
|
||
|
|
"twinkles",
|
||
|
|
"winkles",
|
||
|
|
"winks",
|
||
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
||
|
|
"glares",
|
||
|
|
"brightens",
|
||
|
|
"illuminates",
|
||
|
|
"illumines",
|
||
|
|
"irradiates",
|
||
|
|
"lightens",
|
||
|
|
"lights",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
||
|
|
"blinds",
|
||
|
|
"dazes",
|
||
|
|
"dazzles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackens",
|
||
|
|
"darkens",
|
||
|
|
"lowers",
|
||
|
|
"lours"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffs",
|
||
|
|
"burnishes",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"furbishes",
|
||
|
|
"glosses",
|
||
|
|
"grinds",
|
||
|
|
"polishes",
|
||
|
|
"rubs",
|
||
|
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"smoothens",
|
||
|
|
"smooths",
|
||
|
|
"smoothes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sleeks",
|
||
|
|
"slicks",
|
||
|
|
"coats",
|
||
|
|
"glazes",
|
||
|
|
"japans",
|
||
|
|
"lacquers",
|
||
|
|
"varnishes",
|
||
|
|
"faces",
|
||
|
|
"finishes",
|
||
|
|
"veneers",
|
||
|
|
"brightens",
|
||
|
|
"files",
|
||
|
|
"rasps",
|
||
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
||
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
||
|
|
"sands",
|
||
|
|
"scours",
|
||
|
|
"scrapes",
|
||
|
|
"scrubs",
|
||
|
|
"bobs",
|
||
|
|
"bones",
|
||
|
|
"laps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"roughens",
|
||
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
||
|
|
"ruffles",
|
||
|
|
"scuffs (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shines they pulled at summer camp have become embellished with each retelling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antic",
|
||
|
|
"caper",
|
||
|
|
"capriccio",
|
||
|
|
"dido",
|
||
|
|
"escapade",
|
||
|
|
"frolic",
|
||
|
|
"gag",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"knavery",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
|
"practical joke",
|
||
|
|
"prank",
|
||
|
|
"rag",
|
||
|
|
"roguery",
|
||
|
|
"shavie",
|
||
|
|
"trick",
|
||
|
|
"waggery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"skylarking",
|
||
|
|
"adventure",
|
||
|
|
"experience",
|
||
|
|
"game",
|
||
|
|
"lark",
|
||
|
|
"time",
|
||
|
|
"high jinks",
|
||
|
|
"hijinks",
|
||
|
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
|
"play",
|
||
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
||
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
|
"joking",
|
||
|
|
"kidding",
|
||
|
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
|
"gambit",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"maneuver",
|
||
|
|
"ploy",
|
||
|
|
"deed",
|
||
|
|
"feat",
|
||
|
|
"mission",
|
||
|
|
"performance",
|
||
|
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
|
"caprice",
|
||
|
|
"conceit",
|
||
|
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
|
"vagary",
|
||
|
|
"whim",
|
||
|
|
"whimsy",
|
||
|
|
"whimsey",
|
||
|
|
"deceit",
|
||
|
|
"deception",
|
||
|
|
"delusion",
|
||
|
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
||
|
|
"ruse",
|
||
|
|
"sham",
|
||
|
|
"stratagem",
|
||
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
||
|
|
"trickery",
|
||
|
|
"wile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shillalah":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinado",
|
||
|
|
"bastinade",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"baton",
|
||
|
|
"billy",
|
||
|
|
"billy club",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"cane",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
|
"nightstick",
|
||
|
|
"rod",
|
||
|
|
"rung",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"staff",
|
||
|
|
"truncheon",
|
||
|
|
"waddy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjack",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
||
|
|
"mace",
|
||
|
|
"birch",
|
||
|
|
"crabstick",
|
||
|
|
"hickory",
|
||
|
|
"rattan",
|
||
|
|
"stave",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"gavel",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"mallet",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
||
|
|
"crook",
|
||
|
|
"crosier",
|
||
|
|
"crozier",
|
||
|
|
"walking stick",
|
||
|
|
"whangee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shivers":{
|
||
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"looking down from the window ledge sent shivers up my spine"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"butterflies",
|
||
|
|
"dither",
|
||
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
||
|
|
"jimjams",
|
||
|
|
"jitters",
|
||
|
|
"nerves",
|
||
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
||
|
|
"willies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
||
|
|
"creeps",
|
||
|
|
"fidgets",
|
||
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
||
|
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
|
"fear",
|
||
|
|
"hysteria",
|
||
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
||
|
|
"frazzle",
|
||
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
||
|
|
"edginess",
|
||
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
||
|
|
"skittishness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aplomb",
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"composure",
|
||
|
|
"equanimity",
|
||
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
||
|
|
"self-possession",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shakes , shudders":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"quakes",
|
||
|
|
"quivers",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"shudders",
|
||
|
|
"trembles",
|
||
|
|
"flits",
|
||
|
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
|
"twitters",
|
||
|
|
"paces",
|
||
|
|
"fiddles",
|
||
|
|
"fidgets",
|
||
|
|
"jerks",
|
||
|
|
"jiggles",
|
||
|
|
"jigs",
|
||
|
|
"squiggles",
|
||
|
|
"squirms",
|
||
|
|
"thrashes",
|
||
|
|
"threshes",
|
||
|
|
"tosses",
|
||
|
|
"twists",
|
||
|
|
"twitches",
|
||
|
|
"wiggles",
|
||
|
|
"wriggles",
|
||
|
|
"writhes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"relaxes",
|
||
|
|
"rests",
|
||
|
|
"unwinds",
|
||
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
||
|
|
"stills"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in splits , splinters":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"splinters",
|
||
|
|
"splits",
|
||
|
|
"annihilates",
|
||
|
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
|
"decimates",
|
||
|
|
"demolishes",
|
||
|
|
"desolates",
|
||
|
|
"destroys",
|
||
|
|
"devastates",
|
||
|
|
"nukes",
|
||
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
||
|
|
"ruins",
|
||
|
|
"tears down",
|
||
|
|
"totals",
|
||
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
||
|
|
"wastes",
|
||
|
|
"wracks",
|
||
|
|
"wrecks",
|
||
|
|
"cracks",
|
||
|
|
"crunches",
|
||
|
|
"crushes",
|
||
|
|
"snaps",
|
||
|
|
"busts",
|
||
|
|
"fractures",
|
||
|
|
"fragments",
|
||
|
|
"breaks down",
