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"winced":{
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"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"approached",
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"neared",
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"bearded",
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"challenged",
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"confronted",
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"defied",
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"faced"
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],
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"related":[
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"blanched",
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"paled",
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"whitened",
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"quaked",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"trembled",
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"crouched",
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"jerked",
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"started",
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"twitched",
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"receded",
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"retired",
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"retreated",
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"withdrew",
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"faltered",
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"hesitated",
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"reeled",
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"wavered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blenched",
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"cringed",
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"flinched",
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"quailed",
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"recoiled",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"squinched"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"winds up":{
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"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
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"examples":[
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"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"closes",
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"closes out",
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"completes",
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"concludes",
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"ends",
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"finishes",
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"rounds (off or out)",
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"terminates",
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"wraps up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"climaxes",
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"crowns",
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"consummates",
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"perfects",
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"halts",
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"stops",
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"suspends"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"begins",
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"commences",
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"inaugurates",
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"opens",
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"starts"
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]
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},
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks off",
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"breaks up",
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"ceases",
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"closes",
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"concludes",
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"dead-ends",
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"determines",
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"dies",
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"discontinues",
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"elapses",
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"ends",
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"expires",
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"finishes",
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"goes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"leaves off",
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"lets up",
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"passes",
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"quits",
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"stops",
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"terminates",
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"winks (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"desists (from)",
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"lays off (of)",
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"refrains (from)",
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"gives over",
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"knocks off",
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"packs (up or in)",
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"breaks down",
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"conks (out)",
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"cuts out",
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"stalls",
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"pauses",
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"stays",
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"suspends",
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"abates",
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"peters (out)",
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"winds down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"draws out",
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"extends",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continues",
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"hangs on",
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"persists"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"windward":{
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"as in upwind":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"upwind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"downwind",
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"leeward"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in leeward , lee":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lee",
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"leeward",
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"flank",
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"hand",
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"side",
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"outside",
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"face",
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"top",
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"bottom",
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"foot",
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"underbelly",
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"underbody",
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"underpart",
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"underside",
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"undersurface",
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"left",
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"right"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"center",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"middle",
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"midway"
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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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},
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"windwards":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wine":{
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"as in sake , mead":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mead",
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"sake",
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"saki",
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"alcohol",
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"aqua vitae",
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"ardent spirits",
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"booze",
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"bottle",
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"drink",
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"firewater",
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"grog",
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"hooch",
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"inebriant",
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"intoxicant",
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"John Barleycorn",
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"juice",
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"liquor",
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"lush",
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"moonshine",
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"potable",
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"rum",
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"sauce",
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"spirits",
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"stimulant",
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"strong drink",
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"tipple",
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"aperitif",
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"bracer",
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"chaser",
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"digestif",
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"nightcap",
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"belt",
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"load",
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"nip",
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"peg",
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"pop",
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"shooter",
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"shot",
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"slug",
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"snifter",
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"snort",
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"tot",
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"whet",
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"cocktail",
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"mixed drink",
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"ale",
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"beer",
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"brew",
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"brewage",
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"brewski",
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"home brew",
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"malt liquor",
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"microbrew",
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"mum",
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"nappy",
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"barley-bree",
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"barley-broo",
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"brandy",
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"gin",
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"liqueur",
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"mao-tai",
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"mescal",
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"schnapps",
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"tequila",
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"vodka",
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"whiskey",
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"whisky",
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"Dutch courage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
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"examples":[
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"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pledge",
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"toast",
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"belt (down)",
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"drink",
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"gulp",
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"guzzle",
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"hoist",
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"imbibe",
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"knock back",
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"pound (down)",
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"quaff",
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"sip",
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"slug (down)",
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"slurp",
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"sup",
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"swig",
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"swill",
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"toss (down or off)",
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"lap",
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"lick",
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"suck",
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"consume",
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"down",
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"ingurgitate",
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"kill",
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"mouth (down)",
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"put away",
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"nip",
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"tipple"
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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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},
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"wink (at)":{
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"to dismiss as of little importance":{
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"examples":[
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"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
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"synonyms":[
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"blink (at)",
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"brush (aside or off)",
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"condone",
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"discount",
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"disregard",
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"excuse",
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"forgive",
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"gloss (over)",
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"gloze (over)",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"paper over",
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"pardon",
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"pass over",
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"remit",
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"shrug off",
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"whitewash"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"explain",
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"justify",
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"rationalize",
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"clear",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate",
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"vindicate",
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"waive",
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"wave (aside or off)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heed",
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"mark",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"object (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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},
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"winning":{
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"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
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"examples":[
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"a particularly pretty and winning child"
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"synonyms":[
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"adorable",
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"darling",
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"dear",
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"lovable",
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"loveable",
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"lovesome",
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"precious",
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"sweet",
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"winsome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embraceable",
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"kissable",
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"beloved",
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"cherished",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"loved",
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"treasured",
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"attractive",
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"beautiful",
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"desirable",
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"lovely",
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"alluring",
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"appealing",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"engaging",
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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"fetching",
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"admirable",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"reputable",
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"respectable",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"cheerful",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"kind",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"delightful",
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"pleasing",
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"well-disposed"
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"near antonyms":[
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"unloved",
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"contemptible",
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"disagreeable",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"heinous",
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"horrible",
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"lousy",
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"nasty",
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"offensive",
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"unlikable",
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"unpleasant",
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"wretched",
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"frightful",
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"grotesque",
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"hideous",
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"ill-favored",
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"monstrous",
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"ogreish",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"ugly",
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"unattractive",
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"unsightly",
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"vile",
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"appalling",