|
||
|
|
"crashes",
|
||
|
|
"shatters",
|
||
|
|
"smashes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shifted":{
|
||
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"budged",
|
||
|
|
"dislocated",
|
||
|
|
"displaced",
|
||
|
|
"disturbed",
|
||
|
|
"moved",
|
||
|
|
"relocated",
|
||
|
|
"removed",
|
||
|
|
"repositioned",
|
||
|
|
"transferred",
|
||
|
|
"transposed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bore",
|
||
|
|
"carried",
|
||
|
|
"carted",
|
||
|
|
"conveyed",
|
||
|
|
"drove",
|
||
|
|
"hauled",
|
||
|
|
"lugged",
|
||
|
|
"toted",
|
||
|
|
"transmitted",
|
||
|
|
"transplanted",
|
||
|
|
"transported",
|
||
|
|
"replaced",
|
||
|
|
"superseded",
|
||
|
|
"supplanted",
|
||
|
|
"altered",
|
||
|
|
"made over",
|
||
|
|
"modified",
|
||
|
|
"redid",
|
||
|
|
"refashioned",
|
||
|
|
"remade",
|
||
|
|
"remodeled",
|
||
|
|
"revamped",
|
||
|
|
"revised",
|
||
|
|
"reworked",
|
||
|
|
"varied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anchored",
|
||
|
|
"fixed",
|
||
|
|
"froze",
|
||
|
|
"moored",
|
||
|
|
"secured",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"stabilized",
|
||
|
|
"embedded",
|
||
|
|
"imbedded",
|
||
|
|
"entrenched",
|
||
|
|
"intrenched",
|
||
|
|
"implanted",
|
||
|
|
"ingrained",
|
||
|
|
"engrained",
|
||
|
|
"lodged",
|
||
|
|
"rooted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to change one's position":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"budged",
|
||
|
|
"locomoted",
|
||
|
|
"moved",
|
||
|
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fiddled",
|
||
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
||
|
|
"jiggled",
|
||
|
|
"squiggled",
|
||
|
|
"squirmed",
|
||
|
|
"tossed",
|
||
|
|
"twitched",
|
||
|
|
"wiggled",
|
||
|
|
"wriggled",
|
||
|
|
"writhed",
|
||
|
|
"roused"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hung around",
|
||
|
|
"remained",
|
||
|
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
|
"stuck around",
|
||
|
|
"tarried",
|
||
|
|
"stabilized"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"froze",
|
||
|
|
"stilled"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"changed",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
||
|
|
"mutated",
|
||
|
|
"snapped",
|
||
|
|
"varied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
||
|
|
"morphed",
|
||
|
|
"transmuted",
|
||
|
|
"bettered",
|
||
|
|
"improved",
|
||
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
||
|
|
"worsened",
|
||
|
|
"turned around",
|
||
|
|
"seesawed",
|
||
|
|
"teetered",
|
||
|
|
"vacillated",
|
||
|
|
"wavered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"plateaued",
|
||
|
|
"stabilized"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"changed",
|
||
|
|
"commuted",
|
||
|
|
"exchanged",
|
||
|
|
"substituted",
|
||
|
|
"swapped",
|
||
|
|
"switched",
|
||
|
|
"traded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"interchanged",
|
||
|
|
"displaced",
|
||
|
|
"replaced",
|
||
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"superseded",
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"ceded",
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"handed over",
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"surrendered",
|
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"yielded",
|
||
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"reciprocated"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[]
|
||
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},
|
||
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"left the others to shift for themselves"
|
||
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|
],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"coped",
|
||
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"did",
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||
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"fared",
|
||
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"got along",
|
||
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"got by",
|
||
|
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"got on",
|
||
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"made out",
|
||
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"managed"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"carried on",
|
||
|
|
"contrived",
|
||
|
|
"scraped (by or through)",
|
||
|
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"scrounged",
|
||
|
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"lasted",
|
||
|
|
"survived",
|
||
|
|
"eked out",
|
||
|
|
"scraped (out)",
|
||
|
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"squeezed",
|
||
|
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"wrested",
|
||
|
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"wrung",
|
||
|
|
"afforded",
|
||
|
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"swung"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"collapsed",
|
||
|
|
"failed",
|
||
|
|
"fell short",
|
||
|
|
"fizzled",
|
||
|
|
"floundered",
|
||
|
|
"declined",
|
||
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
||
|
|
"slumped",
|
||
|
|
"waned",
|
||
|
|
"gave up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shindy":{
|
||
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the prime minister created a brief shindy with his unexpected appearance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ado",
|
||
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
|
"bobbery",
|
||
|
|
"bother",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"clatter",
|
||
|
|
"clutter",
|
||
|
|
"coil",
|
||
|
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
|
"corroboree",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"furor",
|
||
|
|
"furore",
|
||
|
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
||
|
|
"hoopla",
|
||
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
||
|
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
||
|
|
"hurly",
|
||
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
|
"hurricane",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
||
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
||
|
|
"moil",
|
||
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
|
"pother",
|
||
|
|
"row",
|
||
|
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
|
"ruction",
|
||
|
|
"rumpus",
|
||
|
|
"splore",
|
||
|
|
"squall",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"to-do",
|
||
|
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
|
"welter",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"williwaw",
|
||
|
|
"zoo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
|
"din",
|
||
|
|
"howl",
|
||
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
||
|
|
"noise",
|
||
|
|
"outcry",
|
||
|
|
"racket",
|
||
|
|
"roar",
|
||
|
|
"disorder",
|
||
|
|
"unrest",
|
||
|
|
"upheaval",
|
||
|
|
"eruption",
|
||
|
|
"flare-up",
|
||
|
|
"flurry",
|
||
|
|
"flutter",
|
||
|
|
"outbreak",
|
||
|
|
"outburst",
|
||
|
|
"brawl",
|
||
|
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
|
"fray",
|
||
|
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
|
"melee",
|
||
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"scuffle",
|
||
|
|
"dither",
|
||
|
|
"fever",
|
||
|
|
"fret",
|
||
|
|
"lather",
|
||
|
|
"tizzy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"hush",
|
||
|
|
"peace",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
|
"rest",
|
||
|
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
|
"order",
|
||
|
|
"orderliness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shally":{
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balance",
|
||
|
|
"dither",
|
||
|
|
"falter",
|
||
|
|
"halt",
|
||
|
|
"hang back",
|
||
|
|
"hesitate",
|
||
|
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
|
"stagger",
|
||
|
|
"teeter",
|
||
|
|
"vacillate",
|
||
|
|
"waver",
|
||
|
|
"wobble",
|
||
|
|
"wabble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"haw",
|
||
|
|
"hem",
|
||
|
|
"dally",
|
||
|
|
"dawdle",
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"linger",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
||
|
|
"wait",
|
||
|
|
"back down",
|
||
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
||
|
|
"consider",
|
||
|
|
"debate",
|
||
|
|
"deliberate",
|
||
|
|
"ponder",
|
||
|
|
"weigh",
|
||
|
|
"oscillate",
|
||
|
|
"sway",
|
||
|
|
"equivocate",
|
||
|
|
"hedge",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
||
|
|
"waffle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decide",
|
||
|
|
"budge",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"advance",
|
||
|
|
"continue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawl",
|
||
|
|
"creep",
|
||
|
|
"dally",
|
||
|
|
"dawdle",
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"diddle",
|
||
|
|
"dillydally",
|
||
|
|
"drag",
|
||
|
|
"lag",
|
||
|
|
"linger",
|
||
|
|
"loiter",
|
||
|
|
"lollygag",
|
||
|
|
"lallygag",
|
||
|
|
"mope",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"tarry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
||
|
|
"fool around",
|
||
|
|
"mess around",
|
||
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
||
|
|
"play",
|
||
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
||
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
||
|
|
"trifle",
|
||
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
||
|
|
"idle",
|
||
|
|
"loaf",
|
||
|
|
"loll",
|
||
|
|
"lounge",
|
||
|
|
"amble",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"inch",
|
||
|
|
"lumber",
|
||
|
|
"plod",
|
||
|
|
"saunter",
|
||
|
|
"shuffle",
|
||
|
|
"stagger",
|
||
|
|
"stroll",
|
||
|
|
"decelerate",
|
||
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
||
|
|
"filibuster",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
||
|
|
"stall",
|
||
|
|
"temporize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bowl",
|
||
|
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
|
"dart",
|
||
|
|
"hump",
|
||
|
|
"hurtle",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"scramble",
|
||
|
|
"stampede",
|
||
|
|
"gallop",
|
||
|
|
"jog",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"sprint",
|
||
|
|
"trot",
|
||
|
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
||
|
|
"catch up",
|
||
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
||
|
|
"outpace",
|
||
|
|
"outrun",
|
||
|
|
"outstrip",
|
||
|
|
"overtake"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"bolt",
|
||
|
|
"career",
|
||
|
|
"course",
|
||
|
|
"dash",
|
||
|
|
"fly",
|
||
|
|
"hasten",
|
||
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"race",
|
||
|
|
"rip",
|
||
|
|
"rocket",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"scoot",
|
||
|
|
"scud",
|
||
|
|
"scurry",
|
||
|
|
"speed",
|
||
|
|
"tear",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"whisk",
|
||
|
|
"whiz",
|
||
|
|
"whizz",
|
||
|
|
"zip"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the construction project was once again delayed by the bureaucratic shilly-shally of regulatory agencies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
||
|
|
"hesitance",
|
||
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
|
"hesitation",
|
||
|
|
"indecision",
|
||
|
|
"irresolution",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
||
|
|
"vacillation",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"wobbling",
|
||
|
|
"wabbling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastination",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"second thought",
|
||
|
|
"consideration",
|
||
|
|
"debate",
|
||
|
|
"deliberation",
|
||
|
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"indetermination",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
|
"avoidance",
|
||
|
|
"equivocation",
|
||
|
|
"aversion",
|
||
|
|
"disinclination",
|
||
|
|
"indisposition",
|
||
|
|
"reluctance",
|
||
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
||
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"shyness",
|
||
|
|
"timidity",
|
||
|
|
"timidness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"certainty",
|
||
|
|
"certitude",
|
||
|
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"determination",
|
||
|
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
||
|
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
|
"sureness",
|
||
|
|
"alacrity",
|
||
|
|
"eagerness",
|
||
|
|
"readiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shilly-shallying , wavering":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
||
|
|
"hesitating",
|
||
|
|
"shaky",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"aimless",
|
||
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
||
|
|
"desultory",
|
||
|
|
"erratic",
|
||
|
|
"haphazard",
|
||
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
||
|
|
"irregular",
|
||
|
|
"random",
|
||
|
|
"scattered",
|
||
|
|
"slapdash",
|
||
|
|
"stray",
|
||
|
|
"dicey",
|
||
|
|
"undependable",
|
||
|
|
"unreliable",
|
||
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
||
|
|
"capricious",
|
||
|
|
"changeable",
|
||
|
|
"changeful",
|
||
|
|
"fickle",
|
||
|
|
"flickery",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
|
"fluid",
|
||
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
||
|
|
"inconstant",
|
||
|
|
"mercurial",
|
||
|
|
"mutable",
|
||
|
|
"skittish",
|
||
|
|
"temperamental",
|
||
|
|
"uncertain",
|
||
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
||
|
|
"unsettled",
|
||
|
|
"unstable",
|
||
|
|
"unsteady",
|
||
|
|
"variable",
|
||
|
|
"volatile",
|
||
|
|
"adaptable",
|
||
|
|
"mobile",
|
||
|
|
"protean",
|
||
|
|
"versatile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"certain",
|
||
|
|
"changeless",
|
||
|
|
"constant",
|
||
|
|
"immutable",
|
||
|
|
"invariable",
|
||
|
|
"predictable",
|
||
|
|
"settled",
|
||
|