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"awful",
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"dreadful",
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"foul",
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"horrendous",
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"horrid",
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"nauseating",
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"noisome",
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"obnoxious",
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"obscene",
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"revolting",
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"scandalous",
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"shocking",
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"sickening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"detestable",
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"hateful",
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"loathsome",
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"odious",
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"unlovable"
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]
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},
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"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
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"examples":[
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"flashed a winning smile that soon had us at her beck and call"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"ingratiating",
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"insinuating",
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"winsome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adorable",
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"charming",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"lovable",
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"loveable",
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"affecting",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"adulatory",
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"deferential",
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"effusive",
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"flattering",
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"fulsome",
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"groveling",
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"grovelling",
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"kowtowing",
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"obsequious",
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"servile",
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"sycophantic",
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"drooling",
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"oleaginous",
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"slavering",
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"slobbering",
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"saccharine",
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"soapy",
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"sugary",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alienating",
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"disaffecting",
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"displeasing",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"arrogant",
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"disdainful",
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"haughty",
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"insolent",
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"proud",
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"scornful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unendearing",
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"uningratiating"
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]
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},
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"as in win , victory":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"triumph",
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"victory",
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"win",
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"conquest",
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"dominating",
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"domination",
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"overpowering",
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"subduing",
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"subjecting",
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"subjection",
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"subjugating",
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"subjugation",
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"vanquishing",
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"beating",
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"defeat",
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"drubbing",
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"licking",
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"shellacking",
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"trimming",
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"trouncing",
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"whipping",
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"enslavement",
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"takeover"
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],
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"emancipation",
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|
"enfranchisement",
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|
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"freeing",
|
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"liberation",
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|
"manumission",
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|
|
"release"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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|
|
|
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
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"examples":[
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|
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
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|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
"conquering",
|
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|
"prevailing",
|
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"triumphing"
|
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|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"overcoming",
|
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|
"sweeping",
|
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|
|
"squeaking",
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"squeezing",
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"contending",
|
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|
"vying",
|
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"succeeding",
|
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|
|
"breezing",
|
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"romping"
|
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|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"collapsing",
|
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|
|
"failing",
|
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|
|
"flopping",
|
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|
|
"folding",
|
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|
|
"washing out",
|
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|
|
"floundering",
|
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|
|
"struggling",
|
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|
|
"declining",
|
|
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
|
|
"slumping",
|
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|
|
"waning"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"losing"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"win a gold medal in swimming"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acquiring",
|
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|
|
"attaining",
|
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|
|
"bagging",
|
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|
|
"bringing in",
|
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|
|
"capturing",
|
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|
|
"carrying",
|
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|
|
"coming by",
|
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|
|
"drawing",
|
|
|
|
"earning",
|
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|
|
"gaining",
|
|
|
|
"garnering",
|
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|
|
"getting",
|
|
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
|
|
"landing",
|
|
|
|
"making",
|
|
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
|
|
"securing"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
|
|
"grossing",
|
|
|
|
"netting",
|
|
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
|
|
"catching",
|
|
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"according",
|
|
|
|
"giving",
|
|
|
|
"granting",
|
|
|
|
"paying",
|
|
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
|
|
"losing"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
|
|
"chalking up",
|
|
|
|
"clocking (up)",
|
|
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
|
|
"logging",
|
|
|
|
"making",
|
|
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
|
|
"ringing up",
|
|
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
|
|
"getting",
|
|
|
|
"landing",
|
|
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
|
|
"securing",
|
|
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
|
|
"matching",
|
|
|
|
"measuring up (to)",
|
|
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
|
|
"touching",
|
|
|
|
"tying",
|
|
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
|
|
"beating",
|
|
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
|
|
"topping"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"falling short (of)",
|
|
|
|
"missing",
|
|
|
|
"failing (at)",
|
|
|
|
"losing"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winningly":{
|
|
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"won the debate with incisive yet winningly witty responses"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
|
|
"great",
|
|
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
|
|
"well"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"finely",
|
|
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
|
|
"happily",
|
|
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"badly",
|
|
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
|
|
"ill",
|
|
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winnowed":{
|
|
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"culled",
|
|
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
|
|
"declined",
|
|
|
|
"refused",
|
|
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
|
|
"cut",
|
|
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
|
|
"docked",
|
|
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
|
|
"pared",
|
|
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
|
|
"whittled (down)",
|
|
|
|
"abated",
|
|
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
|
|
"de-escalated",
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"dented",
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"depleted",
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"contracted",
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"shrank",
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"minimized",
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"sieved",
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"sifted",
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"clarified",
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"cleared",
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"distilled",
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"filtered",
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"fined",
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"garbled",
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"purified",
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"processed",
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"rectified",
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"refined"
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"cherry-picked",
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"chose",
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"culled",
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"elected",
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"handpicked",
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"named",
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"opted (for)",
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"picked",
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"preferred",
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"selected",
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"singled (out)",
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"tagged",
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"took",
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"preselected",
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"appointed",
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"designated",
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"fixed",
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"marked",
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"nominated",
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"set",
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"tabbed",
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"tapped",
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"accepted",
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"espoused",
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"settled (on or upon)",
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"distended",
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"swelled",
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"elongated",
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"extended",
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"lengthened",
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"prolonged",
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"protracted",
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"added (to)",
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"complemented",
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"supplemented",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"redoubled",
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"aggrandized",
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"amplified",
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"augmented",
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"boosted",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"increased",
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"raised"
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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},
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"winnowed (out)":{
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"as in screened , weeded (out)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"culled",
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"picked over",
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"screened",
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"weeded (out)",
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"exclusive",
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"fashionable",
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"cherry-picked",
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"choice",
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"chosen",
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"elect",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"first-line",
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"handpicked",
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"picked",
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"preferred",
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"select",
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"selected"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"average",
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"common",
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"commonplace",
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"ordinary",
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"run-of-the-mill"
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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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]
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},
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"wino":{
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"as in drinker , drunkard":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alcoholic",
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"alkie",
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"alky",
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"boozehound",
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"boozer",
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"dipsomaniac",
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"drinker",
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"drunk",
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"drunkard",
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"inebriate",
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"juicehead",
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"juicer",
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"lush",
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"rummy",
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"soak",
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"soaker",
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"sot",
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"souse",
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"tippler",
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"toper",
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"tosspot",
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"swigger",
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"swiller"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstainer",
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"nondrinker",
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"teetotaler",
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"teetotaller",
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"teetotalist"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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|
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},
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|
|
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"wins (back)":{
|
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"as in redeems , buys (back)":{
|
|
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"examples":[],
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"buys (back)",
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|
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"redeems"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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|
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"hocks",
|
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"pawns",
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"pledges",
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"deposits",
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"mortgages",
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"bonds"
|
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],
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|
"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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|
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
|
|
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},
|
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|
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"wins (over)":{
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|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
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|
|
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"examples":[
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|