|
"stable",
|
||
|
|
"stationary",
|
||
|
|
"steady",
|
||
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
||
|
|
"unchanging",
|
||
|
|
"unvarying",
|
||
|
|
"equable",
|
||
|
|
"even",
|
||
|
|
"uniform",
|
||
|
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
|
"durable",
|
||
|
|
"lasting",
|
||
|
|
"permanent",
|
||
|
|
"persistent",
|
||
|
|
"dependable",
|
||
|
|
"reliable",
|
||
|
|
"sure",
|
||
|
|
"tried",
|
||
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
||
|
|
"true",
|
||
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
||
|
|
"trusty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shillalahs":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
||
|
|
"bastinades",
|
||
|
|
"batons",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"billies",
|
||
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
|
"canes",
|
||
|
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
|
"cudgels",
|
||
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
||
|
|
"rods",
|
||
|
|
"rungs",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"staffs",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"truncheons",
|
||
|
|
"waddies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
||
|
|
"maces",
|
||
|
|
"birches",
|
||
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
||
|
|
"hickories",
|
||
|
|
"rattans",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"switches",
|
||
|
|
"beetles",
|
||
|
|
"gavels",
|
||
|
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
|
"mallets",
|
||
|
|
"mauls",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
||
|
|
"crooks",
|
||
|
|
"crosiers",
|
||
|
|
"croziers",
|
||
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
||
|
|
"whangees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shimmies":{
|
||
|
|
"as in skins , shins":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shinnies",
|
||
|
|
"shins",
|
||
|
|
"skins",
|
||
|
|
"clambers",
|
||
|
|
"climbs",
|
||
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
||
|
|
"scrambles",
|
||
|
|
"swarms",
|
||
|
|
"ascends",
|
||
|
|
"breasts",
|
||
|
|
"free-climbs",
|
||
|
|
"gets up",
|
||
|
|
"mounts",
|
||
|
|
"scales",
|
||
|
|
"summits",
|
||
|
|
"surmounts",
|
||
|
|
"claws",
|
||
|
|
"sprawls",
|
||
|
|
"struggles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shuffles , twists":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boogies",
|
||
|
|
"boogeys",
|
||
|
|
"bops",
|
||
|
|
"fox-trots",
|
||
|
|
"gavottes",
|
||
|
|
"jigs",
|
||
|
|
"jitterbugs",
|
||
|
|
"jives",
|
||
|
|
"mambos",
|
||
|
|
"polkas",
|
||
|
|
"shags",
|
||
|
|
"shuffles",
|
||
|
|
"tangos",
|
||
|
|
"tap-dances",
|
||
|
|
"twists",
|
||
|
|
"waltzes",
|
||
|
|
"prances",
|
||
|
|
"struts",
|
||
|
|
"trips",
|
||
|
|
"treads",
|
||
|
|
"dances",
|
||
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
||
|
|
"steps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shines":{
|
||
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beams",
|
||
|
|
"radiates",
|
||
|
|
"rays"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blazes",
|
||
|
|
"burns",
|
||
|
|
"fires",
|
||
|
|
"flames",
|
||
|
|
"gleams",
|
||
|
|
"glimmers",
|
||
|
|
"glints",
|
||
|
|
"glistens",
|
||
|
|
"glisters",
|
||
|
|
"glitters",
|
||
|
|
"glows",
|
||
|
|
"luminesces",
|
||
|
|
"sheens",
|
||
|
|
"shimmers",
|
||
|
|
"blinks",
|
||
|
|
"coruscates",
|
||
|
|
"flares",
|
||
|
|
"flashes",
|
||
|
|
"flickers",
|
||
|
|
"lusters",
|
||
|
|
"lustres",
|
||
|
|
"scintillates",
|
||
|
|
"spangles",
|
||
|
|
"sparkles",
|
||
|
|
"twinkles",
|
||
|
|
"winkles",
|
||
|
|
"winks",
|
||
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
||
|
|
"glares",
|
||
|
|
"brightens",
|
||
|
|
"illuminates",
|
||
|
|
"illumines",
|
||
|
|
"irradiates",
|
||
|
|
"lightens",
|
||
|
|
"lights",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
||
|
|
"blinds",
|
||
|
|
"dazes",
|
||
|
|
"dazzles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackens",
|
||
|
|
"darkens",
|
||
|
|
"lowers",
|
||
|
|
"lours"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffs",
|
||
|
|
"burnishes",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"furbishes",
|
||
|
|
"glosses",
|
||
|
|
"grinds",
|
||
|
|
"polishes",
|
||
|
|
"rubs",
|
||
|
|
"smoothens",
|
||
|
|
"smooths",
|
||
|
|
"smoothes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sleeks",
|
||
|
|
"slicks",
|
||
|
|
"coats",
|
||
|
|
"glazes",
|
||
|
|
"japans",
|
||
|
|
"lacquers",
|
||
|
|
"varnishes",
|
||
|
|
"faces",
|
||
|
|
"finishes",
|
||
|
|
"veneers",
|
||
|
|
"brightens",
|
||
|
|
"files",
|
||
|
|
"rasps",
|
||
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
||
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
||
|
|
"sands",
|
||
|
|
"scours",
|
||
|
|
"scrapes",
|
||
|
|
"scrubs",
|
||
|
|
"bobs",
|
||
|
|
"bones",
|
||
|
|
"laps"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"roughens",
|
||
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
||
|
|
"ruffles",
|
||
|
|
"scuffs (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shines they pulled at summer camp have become embellished with each retelling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antic",
|
||
|
|
"caper",
|
||
|
|
"capriccio",
|
||
|
|
"dido",
|
||
|
|
"escapade",
|
||
|
|
"frolic",
|
||
|
|
"gag",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"knavery",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
|
"practical joke",
|
||
|
|
"prank",
|
||
|
|
"rag",
|
||
|
|
"roguery",
|
||
|
|
"shavie",
|
||
|
|
"trick",
|
||
|
|
"waggery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"skylarking",
|
||
|
|
"adventure",
|
||
|
|
"experience",
|
||
|
|
"game",
|
||
|
|
"lark",
|
||
|
|
"time",
|
||
|
|
"high jinks",
|
||
|
|
"hijinks",
|
||
|
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
|
"play",
|
||
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
||
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
|
"joking",
|
||
|
|
"kidding",
|
||
|
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
|
"gambit",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"maneuver",
|
||
|
|
"ploy",
|
||
|
|
"deed",
|
||
|
|
"feat",
|
||
|
|
"mission",
|
||
|
|
"performance",
|
||
|
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
|
"caprice",
|
||
|
|
"conceit",
|
||
|
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
|
"vagary",
|
||
|
|
"whim",
|
||
|
|
"whimsy",
|
||
|
|
"whimsey",
|
||
|
|
"deceit",
|
||
|
|
"deception",
|
||
|
|
"delusion",
|
||
|
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
||
|
|
"ruse",
|
||
|
|
"sham",
|
||
|
|
"stratagem",
|
||
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
||
|
|
"trickery",
|
||
|
|
"wile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shingled":{
|
||
|
|
"as in overlapped , overlaid":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lapped",
|
||
|
|
"overlaid",
|
||
|
|
"overlapped",
|
||
|
|
"overlay",
|
||
|
|
"overspread"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirt":{
|
||
|
|
"as in cash flow":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cash flow",
|
||
|
|
"bankroll",
|
||
|
|
"coffers",
|
||
|
|
"exchequer",
|
||
|
|
"finances",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
|
"resources",
|
||
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
||
|
|
"bread",
|
||
|
|
"cash",
|
||
|
|
"chips",
|
||
|
|
"currency",
|
||
|
|
"dough",
|
||
|
|
"gold",
|
||
|
|
"jack",
|
||
|
|
"legal tender",
|
||
|
|
"lucre",
|
||
|
|
"pelf",
|
||
|
|
"scratch",
|
||
|
|
"tender",
|
||
|
|
"wampum",
|
||
|
|
"assets",
|
||
|
|
"capital",
|
||
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
||
|
|
"fortune",
|
||
|
|
"means",
|
||
|
|
"opulence",
|
||
|
|
"riches",
|
||
|
|
"roll",
|
||
|
|
"substance",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"purse",
|
||
|
|
"treasury",
|
||
|
|
"financing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"debts",
|
||
|
|
"liabilities",
|
||
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipwrecked":{
|
||
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"stranded",
|
||
|
|
"wrecked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beached",
|
||
|
|
"foundered",
|
||
|
|
"scuttled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"recovered",
|
||
|
|
"salvaged"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shindys":{
|
||
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the prime minister created a brief shindy with his unexpected appearance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ados",
|
||
|
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"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
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"ballyhoos",
|
||
|
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"blathers",
|
||
|
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
|
"bobberies",
|
||
|
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
|
"bustles",
|
||
|
|
"clatters",
|
||
|
|
"clutters",
|
||
|
|
"coils",
|
||
|
|
"commotions",
|
||
|
|
"corroborees",
|
||
|
|
"disturbances",
|
||
|
|
"dos",
|
||
|
|
"do's",
|
||
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"furores",
|
||
|
|
"furors",
|
||
|
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
||
|
|
"hooplas",
|
||
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
||
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
||
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
||
|
|
"hurlies",
|
||
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
||
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
||
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
||
|
|
"moils",
|
||
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
||
|
|
"pothers",
|
||
|
|
"rows",
|
||
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
||
|
|
"ructions",
|
||
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
||
|
|
"splores",
|
||
|
|
"squalls",
|
||
|
|
"stews",
|
||
|
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
|
"storms",
|
||
|
|
"to-dos",
|
||
|
|
"tumults",
|
||
|
|
"turmoils",
|
||
|
|
"uproars",
|
||
|
|
"welters",
|
||
|
|
"whirls",
|
||
|
|
"williwaws",
|
||
|
|
"zoos"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
||
|
|
"clamors",
|
||
|
|
"dins",
|
||
|
|
"howls",
|
||
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
||
|
|
"noises",
|
||
|
|
"outcries",
|
||
|
|
"rackets",
|
||
|
|
"roars",
|
||
|
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
|
"upheavals",
|
||
|
|
"eruptions",
|
||
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
||
|
|
"flurries",
|
||
|
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
||
|
|
"outbursts",
|
||
|
|
"brawls",
|
||
|
|
"fracases",
|
||
|
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
|
"frays",
|
||
|
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
|
"melees",
|
||
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
||
|
|
"scuffles",
|
||
|
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
|
"fevers",
|
||
|
|
"frets",
|
||
|
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
|
"tizzies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calms",
|
||
|
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
|
"peaces",
|
||
|
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
|
"quietudes",
|
||
|
|
"rests",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
||
|
|
"orders"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shinned":{
|
||
|
|
"as in skinned , shimmied":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shimmied",
|
||
|
|
"shinnied",
|
||
|
|
"skinned",
|
||
|
|
"clambered",
|
||
|
|
"climbed",
|
||
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
||
|
|
"scrambled",
|
||
|
|
"swarmed",
|
||
|
|
"ascended",
|
||
|
|
"breasted",
|
||
|
|
"free-climbed",
|
||
|
|
"got up",
|
||
|
|
"mounted",
|
||
|
|
"scaled",
|
||
|
|
"summited",
|
||
|
|
"surmounted",
|
||
|
|
"clawed",
|
||
|
|
"sprawled",
|
||
|
|
"struggled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shiny":{
|
||
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we could see our reflections in the shiny surface of the marble walls"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaming",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"brilliant",
|
||
|
|
"candescent",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"dazzling",
|
||
|
|
"effulgent",
|
||
|
|
"fulgent",
|
||
|
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
|
"incandescent",
|
||
|
|
"lambent",
|
||
|
|
"lucent",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
|
"lustrous",
|
||
|
|
"radiant",
|
||
|
|
"refulgent",
|
||
|
|
"sheeny",
|
||
|
|
"shining",
|
||
|
|
"splendid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ablaze",
|
||
|
|
"ardent",
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"combusting",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"flaming",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"agleam",
|
||
|
|
"aglitter",
|
||
|
|
"blinding",
|
||
|
|
"coruscant",
|
||
|
|
"flaring",
|
||
|
|
"flashing",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"gemmy",
|
||
|
|
"glancing",
|
||
|
|
"glaring",
|
||
|
|
"gleaming",
|
||
|
|
"glimmering",
|
||
|
|
"glinting",
|
||
|
|
"glistening",
|
||
|
|
"glistering",
|
||
|
|
"glittering",
|
||
|
|
"scintillant",
|
||
|
|
"scintillating",
|
||
|
|
"shimmering",
|
||
|
|
"shimmery",
|
||
|
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
|
"twinkling",
|
||
|
|
"winking",
|
||
|
|
"burnished",
|
||
|
|
"polished",
|
||
|
|
"shined",
|
||
|
|
"superbright",
|
||
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackened",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkened",
|
||
|
|
"darkish",
|
||
|
|
"darkling",
|
||
|
|
"darksome",
|
||
|
|
"dimmed",
|
||
|
|
"dusky",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"lightless",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