|
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
|
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|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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"argues",
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|
"brings",
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|
|
"brings around",
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|
|
"converts",
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"convinces",
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|
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"gains",
|
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|
|
"gets",
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|
|
"induces",
|
|
|
|
"moves",
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|
"persuades",
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|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
|
|
"talks (into)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
|
|
"coaxes",
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|
|
"entreats",
|
|
|
|
"exhorts",
|
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|
|
"fast-talks",
|
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|
|
"urges",
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|
|
"wheedles",
|
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|
|
"allures",
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|
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"beguiles",
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|
|
"leads on",
|
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|
|
"lures",
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|
|
"seduces",
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|
|
"snows",
|
|
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
|
|
"overpersuades",
|
|
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
|
|
"influences",
|
|
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
|
|
"sells",
|
|
|
|
"sways",
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|
|
"attracts",
|
|
|
|
"draws",
|
|
|
|
"entices",
|
|
|
|
"interests",
|
|
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
|
|
"converses",
|
|
|
|
"debates",
|
|
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
|
|
"moots",
|
|
|
|
"reasons (with)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"deters",
|
|
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
|
|
"unsells"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winsome":{
|
|
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she was a bright, winsome gamine who could draw a smile out of anyone"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
|
|
"bright",
|
|
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
|
|
"canty",
|
|
|
|
"cheerful",
|
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|
|
"cheery",
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|
|
"chipper",
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|
|
"eupeptic",
|
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|
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"gay",
|
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|
|
"gladsome",
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|
|
"lightsome",
|
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|
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"sunny",
|
|
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
|
|
"rosy",
|
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|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
|
|
"animated",
|
|
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
|
|
"lively",
|
|
|
|
"perky",
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|
|
"sprightful",
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|
|
"sprightly",
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|
|
"vivacious",
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|
|
"carefree",
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|
|
"careless",
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|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
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|
|
"easygoing",
|
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|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
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|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
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|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
|
|
"boon",
|
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|
|
"gleeful",
|
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|
|
"jocund",
|
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|
|
"jolly",
|
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|
|
"jovial",
|
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|
|
"merry",
|
|
|
|
"mirthful",
|
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|
|
"blissful",
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|
|
"delighted",
|
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|
|
"glad",
|
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|
|
"gratified",
|
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|
|
"happy",
|
|
|
|
"joyful",
|
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|
|
"joyous",
|
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|
|
"pleased",
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|
|
"satisfied",
|
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|
|
"tickled",
|
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|
|
"beaming",
|
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|
|
"grinning",
|
|
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"joyless",
|
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|
|
"sad",
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|
|
"unhappy",
|
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|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
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|
|
"dull",
|
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|
|
"lethargic",
|
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|
|
"listless",
|
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|
|
"sluggish",
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|
|
"torpid",
|
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|
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"blue",
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|
|
"brokenhearted",
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|
"crestfallen",
|
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|
|
"dejected",
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|
|
"depressed",
|
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|
|
"despondent",
|
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|
|
"disconsolate",
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|
|
"disheartened",
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|
|
"down",
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|
|
"downcast",
|
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|
|
"downhearted",
|
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|
|
"droopy",
|
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|
|
"forlorn",
|
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|
|
"hangdog",
|
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|
|
"heavyhearted",
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|
|
"inconsolable",
|
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|
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"low",
|
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|
|
"low-spirited",
|
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|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"dour",
|
|
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
|
|
"glum",
|
|
|
|
"morose",
|
|
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"in her new role, the actress again displays the winsome charm that has made her an audience favorite"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
|
|
"winning"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
|
|
"charming",
|
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|
|
"likable",
|
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|
|
"likeable",
|
|
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
|
|
"loveable",
|
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|
|
"affecting",
|
|
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
|
|
"touching",
|
|
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
|
|
"servile",
|
|
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
|
|
"oleaginous",
|
|
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"alienating",
|
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|
|
"disaffecting",
|
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|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
|
|
"repugnant",
|
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|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
|
|
"proud",
|
|
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"unendearing",
|
|
|
|
"uningratiating"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"an actress who specialized in playing winsome ingenues in romantic comedies"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
|
|
"darling",
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"dear",
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"lovable",
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"loveable",
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"lovesome",
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"precious",
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"sweet",
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"winning"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embraceable",
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"kissable",
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"beloved",
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"cherished",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"loved",
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"treasured",
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"attractive",
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"beautiful",
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"desirable",
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"lovely",
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"alluring",
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"appealing",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"engaging",
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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"fetching",
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"admirable",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"reputable",
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"respectable",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"cheerful",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"kind",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"delightful",
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"pleasing",
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"well-disposed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unloved",
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"contemptible",
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"disagreeable",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"heinous",
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"horrible",
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"lousy",
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"nasty",
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"offensive",
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"unlikable",
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|
"unpleasant",
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|
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"wretched",
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|
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"frightful",
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"grotesque",
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"hideous",
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"ill-favored",
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"monstrous",
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"ogreish",
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"repellent",
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|
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"ugly",
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"unattractive",
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|
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"unsightly",
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|
|
"vile",
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|
|
"appalling",
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|
"awful",
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|
"dreadful",
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|
|
"foul",
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|
|
"horrendous",
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|
|
"horrid",
|
|
|
|
"nauseating",
|
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|
|
"noisome",
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|
|
"obnoxious",
|
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|
|
"obscene",
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|
|
"revolting",
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|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
|
|
"sickening"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"abhorrent",
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|
|
"abominable",
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|
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
|
|
"odious",
|
|
|
|
"unlovable"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
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|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winters":{
|
|
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"downtimes",
|
|
|
|
"layoffs",
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|
|
|
"time-outs"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
|
|
"quiescences",
|
|
|
|
"suspenses",
|
|
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wings":{
|
|
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the conservative wing of the party"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
|
|
"factions",
|
|
|
|
"parties",
|
|
|
|
"sects",
|
|
|
|
"sets",
|
|
|
|
"sides"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
|
|
"splits",
|
|
|
|
"crews",
|
|
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
|
|
"packs",
|
|
|
|
"teams",
|
|
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
|
|
"movements"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"aviates",
|
|
|
|
"flies",
|
|
|
|
"glides",
|
|
|
|
"planes",
|
|
|
|
"soars"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
|
|
"floats",
|
|
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
|
|
"sails",
|
|
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
|
|
"darts",
|
|
|
|
"flits",
|
|
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
|
|
"jets",
|
|
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
|
|
"dives",
|
|
|
|
"stoops"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winkle":{
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
|
|
"flame",
|
|
|
|
"flash",
|
|
|
|
"glance",
|
|
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
|
|
"glint",
|
|
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
|
|
"glister",
|
|
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
|
|
"luster",
|
|
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
|
|
"wink"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beam",
|
|
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
|
|
"shine",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
|
|
"blind",
|
|
|
|
"daze",
|
|
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
|
|
"burn",
|
|
|
|
"flare",
|
|
|
|
"glare",
|
|
|
|
"glow"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"window":{
|
|
|
|
"as in space , pause":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windup":{
|
|
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"close out",
|
|
|
|
"complete",
|
|
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"climax",
|
|
|
|
"crown",
|
|
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
|
|
"halt",
|
|
|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"begin",
|
|
|
|
"commence",
|
|
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
|
|
"open",
|
|
|
|
"start"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"break off",
|
|
|
|
"break up",
|
|
|
|
"cease",
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
|
|
"determine",
|
|
|
|
"die",
|
|
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"expire",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"go",
|
|
|
|
"halt",
|
|
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
|
|
"let up",
|
|
|
|
"pass",
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
|
|
"give over",
|
|
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"break down",
|
|
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
|
|
"stall",
|
|
|
|
"pause",
|
|
|
|
"stay",
|
|
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
|
|
"abate",
|
|
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
|
|
"extend",
|
|
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
|
|
"protract"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continue",
|
|
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
|
|
"persist"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"capper",
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"finale",
|
|
|
|
"finis",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acme",
|
|
|
|
"apex",
|
|
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
|
|
"climax",
|
|
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
|
|
"crown",
|
|
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
|
|
"peak",
|
|
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
|
|
"summit",
|
|
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
|
|
"top",
|
|
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
|
|
"coda",
|
|
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
|
|
"shank",
|
|
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
|
|
"overture",
|
|
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
|
|
"preface",
|
|
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
|
|
"day one",
|
|
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
|
|
"opening",
|
|
|
|
"start"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wining":{
|
|
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pledging",
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"toasting",
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"belting (down)",
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"drinking",
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"gulping",
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"guzzling",
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"hoisting",
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"imbibing",
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"knocking back",
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"pounding (down)",
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"quaffing",
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"sipping",
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"slugging (down)",
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"slurping",
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"supping",
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"swigging",
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"swilling",
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"tossing (down or off)",
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"lapping",
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"licking",
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"sucking",
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"consuming",
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"downing",
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"ingurgitating",
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"killing",
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"mouthing (down)",
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"putting away",
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"nipping",
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"tippling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wind":{
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"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
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"examples":[