|
"obscured",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
||
|
|
"unlit",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
||
|
|
"shadowy",
|
||
|
|
"shady",
|
||
|
|
"gray",
|
||
|
|
"grey",
|
||
|
|
"leaden",
|
||
|
|
"pale",
|
||
|
|
"palish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dim",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"lackluster",
|
||
|
|
"unbright",
|
||
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shined":{
|
||
|
|
"as in polished , brushed":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"brushed",
|
||
|
|
"buffed",
|
||
|
|
"burnished",
|
||
|
|
"glossed",
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"polished",
|
||
|
|
"rubbed",
|
||
|
|
"greased",
|
||
|
|
"greasy",
|
||
|
|
"lubricated",
|
||
|
|
"oiled",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"slicked",
|
||
|
|
"slippery",
|
||
|
|
"slippy",
|
||
|
|
"slithery",
|
||
|
|
"coated",
|
||
|
|
"glazed",
|
||
|
|
"waxed",
|
||
|
|
"soapy",
|
||
|
|
"waxy",
|
||
|
|
"rasped",
|
||
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
||
|
|
"sanded",
|
||
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
||
|
|
"scoured",
|
||
|
|
"scraped",
|
||
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coarsened",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"roughened",
|
||
|
|
"scuffed",
|
||
|
|
"uneven"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shills":{
|
||
|
|
"as in fronts , promoters":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fronts",
|
||
|
|
"promoters",
|
||
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
||
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
||
|
|
"communicators",
|
||
|
|
"sayers",
|
||
|
|
"talkers",
|
||
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
||
|
|
"mouths",
|
||
|
|
"point men",
|
||
|
|
"point people",
|
||
|
|
"prophets",
|
||
|
|
"speakers",
|
||
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
||
|
|
"spokespeople",
|
||
|
|
"agents",
|
||
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
||
|
|
"delegates",
|
||
|
|
"emissaries",
|
||
|
|
"envoys",
|
||
|
|
"representatives"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipwreck":{
|
||
|
|
"the destruction or loss of a ship":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shipwreck of much of the Spanish Armada ended Spain's plans for invading England"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
||
|
|
"wreck",
|
||
|
|
"wreckage",
|
||
|
|
"wrecking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaching",
|
||
|
|
"grounding",
|
||
|
|
"stranding",
|
||
|
|
"foundering",
|
||
|
|
"sinking",
|
||
|
|
"scuttling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"recovery",
|
||
|
|
"salvage",
|
||
|
|
"salvaging"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bomb",
|
||
|
|
"bummer",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
||
|
|
"clinker",
|
||
|
|
"clunker",
|
||
|
|
"debacle",
|
||
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
||
|
|
"disaster",
|
||
|
|
"dud",
|
||
|
|
"failure",
|
||
|
|
"fiasco",
|
||
|
|
"fizzle",
|
||
|
|
"flop",
|
||
|
|
"frost",
|
||
|
|
"lemon",
|
||
|
|
"loser",
|
||
|
|
"miss",
|
||
|
|
"turkey",
|
||
|
|
"washout"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"also-ran",
|
||
|
|
"disappointment",
|
||
|
|
"dog",
|
||
|
|
"has-been",
|
||
|
|
"near miss",
|
||
|
|
"botch",
|
||
|
|
"hash",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
|
"shambles",
|
||
|
|
"nonevent",
|
||
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"corker",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
|
"crackajack",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"success",
|
||
|
|
"winner"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"strand",
|
||
|
|
"wreck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beach",
|
||
|
|
"founder",
|
||
|
|
"scuttle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"recover",
|
||
|
|
"salvage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shimmered":{
|
||
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a sequined dress shimmering under the studio lights"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coruscated",
|
||
|
|
"flamed",
|
||
|
|
"flashed",
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||
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"glanced",
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||
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"gleamed",
|
||
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"glimmered",
|
||
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"glinted",
|
||
|
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"glistened",
|
||
|
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"glistered",
|
||
|
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"glittered",
|
||
|
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"lustered",
|
||
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"lustred",
|
||
|
|
"scintillated",
|
||
|
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"spangled",
|
||
|
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"sparkled",
|
||
|
|
"twinkled",
|
||
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|
"winked",
|
||
|
|
"winkled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beamed",
|
||
|
|
"radiated",
|
||
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|
"shone",
|
||
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|
"shined",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
||
|
|
"blinded",
|
||
|
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"dazed",
|
||
|
|
"dazzled",
|
||
|
|
"blazed",
|
||
|
|
"burned",
|
||
|
|
"burnt",
|
||
|
|
"flared",
|
||
|
|
"glared",
|
||
|
|
"glowed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shimmy":{
|
||
|
|
"as in skin , shin":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shin",
|
||
|
|
"shinny",
|
||
|
|
"skin",
|
||
|
|
"clamber",
|
||
|
|
"climb",
|
||
|
|
"scrabble",
|
||
|
|
"scramble",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"ascend",
|
||
|
|
"breast",
|
||
|
|
"free-climb",
|
||
|
|
"get up",
|
||
|
|
"mount",
|
||
|
|
"scale",
|
||
|
|
"summit",
|
||
|
|
"surmount",
|
||
|
|
"claw",
|
||
|
|
"sprawl",
|
||
|
|
"struggle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in shuffle , twist":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boogie",
|
||
|
|
"boogy",
|
||
|
|
"boogey",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"fox-trot",
|
||
|
|
"gavotte",
|
||
|
|
"jig",
|
||
|
|
"jitterbug",
|
||
|
|
"jive",
|
||
|
|
"mambo",
|
||
|
|
"polka",
|
||
|
|
"shag",
|
||
|
|
"shuffle",
|
||
|
|
"tango",
|
||
|
|
"tap-dance",
|
||
|
|
"twist",
|
||
|
|
"waltz",
|
||
|
|
"prance",
|
||
|
|
"strut",
|
||
|
|
"trip",
|
||
|
|
"tread",
|
||
|
|
"dance",
|
||
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
||