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"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"current",
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"draft"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blast",
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"blow",
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"flurry",
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"gale",
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"gust",
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"headwind",
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"squall",
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"tailwind",
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"tempest",
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"tornado",
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"windstorm",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"puff",
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"waft",
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"zephyr"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
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"examples":[
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"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"current",
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"direction",
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"drift",
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"leaning",
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"run",
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"tendency",
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"tide",
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"trend"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curve",
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"downside",
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"shift",
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"swing",
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"turn",
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"turnabout",
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"upside",
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"custom",
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"habit",
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|
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"propensity",
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"tenor",
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"way",
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"countercurrent",
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"countertrend",
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"undercurrent",
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"undertow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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|
|
|
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
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"examples":[
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"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"bombast",
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"fustian",
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"gas",
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"grandiloquence",
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"hot air",
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"oratory",
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"rhetoric",
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"verbiage"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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|
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"claptrap",
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|
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"drivel",
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|
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"gibberish",
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|
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"hogwash",
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|
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"humbug",
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|
|
"jabberwocky",
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|
|
"jazz",
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|
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"moonshine",
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|
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"nonsense",
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"affectedness",
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|
|
"floweriness",
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|
|
"grandiosity",
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|
|
"loftiness",
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|
|
"pomposity",
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|
|
"pretension",
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|
|
"pretentiousness",
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|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
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|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
|
|
"windiness",
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|
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"angle",
|
|
|
|
"arc",
|
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|
|
"arch",
|
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|
|
"bend",
|
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|
|
"bow",
|
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|
|
"crook",
|
|
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
|
|
"curve",
|
|
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
|
|
"turn"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"kink",
|
|
|
|
"warp",
|
|
|
|
"circle",
|
|
|
|
"ring",
|
|
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
|
|
"round",
|
|
|
|
"coil",
|
|
|
|
"curl",
|
|
|
|
"curlicue",
|
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|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
|
|
"fold",
|
|
|
|
"loop",
|
|
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
|
|
"twist",
|
|
|
|
"winding",
|
|
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
|
|
"decline",
|
|
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
|
|
"incline",
|
|
|
|
"slope",
|
|
|
|
"corner",
|
|
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coil",
|
|
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
|
|
"curl",
|
|
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
|
|
"twine",
|
|
|
|
"twist"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"arc",
|
|
|
|
"arch",
|
|
|
|
"bend",
|
|
|
|
"crook",
|
|
|
|
"curve",
|
|
|
|
"hook",
|
|
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
|
|
"turn",
|
|
|
|
"veer",
|
|
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
|
|
"circle",
|
|
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
|
|
"loop",
|
|
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
|
|
"lace",
|
|
|
|
"bow",
|
|
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
|
|
"meander",
|
|
|
|
"weave",
|
|
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
|
|
"slip",
|
|
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
|
|
"work in",
|
|
|
|
"worm",
|
|
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"creep",
|
|
|
|
"edge",
|
|
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
|
|
"insert",
|
|
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winged":{
|
|
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"aviated",
|
|
|
|
"flew",
|
|
|
|
"glided",
|
|
|
|
"planed",
|
|
|
|
"soared"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
|
|
"floated",
|
|
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
|
|
"hung",
|
|
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
|
|
"swept",
|
|
|
|
"darted",
|
|
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
|
|
"helicoptered",
|
|
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
|
|
"dived",
|
|
|
|
"dove",
|
|
|
|
"stooped"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winked":{
|
|
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinked"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"batted",
|
|
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
|
|
"squinted"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
|
|
"twinkled"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
|
|
"flared",
|
|
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
|
|
"sparkled"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
|
|
"winkled"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
|
|
"shone",
|
|
|
|
"shined",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
|
|
"burned",
|
|
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
|
|
"flared",
|
|
|
|
"glared",
|
|
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"connived"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
|
|
"excused",
|
|
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
"denied",
|
|
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
|
|
"refused"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windjammer":{
|
|
|
|
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"bark",
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"dinghy",
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"sailboat"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bugeye",
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"brigantine",
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"ca\u00efque",
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"caravel",
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"catamaran",
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"catboat",
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"cat rig",
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"clipper",
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"corvette",
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"cutter",
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"frigate",
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"galleon",
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"galley",
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"junk",
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"keelboat",
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"ketch",
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"knockabout",
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"lugger",
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"outrigger",
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"pinnace",
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"piragua",
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"sailer",
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"schooner",
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"shallop",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"ship",
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"sloop",
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"square-rigger",
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"xebec",
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"yacht",
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"yawl",
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"bottom",
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"craft",
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"vessel"
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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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]
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},
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"windstorm":{
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"as in tornado , gust":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blast",
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"blow",
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"flurry",
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"gale",
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"gust",
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"headwind",
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"squall",
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"tailwind",
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"tempest",
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"tornado",
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"current",
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"draft",
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"wind",
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"breath",
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"breeze",
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"puff",
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"waft",
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"zephyr"
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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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]
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},
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"windy":{
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"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
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"examples":[
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"one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowy",
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"blustery",
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"breezy",
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"gusty",
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"squally"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drafty",
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"stormy",
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|
|
"tempestuous"
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],
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"breathless",
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|
|
"calm",
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|
|
"motionless",
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|
|
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"still"
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|
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],
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|
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|
"antonyms":[]
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|
},
|
|
|
|
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
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"examples":[
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|
"gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people"
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],
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|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
"bombastic",
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|
|
"flatulent",
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|
|
"fustian",
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|
"gaseous",
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|
|
"gassy",
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|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
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|
|
"oratorical",
|
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|
|
"orotund",
|
|
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
|
|
"rhetoric"
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|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"bloated",
|
|
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
|
|
"florid",
|
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|
|
"flowery",
|
|
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
|
|
"pompous",
|
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|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
|
|
"bald",
|
|
|
|
"direct",
|
|
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
|
|
"plain",
|
|
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
|
|
"simple",
|
|
|
|
"stark",
|
|
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"unrhetorical"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
|
|
"logorrheic",
|
|
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
|
|
"talky",
|
|
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
|
|
"periphrastic",
|
|
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
|
|
"hifalutin"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"brief",
|
|
|
|
"short",
|
|
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
|
|
"summary",
|
|
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
|
|
"curt",
|
|
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"compact",
|
|
|
|
"concise",
|
|
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
|
|
"terse"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a windy little creek"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bending",
|
|
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
|
|
"curled",
|
|
|
|
"curling",
|
|
|
|
"curved",
|
|
|
|
"curving",
|
|
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
|
|
"devious",
|
|
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
|
|
"winding"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
|
|
"circling",
|
|
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
|
|
"looping",
|
|
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"direct",
|
|
|
|
"linear"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"straight",
|
|
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winter":{
|
|
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
|
|
"time-out"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"break",
|
|
|
|
"breath",
|
|
|
|
"breather",
|
|
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
|
|
"lull",
|
|
|
|
"pause",
|
|
|
|
"recess",
|
|
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
|
|
"latency",
|
|
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wink (out)":{
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"break off",
|
|
|
|
"break up",
|
|
|
|
"cease",
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
|
|
"determine",
|
|
|
|
"die",
|
|
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"expire",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"go",
|
|
|
|
"halt",
|
|
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
|
|
"let up",
|
|
|
|
"pass",
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
|
|
"give over",
|
|
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"break down",
|
|
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
|
|
"stall",
|
|
|
|
"pause",
|
|
|
|
"stay",
|
|
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
|
|
"abate",
|
|
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
|
|
"extend",
|
|
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
|
|
"protract"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continue",
|
|
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
|
|
"persist"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winning (back)":{
|
|
|
|
"as in redeeming , buying (back)":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"buying (back)",
|
|
|
|
"redeeming"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"hocking",
|
|
|
|
"pawning",
|
|
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
|
|
"mortgaging",
|
|
|
|
"bonding"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winds":{
|
|
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"currents",
|
|
|
|
"drafts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
|
|
"blows",
|
|
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
|
|
"gales",
|
|
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"currents",
|
|
|
|
"directions",
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"drifts",
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"leanings",
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"runs",
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"tendencies",
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"tides",
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"trends"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curves",
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"downsides",
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"shifts",
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"swings",
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"turnabouts",
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"turns",
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"upsides",
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"customs",
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"habits",
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"propensities",
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"tenors",
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"ways",