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
||
|
|
"step"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shirked":{
|
||
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you \"forgot\" your wallet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"avoided",
|
||
|
|
"dodged",
|
||
|
|
"ducked",
|
||
|
|
"eluded",
|
||
|
|
"escaped",
|
||
|
|
"eschewed",
|
||
|
|
"evaded",
|
||
|
|
"finessed",
|
||
|
|
"got around",
|
||
|
|
"scaped",
|
||
|
|
"shook",
|
||
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
||
|
|
"shunned",
|
||
|
|
"weaseled (out of)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"missed",
|
||
|
|
"averted",
|
||
|
|
"deflected",
|
||
|
|
"diverted",
|
||
|
|
"obviated",
|
||
|
|
"parried",
|
||
|
|
"prevented",
|
||
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
||
|
|
"banned",
|
||
|
|
"barred",
|
||
|
|
"debarred",
|
||
|
|
"eliminated",
|
||
|
|
"excepted",
|
||
|
|
"excluded",
|
||
|
|
"precluded",
|
||
|
|
"ruled out",
|
||
|
|
"bypassed",
|
||
|
|
"circumvented",
|
||
|
|
"skirted",
|
||
|
|
"foiled",
|
||
|
|
"foxed",
|
||
|
|
"frustrated",
|
||
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
||
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
||
|
|
"outwitted",
|
||
|
|
"overreached",
|
||
|
|
"thwarted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
|
"courted",
|
||
|
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
|
"pursued",
|
||
|
|
"sought",
|
||
|
|
"welcomed",
|
||
|
|
"caught",
|
||
|
|
"contracted",
|
||
|
|
"incurred"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forgot",
|
||
|
|
"neglected"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"slacked (off)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carried out",
|
||
|
|
"did",
|
||
|
|
"executed",
|
||
|
|
"performed",
|
||
|
|
"accomplished",
|
||
|
|
"achieved",
|
||
|
|
"kept up",
|
||
|
|
"maintained"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
||
|
|
"remembered"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lurked",
|
||
|
|
"mooched",
|
||
|
|
"moused",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
||
|
|
"skulked",
|
||
|
|
"slid",
|
||
|
|
"slipped",
|
||
|
|
"slunk",
|
||
|
|
"slinked",
|
||
|
|
"snaked",
|
||
|
|
"sneaked",
|
||
|
|
"snuck",
|
||
|
|
"stole"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawled",
|
||
|
|
"crept",
|
||
|
|
"edged",
|
||
|
|
"inched",
|
||
|
|
"wormed",
|
||
|
|
"ghosted",
|
||
|
|
"padded",
|
||
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shippable":{
|
||
|
|
"capable of being taken from one place to another by public carrier":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"only boxes of five pounds and under are shippable by the postal service"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"transferable",
|
||
|
|
"transferrable",
|
||
|
|
"transmittable",
|
||
|
|
"transportable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"addressable",
|
||
|
|
"mailable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nontransferable",
|
||
|
|
"receivable"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shied":{
|
||
|
|
"as in started , flinched":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blenched",
|
||
|
|
"flinched",
|
||
|
|
"quailed",
|
||
|
|
"recoiled",
|
||
|
|
"shrank",
|
||
|
|
"shrunk",
|
||
|
|
"started",
|
||
|
|
"winced"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cuddled",
|
||
|
|
"nestled",
|
||
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
||
|
|
"snoozled",
|
||
|
|
"snuggled",
|
||
|
|
"curled up",
|
||
|
|
"crouched",
|
||
|
|
"huddled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shivery":{
|
||
|
|
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"those shivery days of January"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"algid",
|
||
|
|
"arctic",
|
||
|
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
||
|
|
"chill",
|
||
|
|
"chilly",
|
||
|
|
"cold",
|
||
|
|
"coldish",
|
||
|
|
"cool",
|
||
|
|
"coolish",
|
||
|
|
"freezing",
|
||
|
|
"frigid",
|
||
|
|
"frosty",
|
||
|
|
"gelid",
|
||
|
|
"glacial",
|
||
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
||
|
|
"icy",
|
||
|
|
"nipping",
|
||
|
|
"nippy",
|
||
|
|
"numbing",
|
||
|
|
"polar",
|
||
|
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
|
"wintry",
|
||
|
|
"wintery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
||
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
||
|
|
"subzero",
|
||
|
|
"ultracold",
|
||
|
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"penetrating",
|
||
|
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
|
"rigorous",
|
||
|
|
"chilled",
|
||
|
|
"cooled",
|
||
|
|
"frosted",
|
||
|
|
"frozen",
|
||
|
|
"iced",
|
||
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
||
|
|
"unheated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
||
|
|
"tepid",
|
||
|
|
"heated",
|
||
|
|
"overheated",
|
||
|
|
"reheated",
|
||
|
|
"warmed",
|
||
|
|
"snug",
|
||
|
|
"toasty",
|
||
|
|
"warm",
|
||
|
|
"feverish",
|
||
|
|
"flushed",
|
||
|
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
|
"canicular",
|
||
|
|
"equatorial",
|
||
|
|
"muggy",
|
||
|
|
"steamy",
|
||
|
|
"summery",
|
||
|
|
"tropical"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ardent",
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"boiling",
|
||
|
|
"broiling",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"fervent",
|
||
|
|
"fervid",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"igneous",
|
||
|
|
"molten",
|
||
|
|
"piping hot",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"roasting",
|
||
|
|
"scalding",
|
||
|
|
"scorching",
|
||
|
|
"searing",
|
||
|
|
"seething",
|
||
|
|
"sizzling",
|
||
|
|
"sultry",
|
||
|
|
"sweltering",
|
||
|
|
"torrid",
|
||
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
||
|
|
"warming",
|
||
|
|
"white-hot"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shipped (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"after college he decide to ship out on a tramp steamer and see the world"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boated",
|
||
|
|
"cruised",
|
||
|
|
"ferried",
|
||
|
|
"navigated",
|
||
|
|
"sailed",
|
||
|
|
"voyaged"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canoed",
|
||
|
|
"kayaked",
|
||
|
|
"yachted",
|
||
|
|
"coasted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shins":{
|
||
|
|
"as in thighs , calves":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calves",
|
||
|
|
"calfs",
|
||
|
|
"drumsticks",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"shanks",
|
||
|
|
"thighs",
|
||
|
|
"pins",
|
||
|
|
"members",
|
||
|
|
"forelegs",
|
||
|
|
"forelimbs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in skins , shimmies":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"shimmies",
|
||
|
|
"shinnies",
|
||
|
|
"skins",
|
||
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"clambers",
|
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"climbs",
|
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"scrabbles",
|
||
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"scrambles",
|
||
|
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"swarms",
|
||
|
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"ascends",
|
||
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"breasts",
|
||
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"free-climbs",
|
||
|
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"gets up",
|
||
|
|
"mounts",
|
||
|
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"scales",
|
||
|
|
"summits",
|
||
|
|
"surmounts",
|
||
|
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"claws",
|
||
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"sprawls",
|
||
|
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"struggles"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"shiftless":{
|
||
|
|
"not easily aroused to action or work":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"shiftless spongers who never thought to do anything for themselves"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"idle",
|
||
|
|
"indolent",
|
||
|
|
"lazy",
|
||
|
|
"slothful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
|
"drowsy",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"inert",
|
||
|
|
"languorous",
|
||
|
|
"lazyish",
|
||
|
|
"lethargic",
|
||
|
|
"listless",
|
||
|
|
"quiescent",
|
||
|
|
"sleepy",
|
||
|
|
"sluggish",
|
||
|
|
"supine",
|
||
|
|
"torpid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambitious",
|
||
|
|
"diligent",
|
||
|
|
"enterprising",
|
||
|
|
"zealous",
|
||
|
|
"active",
|
||
|
|
"animated",
|
||
|
|
"bouncing",
|
||
|
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
|
"dynamic",
|
||
|
|
"energetic",
|
||
|
|
"exuberant",
|
||
|
|
"frisky",
|
||
|
|
"jaunty",
|
||
|
|
"jazzy",
|
||
|
|
"lively",
|
||
|
|
"peppy",
|
||
|
|
"perky",
|
||
|
|
"pert",
|
||
|
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
|
"spirited",
|
||
|
|
"sprightly",
|
||
|
|
"springy",
|
||
|
|
"vigorous",
|
||
|
|
"vivacious",
|
||
|
|
"zippy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"industrious"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"shining":{
|
||
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the shining moon formed a nice backdrop for our outdoor concert"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaming",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"brilliant",
|
||
|
|
"candescent",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"dazzling",
|
||
|
|
"effulgent",
|
||
|
|
"fulgent",
|
||
|
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
|
"incandescent",
|
||
|
|
"lambent",
|
||
|
|
"lucent",
|
||
|
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
|
"lustrous",
|
||
|
|
"radiant",
|
||
|
|
"refulgent",
|
||
|
|
"sheeny",
|
||
|
|
"shiny",
|
||
|
|
"splendid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ablaze",
|
||
|
|
"ardent",
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"combusting",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"flaming",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"agleam",
|
||
|
|
"aglitter",
|
||
|
|
"blinding",
|
||
|
|
"coruscant",
|
||
|
|
"flaring",
|
||
|
|
"flashing",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"gemmy",
|
||
|
|
"glancing",
|
||
|
|
"glaring",
|
||
|
|
"gleaming",
|
||
|
|
"glimmering",
|
||
|
|
"glinting",
|
||
|
|
"glistening",
|
||
|
|
"glistering",
|
||
|
|
"glittering",
|
||
|
|
"scintillant",
|
||
|
|
"scintillating",
|
||
|
|
"shimmering",
|
||
|
|
"shimmery",
|
||
|
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
|
"twinkling",
|
||
|
|
"winking",
|
||
|
|
"burnished",
|
||
|
|
"polished",
|
||
|
|
"shined",
|
||
|
|
"superbright",
|
||
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackened",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkened",
|
||
|
|
"darkish",
|
||
|
|
"darkling",
|
||
|
|
"darksome",
|
||
|
|
"dimmed",
|
||
|
|
"dusky",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"lightless",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
|
"obscured",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
||
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
||
|
|
"unlit",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
||
|
|
"shadowy",
|
||
|
|
"shady",
|
||
|
|
"gray",
|
||
|
|
"grey",
|
||
|
|
"leaden",
|
||
|
|
"pale",
|
||
|
|
"palish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dim",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"lackluster",
|
||
|
|
"unbright",
|
||
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beaming",
|
||
|
|
"radiating",
|
||
|
|
"raying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"burning",
|
||
|
|
"firing",
|
||
|
|
"flaming",
|
||
|
|
"gleaming",
|
||
|
|
"glimmering",
|
||
|
|
"glinting",
|
||
|
|
"glistening",
|
||
|
|
"glistering",
|
||
|
|
"glittering",
|
||
|
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
|
"luminescing",
|
||
|
|
"sheening",
|
||
|
|
"shimmering",
|
||
|
|
"blinking",
|
||
|
|
"coruscating",
|
||
|
|
"flaring",
|
||
|
|
"flashing",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"lustering",
|
||
|
|
"lustring",
|
||
|
|
"scintillating",
|
||
|
|
"spangling",
|
||
|
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
|
"twinkling",
|
||
|
|
"winking",
|
||
|
|
"winkling",
|
||
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
||
|
|
"glaring",
|
||
|
|
"brightening",
|
||
|
|
"illuminating",
|
||
|
|
"illumining",
|
||
|
|
"irradiating",
|
||
|
|
"lightening",
|
||
|
|
"lighting",
|
||
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
||
|
|
"blinding",
|
||
|
|
"dazing",
|
||
|
|
"dazzling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackening",
|
||
|
|
"darkening",
|
||
|
|
"lowering",
|
||
|
|
"louring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffing",
|
||
|
|
"burnishing",
|
||
|
|
"dressing",
|
||
|
|
"furbishing",
|
||
|
|
"glossing",
|
||
|
|
"grinding",
|
||
|
|
"polishing",
|
||
|
|
"rubbing",
|
||
|
|
"smoothening",
|
||
|
|
"smoothing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sleeking",
|
||
|
|
"slicking",
|
||
|
|
"coating",
|
||
|
|
"glazing",
|
||
|
|
"japanning",
|
||
|
|
"lacquering",
|
||
|
|
"varnishing",
|
||
|
|
"facing",
|
||
|
|
"finishing",
|
||
|
|
"veneering",
|
||
|
|
"brightening",
|
||
|
|
"filing",
|
||
|
|
"rasping",
|
||
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
||
|
|
"sanding",
|
||
|
|
"sandpapering",
|
||
|
|
"scouring",
|
||
|
|
"scraping",
|
||
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
||
|
|
"bobbing",
|
||
|
|
"boning",
|
||
|
|
"lapping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"roughening",
|
||
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
||
|
|
"ruffling",
|
||
|
|
"scuffing (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|