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"countercurrents",
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"countertrends",
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"counter-trends",
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"undercurrents",
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"undertows"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that curves or is curved":{
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"examples":[
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"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angles",
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"arches",
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"arcs",
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"bends",
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"bows",
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"crooks",
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"curvatures",
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"curves",
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"inflections",
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"turns"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kinks",
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"warps",
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"circles",
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"ringlets",
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"rings",
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"rounds",
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"coils",
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"curlicues",
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"curlycues",
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"curls",
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"buckles",
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"convolutions",
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"flexures",
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"folds",
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"loops",
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"spirals",
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"swirls",
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"twists",
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"windings",
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"incurvatures",
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"reflections",
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"declines",
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"inclinations",
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"inclines",
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"slopes",
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"corners",
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"turnoffs",
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"doglegs",
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"hairpins"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
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"examples":[
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"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coils",
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"corkscrews",
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"curls",
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"entwines",
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"spirals",
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"twines",
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"twists"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arches",
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"arcs",
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"bends",
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"crooks",
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"curves",
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"hooks",
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"sweeps",
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|
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"swerves",
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"turns",
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|
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"veers",
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|
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"wheels",
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|
|
"swirls",
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|
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"whirls",
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|
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"circles",
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|
|
"encircles",
|
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|
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"loops",
|
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|
|
"enlaces",
|
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|
|
"interlaces",
|
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|
|
"intertwines",
|
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|
|
"laces",
|
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|
|
"bows",
|
|
|
|
"bulges",
|
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|
|
"meanders",
|
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|
|
"weaves",
|
|
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"infiltrates",
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|
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"insinuates",
|
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|
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"slips",
|
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|
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"sneaks",
|
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|
|
"works in",
|
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|
|
"worms",
|
|
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"creeps",
|
|
|
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"edges",
|
|
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windings":{
|
|
|
|
"as in loops , twists":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
|
|
"folds",
|
|
|
|
"loops",
|
|
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
|
|
"twists",
|
|
|
|
"coils",
|
|
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
|
|
"curls",
|
|
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
|
|
"circles",
|
|
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
|
|
"rings",
|
|
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
|
|
"declines",
|
|
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
|
|
"warps",
|
|
|
|
"corners",
|
|
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
|
|
"angles",
|
|
|
|
"arches",
|
|
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
|
|
"bends",
|
|
|
|
"bows",
|
|
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
|
|
"curves",
|
|
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
|
|
"turns",
|
|
|
|
"winds",
|
|
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wince":{
|
|
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blench",
|
|
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
|
|
"quail",
|
|
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
|
|
"pale",
|
|
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
|
|
"quake",
|
|
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
|
|
"shake",
|
|
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
|
|
"start",
|
|
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
|
|
"recede",
|
|
|
|
"retire",
|
|
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
|
|
"falter",
|
|
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
|
|
"reel",
|
|
|
|
"waver"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advance",
|
|
|
|
"approach",
|
|
|
|
"near",
|
|
|
|
"beard",
|
|
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
|
|
"confront",
|
|
|
|
"defy",
|
|
|
|
"face"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in flinch , squinch":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
|
|
"face",
|
|
|
|
"frown",
|
|
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
|
|
"lower",
|
|
|
|
"lour",
|
|
|
|
"moue",
|
|
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
|
|
"mow",
|
|
|
|
"mug",
|
|
|
|
"pout",
|
|
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
|
|
"growl",
|
|
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
|
|
"simper",
|
|
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
|
|
"glare",
|
|
|
|
"glower",
|
|
|
|
"look",
|
|
|
|
"stare"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"grin",
|
|
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
|
|
"smile"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winking":{
|
|
|
|
"as in twinkling , glinting":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinking"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"batting",
|
|
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
|
|
"squinting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
|
|
"twinkling"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
|
|
],
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"synonyms":[
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"coruscating",
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"flaming",
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"flashing",
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"glancing",
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"gleaming",
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"glimmering",
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"glinting",
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"glistening",
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"glistering",
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"glittering",
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"lustering",
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"lustring",
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"scintillating",
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"shimmering",
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"spangling",
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"sparkling",
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"twinkling",
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"winkling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beaming",
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"radiating",
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"shining",
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"bedazzling",
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"blinding",
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"dazing",
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"dazzling",
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"blazing",
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"burning",
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"flaring",
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"glaring",
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"glowing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
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"examples":[
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"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conniving"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brushing (aside or off)",
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"condoning",
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"disregarding",
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"excusing",
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"forgiving",
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"glossing (over)",
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"glozing (over)",
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"ignoring",
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"overlooking",
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"pardoning",
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"passing over",
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"shrugging off",
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"tolerating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disapproving (of)",
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"frowning (on or upon)",
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"denying",
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"disallowing",
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"refusing"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wins (against)":{
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"examples":[
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"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bests",
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"conquers",
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"defeats",
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"dispatches",
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"does down",
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"gets",
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"gets around",
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"licks",
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"masters",
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"overbears",
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"overcomes",
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"overmatches",
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"prevails (over)",
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"skunks",
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"stops",
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"subdues",
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"surmounts",
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"takes",
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"trims",
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"triumphs (over)",
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"upends",
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"worsts"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweeps",
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"edges (out)",
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"noses out",
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"pips",
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"annihilates",
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"blows away",
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"blows out",
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"bombs",
|
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|
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"breaks",
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|
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"buries",
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|
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"clobbers",
|
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|
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"creams",
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"crushes",
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"drubs",
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"finishes",
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|
|
"flattens",
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|
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"overwhelms",
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|
"routs",
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"shellacs",
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"skins",
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"slaughters",
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|
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"smokes",
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"snows under",
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"thrashes",
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"trounces",
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"upsets",
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"wallops",
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"waxes",
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"whips",
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"caps",
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"excels",
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"flourishes",
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"scores",
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"succeeds",
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"knocks off",
|
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"knocks over",
|
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|
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"overpowers",
|
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|
|
"overthrows",
|
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|
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"subjugates",
|
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|
|
"unseats",
|
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|
|
"vanquishes",
|
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|
|
"aces (out)",
|
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|
|
"betters",
|
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|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
|
|
"exceeds",
|
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|
|
"excels",
|
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|
|
"outdistances",
|
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|
|
"outdoes",
|
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|
|
"outfights",
|
|
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
|
|
"outstrips",
|
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|
|
"overtops",
|
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|
|
"surpasses",
|
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|
|
"tops",
|
|
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"falls",
|
|
|
|
"gives up",
|
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|
|
"goes down",
|
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|
|
"goes under",
|
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|
|
"collapses",
|
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|
|
"fails",
|
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|
|
"flops",
|
|
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
|
|
"folds",
|
|
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winkling":{
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
|
|
"lustering",
|
|
|
|
"lustring",
|
|
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
|
|
"winking"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
|
|
"shining",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
|
|
"burning",
|
|
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winks (out)":{
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
|
|
"closes",
|
|
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
|
|
"determines",
|
|
|
|
"dies",
|
|
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
|
|
"ends",
|
|
|
|
"expires",
|
|
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
|
|
"goes",
|
|
|
|
"halts",
|
|
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
|
|
"passes",
|
|
|
|
"quits",
|
|
|
|
"stops",
|
|
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
|
|
"stays",
|
|
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
|
|
"abates",
|
|
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
|
|
"extends",
|
|
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continues",
|
|
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
|
|
"persists"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winking (at)":{
|
|
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
|
|
"marking",
|
|
|
|
"minding",
|
|
|
|
"noting",
|
|
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winnow":{
|
|
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cull",
|
|
|
|
"discard",
|
|
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
|
|
"decline",
|
|
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
|
|
"reject",
|
|
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
|
|
"negative",
|
|
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
|
|
"clip",
|
|
|
|
"crop",
|
|
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
|
|
"cut",
|
|
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
|
|
"dock",
|
|
|
|
"nick",
|
|
|
|
"pare",
|
|
|
|
"prune",
|
|
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
|
|
"slash",
|
|
|
|
"trim",
|
|
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
|
|
"whittle (down)",
|
|
|
|
"abate",
|
|
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
|
|
"dent",
|
|
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
|
|
"drop",
|
|
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
|
|
"ease",
|
|
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
|
|
"lower",
|
|
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
|
|
"compress",
|
|
|
|
"condense",
|
|
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
|
|
"contract",
|
|
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
|
|
"modify",
|
|
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
|
|
"screen",
|
|
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
|
|
"sift",
|
|
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
|
|
"clear",
|
|
|
|
"distill",
|
|
|
|
"distil",
|
|
|
|
"fine",
|
|
|
|
"filter",
|
|
|
|
"garble",
|
|
|
|
"purify",
|
|
|
|
"process",
|
|
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
|
|
"refine"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
|
|
"choose",
|
|
|
|
"cull",
|
|
|
|
"elect",
|
|
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
|
|
"name",
|
|
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
|
|
"pick",
|
|
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
|
|
"select",
|
|
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
|
|
"tag",
|
|
|
|
"take",
|
|
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
|
|
"designate",
|
|
|
|
"fix",
|
|
|
|
"mark",
|
|
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
|
|
"set",
|
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"tab",
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"tap",
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"accept",
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"adopt",
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"embrace",
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"espouse",
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"settle (on or upon)",
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"blow up",
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"dilate",
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"distend",
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"inflate",
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"swell",
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"elongate",
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"extend",
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"lengthen",
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"prolong",
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"protract",
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"add (to)",
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"complement",
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"supplement",
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"enhance",
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"redouble",
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"aggrandize",
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"amplify",
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"augment",
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"boost",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"increase",
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"raise"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"window-shoppers":{
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"as in prospects , shoppers":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browsers",
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"prospects",
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"shoppers",
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"buyers",
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"correspondents",
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"purchasers",
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"vendees",
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"bargainers",
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"hagglers",
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"consumers",
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"end users",
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"users",
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"regulars",
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"accounts",
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"clients",
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"customers",
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"guests",
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"patrons",
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"punters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brokers",
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"merchants",
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"sellers",
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"vendors",
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"venders",
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"shopkeepers",
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"tradesmen",
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"black marketers",
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"black marketeers",
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"fences"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"window dressing":{
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"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
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"examples":[
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|
"the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"facade",
|
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|
"fa\u00e7ade",
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"gloss",
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"veneer"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"cotton candy",
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|
|
"fluff",
|
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|
|
"tinsel",
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|
|
"fig leaf",
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|
|
"charade",
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|
|
|
"front",
|
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|
|
"guise",
|
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|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
|
|
"pose",
|
|
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
|
|
"show"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winds down":{
|
|
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"chills",
|
|
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
|
|
"de-stresses",
|
|
|
|
"loosens up",
|
|
|
|
"mellows (out)",
|
|
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
|
|
"basks",
|
|
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
|
|
"rests",
|
|
|
|
"bums",
|
|
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
|
|
"drones",
|
|
|
|
"footles",
|
|
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
|
|
"idles",
|
|
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
|
|
"vegetates",
|
|
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
|
|
"zones out",
|
|
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
|
|
"eases",
|
|
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
|
|
"calms",
|
|
|
|
"composes",
|
|
|
|
"cools",
|
|
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
|
|
"settles"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"tenses (up)"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winging":{
|
|
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"aviating",
|
|
|
|
"flying",
|
|
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
|
|
"planing",
|
|
|
|
"soaring"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
|
|
"floating",
|
|
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
|
|
"wafting",
|
|
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
|
|
"darting",
|
|
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
|
|
"helicoptering",
|
|
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
|
|
"diving",
|
|
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windups":{
|
|
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
|
|
"closes",
|
|
|
|
"closings",
|
|
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
|
|
"endgames",
|
|
|
|
"endings",
|
|
|
|
"ends",
|
|
|
|
"finales",
|
|
|
|
"finises",
|
|
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
|
|
"grand finales",
|
|
|
|
"homestretches",
|
|
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
|
|
"apices",
|
|
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
|
|
"copestones",
|
|
|
|
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
|
|
"coups de grace",
|
|
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
|
|
"summits",
|
|
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
|
|
"tops",
|
|
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
|
|
"anticlimaxes",
|
|
|
|
"codas",
|
|
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
|
|
"tag ends",
|
|
|
|
"tail ends"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
|
|
"overtures",
|
|
|
|
"preambles",
|
|
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
|
|
"preludes",
|
|
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
|
|
"openings",
|
|
|
|
"starts"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windblown":{
|
|
|
|
"as in breezy , gusty":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
|
|
"foul",
|
|
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
"raw",
|
|
|
|
"rough",
|
|
|
|
"squally",
|
|
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
|
|
"misty",
|
|
|
|
"murky",
|
|
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bright",
|
|
|
|
"clear",
|
|
|
|
"clement",
|
|
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
|
|
"fair",
|
|
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
|
|
"unclouded",
|
|
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
|
|
"calm",
|
|
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
|
|
"placid",
|
|
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
|
|
"serene"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winnows":{
|
|
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"culls",
|
|
|
|
"discards",
|
|
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
|
|
"declines",
|
|
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
|
|
"clips",
|
|
|
|
"crops",
|
|
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
|
|
"docks",
|
|
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
|
|
"pares",
|
|
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
|
|
"trims",
|
|
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
|
|
"whittles (down)",
|
|
|
|
"abates",
|
|
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
|
|
"dents",
|
|
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
|
|
"drops",
|
|
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
|
|
"eases",
|
|
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
|
|
"screens",
|
|
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
|
|
"clears",
|
|
|
|
"distills",
|
|
|
|
"distils",
|
|
|
|
"filters",
|
|
|
|
"fines",
|
|
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
|
|
"processes",
|
|
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
|
|
"refines"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
|
|
"culls",
|
|
|
|
"elects",
|
|
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
|
|
"names",
|
|
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
|
|
"picks",
|
|
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
|
|
"selects",
|
|
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
|
|
"tags",
|
|
|
|
"takes",
|
|
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
|
|
"appoints",
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"designates",
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"fixes",
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"marks",
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"nominates",
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"sets",
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"tabs",
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"taps",
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"accepts",
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"adopts",
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"embraces",
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"espouses",
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"settles (on or upon)",
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"blows up",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"swells",
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"elongates",
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"extends",
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"lengthens",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts",
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"adds (to)",
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"complements",
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"supplements",
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"enhances",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"redoubles",
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"aggrandizes",
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"amplifies",
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"augments",
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"boosts",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"increases",
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"raises"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"winze":{
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"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
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"examples":[
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"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anathema",
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"ban",
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"curse",
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"execration",
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"imprecation",
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"malediction",
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"malison"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"censure",
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"condemnation",
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"damnation",
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"denunciation",
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"excommunication",
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"hex",
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"hoodoo",
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"jinx",
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"mojo",
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"spell",
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"voodoo",
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"whammy",
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"pox"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"citation",
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|
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"commendation",
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|
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"endorsement",
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"indorsement"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"benediction",
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"benison",
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"blessing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
|
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|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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|
"winces":{
|
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"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
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"examples":[
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"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
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],
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"blenches",
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|
|
"cringes",
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|
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"flinches",
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|
|
"quails",
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|
"recoils",
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|
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"shrinks",
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|
"squinches"
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],
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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"blanches",
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|
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"pales",
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|
|
"whitens",
|
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|
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"quakes",
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|
|
"quivers",
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|
|
|
"shakes",
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|
|
"shudders",
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|
|
"trembles",
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|
|
"crouches",
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|
|
"jerks",
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|
|
|
"starts",
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|
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
|
|
"recedes",
|
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|
|
"retires",
|
|
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
|
|
"falters",
|
|
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
|
|
"reels",
|
|
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advances",
|
|
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
|
|
"nears",
|
|
|
|
"beards",
|
|
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
|
|
"defies",
|
|
|
|
"faces"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in flinches , squinches":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
|
|
"squinches",
|
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|
|
"faces",
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|
|
"frowns",
|
|
|
|
"grimaces",
|
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|
|
"lowers",
|
|
|
|
"lours",
|
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|
|
"moues",
|
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|
|
"mouths",
|
|
|
|
"mows",
|
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|
|
"mugs",
|
|
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
|
|
"scowls",
|
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|
|
"snoots",
|
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|
|
"growls",
|
|
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
|
|
"glares",
|
|
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
|
|
"looks",
|
|
|
|
"stares"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"grins",
|
|
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winkled":{
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
|
|
"winked"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
|
|
"shone",
|
|
|
|
"shined",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
|
|
"burned",
|
|
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
|
|
"flared",
|
|
|
|
"glared",
|
|
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wineshop":{
|
|
|
|
"as in nightclub , sports bar":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
|
|
"dive",
|
|
|
|
"joint",
|
|
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
|
|
"bar",
|
|
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
|
|
"pub",
|
|
|
|
"public house",
|
|
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
|
|
"package store"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wind up":{
|
|
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"close out",
|
|
|
|
"complete",
|
|
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"climax",
|
|
|
|
"crown",
|
|
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
|
|
"halt",
|
|
|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"begin",
|
|
|
|
"commence",
|
|
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
|
|
"open",
|
|
|
|
"start"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"break off",
|
|
|
|
"break up",
|
|
|
|
"cease",
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
|
|
"determine",
|
|
|
|
"die",
|
|
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"expire",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"go",
|
|
|
|
"halt",
|
|
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
|
|
"let up",
|
|
|
|
"pass",
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
|
|
"give over",
|
|
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"break down",
|
|
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
|
|
"stall",
|
|
|
|
"pause",
|
|
|
|
"stay",
|
|
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
|
|
"abate",
|
|
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
|
|
"extend",
|
|
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
|
|
"protract"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continue",
|
|
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
|
|
"persist"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"capper",
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
|
|
"end",
|
|
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"finale",
|
|
|
|
"finis",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acme",
|
|
|
|
"apex",
|
|
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
|
|
"climax",
|
|
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
|
|
"crown",
|
|
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
|
|
"peak",
|
|
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
|
|
"summit",
|
|
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
|
|
"top",
|
|
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
|
|
"coda",
|
|
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
|
|
"shank",
|
|
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
|
|
"overture",
|
|
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
|
|
"preface",
|
|
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
|
|
"day one",
|
|
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
|
|
"opening",
|
|
|
|
"start"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windfall":{
|
|
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
|
|
"blessing",
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"boon",
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"felicity",
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"godsend",
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"good",
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"manna"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grace",
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"mercy",
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"favor",
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"kindness",
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"mitzvah",
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"advantage",
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"gift",
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"help",
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"relief",
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"support",
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"anodyne",
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"comfort",
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"consolation",
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"solace",
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"bonus",
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"extra",
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"lagniappe",
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"delight",
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"joy",
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"pleasure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hex",
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"hoodoo",
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"jinx",
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"bother",
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"irritant",
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"nuisance",
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"pest",
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"disadvantage",
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"cross",
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"misery",
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"trial",
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"tribulation"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affliction",
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"bane",
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"curse",
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"evil",
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"plague",
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"scourge"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"winos":{
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"as in drinkers , drunkards":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alcoholics",
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"alkies",
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"boozehounds",
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"boozers",
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"dipsomaniacs",
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"drinkers",
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"drunkards",
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"drunks",
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"inebriates",
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"juiceheads",
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"juicers",
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"lushes",
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"rummies",
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"soakers",
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"soaks",
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"sots",
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"souses",
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"tipplers",
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"topers",
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"tosspots",
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"swiggers",
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"swillers"
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],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"abstainers",
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|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
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|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
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|
|
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"noun"
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|
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]
|
|
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},
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|
|
|
"winding up":{
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|
|
"as in ending , passing":{
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|
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"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"concluding",
|
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|
|
"desisting",
|
|
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
|
|
"dying",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
|
|
"passing",
|
|
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
|
|
"abating",
|
|
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
|
|
"waning"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
|
|
"residual",
|
|
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
|
|
"biding",
|
|
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
|
|
"running on"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
|
|
"completing",
|
|
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"climaxing",
|
|
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
|
|
"halting",
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
"suspending"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
|
|
"opening",
|
|
|
|
"starting"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
|
|
"determining",
|
|
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
|
|
"dying",
|
|
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
"going",
|
|
|
|
"halting",
|
|
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
|
|
"passing",
|
|
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
|
|
"staying",
|
|
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
|
|
"abating",
|
|
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
|
|
"extending",
|
|
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winzes":{
|
|
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
|
|
"bans",
|
|
|
|
"curses",
|
|
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
|
|
"malisons"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"censures",
|
|
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
|
|
"spells",
|
|
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
|
|
"pox",
|
|
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"citations",
|
|
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"win (back)":{
|
|
|
|
"as in redeem , buy (back)":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"buy (back)",
|
|
|
|
"redeem"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"hock",
|
|
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
|
|
"mortgage",
|
|
|
|
"bond"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winterly":{
|
|
|
|
"as in cold , icy":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
|
|
"chill",
|
|
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
|
|
"cold",
|
|
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
|
|
"iced",
|
|
|
|
"icy",
|
|
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
|
|
"polar",
|
|
|
|
"raw",
|
|
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
|
|
"cool",
|
|
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
|
|
"numb"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"heated",
|
|
|
|
"hottish",
|
|
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
|
|
"warm",
|
|
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
|
|
"burning",
|
|
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
|
|
"hot",
|
|
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
|
|
"searing",
|
|
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windbreaks":{
|
|
|
|
"as in sheds , lean-tos":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
|
|
"lees",
|
|
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
|
|
"castles",
|
|
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
|
|
"forts",
|
|
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
|
|
"closets",
|
|
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
|
|
"dens",
|
|
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
|
|
"houses",
|
|
|
|
"housings",
|
|
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
|
|
"pads",
|
|
|
|
"places",
|
|
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
|
|
"residences",
|
|
|
|
"rests",
|
|
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
|
|
"covers",
|
|
|
|
"screens",
|
|
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
|
|
"ports",
|
|
|
|
"oases",
|
|
|
|
"asylums",
|
|
|
|
"bolt-holes",
|
|
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
|
|
"havens",
|
|
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
|
|
"sanctuaries",
|
|
|
|
"sanctums",
|
|
|
|
"sancta",
|
|
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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},
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"win (over)":{
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"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
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"examples":[
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"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argue",
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"bring",
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"bring around",
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"convert",
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"convince",
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"gain",
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"get",
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"induce",
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"move",
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"persuade",
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"prevail (on or upon)",
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"satisfy",
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"talk (into)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blandish",
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"blarney",
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"cajole",
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"coax",
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"entreat",
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"exhort",
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"fast-talk",
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"urge",
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"wheedle",
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"allure",
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"beguile",
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"lead on",
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"lure",
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"seduce",
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"snow",
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"tempt",
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"brainwash",
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"overpersuade",
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"incline",
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"influence",
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"prompt",
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"sell",
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"sway",
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"attract",
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"draw",
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"entice",
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"interest",
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"chew over",
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"converse",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"dispute",
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"hash (over)",
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"moot",
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"reason (with)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deter",
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"discourage",
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"dissuade",
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"unsell"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"windfalls":{
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"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
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"examples":[
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"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"benedictions",
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"benefits",
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"blessings",
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"boons",
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"felicities",
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"godsends",
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"goods",
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"mannas"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"graces",
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"mercies",
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"favors",
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"mitzvoth",
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"mitzvahs",
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"advantages",
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"aids",
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"assistances",
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"gifts",
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"help",
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"reliefs",
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"supports",
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"anodynes",
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"comforts",
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"consolations",
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"solaces",
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"bonuses",
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"extras",
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"lagniappes",
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"delights",
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"joys",
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"pleasures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hexes",
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"hoodoos",
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|
"jinxes",
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"bothers",
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|
"irritants",
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"nuisances",
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"pests",
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|
"disadvantages",
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|
|
"crosses",
|
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|
"miseries",
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|
"trials",
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|
|
"tribulations"
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
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|
|
"afflictions",
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|
|
"banes",
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|
"curses",
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|
|
"evils",
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|
|
"plagues",
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|
|
"scourges"
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windows":{
|
|
|
|
"as in spaces , pauses":{
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|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"caesuras",
|
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|
|
"caesurae",
|
|
|
|
"commas",
|
|
|
|
"interspaces",
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|
|
"lags",
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|
|
"pauses",
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|
|
|
"spaces",
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|
|
"time lags",
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|
|
|
"discontinuities",
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|
|
"gaps",
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|
|
"hiatuses",
|
|
|
|
"hiccups",
|
|
|
|
"hiccoughs",
|
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|
|
"interims",
|
|
|
|
"interludes",
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|
|
|
"intermissions",
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|
|
"interregnums",
|
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|
|
"interregna",
|
|
|
|
"interruptions",
|
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|
|
"interstices",
|
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|
|
"intervals",
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|
|
"parentheses",
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|
|
"entr'actes",
|
|
|
|
"bumpers",
|
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|
|
"adjournments",
|
|
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
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|
|
"lapses",
|
|
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
|
|
"respites",
|
|
|
|
"rests",
|
|
|
|
"subintervals"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
|
|
"continua",
|
|
|
|
"continuums",
|
|
|
|
"runs",
|
|
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
|
|
"processions",
|
|
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wincing":{
|
|
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
|
|
"paling",
|
|
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
|
|
"starting",
|
|
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
|
|
"receding",
|
|
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
|
|
"defying",
|
|
|
|
"facing"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winded up":{
|
|
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"closed",
|
|
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
|
|
"completed",
|
|
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
|
|
"ended",
|
|
|
|
"finished",
|
|
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"climaxed",
|
|
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
|
|
"halted",
|
|
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"began",
|
|
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
|
|
"opened",
|
|
|
|
"started"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
|
|
"closed",
|
|
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
|
|
"determined",
|
|
|
|
"died",
|
|
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
|
|
"ended",
|
|
|
|
"expired",
|
|
|
|
"finished",
|
|
|
|
"halted",
|
|
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
|
|
"left off",
|
|
|
|
"let up",
|
|
|
|
"passed",
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
|
|
"went",
|
|
|
|
"winked (out)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
|
|
"paused",
|
|
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
|
|
"abated",
|
|
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
|
|
"extended",
|
|
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continued",
|
|
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"windiness":{
|
|
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"he's a brilliant thinker, but his windiness tends to overwhelm his ideas"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
|
|
"concision",
|
|
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wineshops":{
|
|
|
|
"as in nightclubs , sports bars":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
|
|
"dives",
|
|
|
|
"joints",
|
|
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
|
|
"bars",
|
|
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
|
|
"watering places",
|
|
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"window-shopper":{
|
|
|
|
"as in prospect , shopper":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"browser",
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"prospect",
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"shopper",
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"buyer",
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"correspondent",
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"purchaser",
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"vendee",
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"bargainer",
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"haggler",
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"consumer",
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"end user",
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"user",
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"regular",
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"account",
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"client",
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"customer",
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"guest",
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"patron",
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"punter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broker",
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"merchant",
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"seller",
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"vendor",
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"vender",
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"shopkeeper",
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"tradesman",
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"black marketer",
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"black marketeer",
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"fence"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"windblast":{
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"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
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"examples":[
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"a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blast",
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"blow",
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"flurry",
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"gust",
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"scud",
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"williwaw"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"zephyr",
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"current",
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"draft",
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"air",
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"breath",
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"waft",
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"puff",
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"whiff",
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"bluster",
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"gale",
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"hurricane",
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"squall",
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"tempest",
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"tornado",
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"windstorm",
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"northeaster",
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"norther",
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"northerly",
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"northwester",
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"southeaster",
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"southwester",
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"westerly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"win (against)":{
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"examples":[
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"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
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],
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|
"synonyms":[
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|
"beat",
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"best",
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|
|
"conquer",
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|
|
"defeat",
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"dispatch",
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|
"do down",
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"get",
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|
|
"get around",
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|
"lick",
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"master",
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|
"overbear",
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|
"overcome",
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|
"overmatch",
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|
"prevail (over)",
|
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|
|
"skunk",
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|
"stop",
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|
|
"subdue",
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|
"surmount",
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|
|
"take",
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|
"trim",
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|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
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|
|
"upend",
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|
|
"worst"
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|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
|
|
"nose out",
|
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|
|
"pip",
|
|
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
|
|
"blow away",
|
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|
|
"blow out",
|
|
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
|
|
"break",
|
|
|
|
"bury",
|
|
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
|
|
"cream",
|
|
|
|
"crush",
|
|
|
|
"drub",
|
|
|
|
"finish",
|
|
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
|
|
"rout",
|
|
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
|
|
"skin",
|
|
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
|
|
"upset",
|
|
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
|
|
"wax",
|
|
|
|
"whip",
|
|
|
|
"cap",
|
|
|
|
"excel",
|
|
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
|
|
"score",
|
|
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
|
|
"better",
|
|
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
|
|
"excel",
|
|
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
|
|
"top",
|
|
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"fall",
|
|
|
|
"give up",
|
|
|
|
"go down",
|
|
|
|
"go under",
|
|
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
|
|
"fail",
|
|
|
|
"flop",
|
|
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
|
|
"fold",
|
|
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winks (at)":{
|
|
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
|
|
"condones",
|
|
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
|
|
"remits",
|
|
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"explains",
|
|
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
|
|
"clears",
|
|
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
|
|
"waives",
|
|
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
|
|
"marks",
|
|
|
|
"minds",
|
|
|
|
"notes",
|
|
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winking (out)":{
|
|
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
|
|
"closing",
|
|
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
|
|
"determining",
|
|
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
|
|
"dying",
|
|
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
"going",
|
|
|
|
"halting",
|
|
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
|
|
"passing",
|
|
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
|
|
"staying",
|
|
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
|
|
"abating",
|
|
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
|
|
"extending",
|
|
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winnowing":{
|
|
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"culling",
|
|
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
|
|
"declining",
|
|
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
|
|
"docking",
|
|
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
|
|
"paring",
|
|
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
|
|
"whittling (down)",
|
|
|
|
"abating",
|
|
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
|
|
"denting",
|
|
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
|
|
"easing",
|
|
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
|
|
"screening",
|
|
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
|
|
"fining",
|
|
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
|
|
"processing",
|
|
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
|
|
"refining"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
|
|
"culling",
|
|
|
|
"electing",
|
|
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
|
|
"naming",
|
|
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
|
|
"picking",
|
|
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
|
|
"taking",
|
|
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
|
|
"designating",
|
|
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
|
|
"marking",
|
|
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
|
|
"setting",
|
|
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
|
|
"settling (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
|
|
"distending",
|
|
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
|
|
"extending",
|
|
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
|
|
"raising"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wind down":{
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"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
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"examples":[
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"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chill",
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"chill out",
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"de-stress",
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"decompress",
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"loosen up",
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"mellow (out)",
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"relax",
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"unwind"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unbend",
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"bask",
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"kick back",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"bum",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"drone",
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"footle",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"idle",
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"laze",
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"loaf",
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"vegetate",
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"veg out",
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"zone out",
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"alleviate",
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"comfort",
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"ease",
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"relieve",
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"calm",
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"compose",
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"cool",
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"quiet",
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"settle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"tense (up)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"windbag":{
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"a person who talks constantly":{
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"examples":[
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"with a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babbler",
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"blabber",
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"blabbermouth",
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"blowhard",
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"cackler",
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"chatterbox",
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"chatterer",
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"conversationalist",
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"gabbler",
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"gasbag",
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"jabberer",
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"jay",
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"magpie",
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"motormouth",
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"prattler",
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"talker"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"blatherer",
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"blatherskite",
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"converser",
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"discourser"
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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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]
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},
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"winks":{
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"a short sleep":{
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"examples":[
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"I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catnaps",
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"dozes",
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"drowses",
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"forty winks",
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"kips",
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"naps",
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"siestas",
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|
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"snoozes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"reposes",
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"rests",
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"slumbers",
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"beds"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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|
"a very small space of time":{
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"examples":[
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"I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone"
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],
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"eyeblinks",
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"flashes",
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"heartbeats",
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"instants",
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"jiffies",
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|
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"jiffs",
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"minutes",
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"moments",
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"nanoseconds",
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"New York minutes",
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"seconds",
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|
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"shakes",
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"split seconds",
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"trices",
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|
|
"twinkles",
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"twinklings"
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],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
"microseconds",
|
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|
|
"snatches",
|
|
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
|
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],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"aeons",
|
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|
|
"eons",
|
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|
|
"ages",
|
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|
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"eternities",
|
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|
|
"forevers",
|
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|
|
"infinities",
|
|
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bats",
|
|
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
|
|
"squints"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
|
|
"twinkles"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
|
|
"flares",
|
|
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
|
|
"glances",
|
|
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
|
|
"glints",
|
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|
|
"glistens",
|
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|
|
"glisters",
|
|
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
|
|
"flames",
|
|
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
|
|
"glances",
|
|
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
|
|
"glints",
|
|
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
|
|
"winkles"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beams",
|
|
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
|
|
"shines",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
|
|
"burns",
|
|
|
|
"flares",
|
|
|
|
"glares",
|
|
|
|
"glows"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"connives"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
|
|
"condones",
|
|
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
"denies",
|
|
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
|
|
"refuses"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winning (against)":{
|
|
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beating",
|
|
|
|
"besting",
|
|
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
|
|
"doing down",
|
|
|
|
"getting",
|
|
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
|
|
"licking",
|
|
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
|
|
"taking",
|
|
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
|
|
"upending",
|
|
|
|
"worsting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
|
|
"burying",
|
|
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
|
|
"routing",
|
|
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
|
|
"capping",
|
|
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
|
|
"topping",
|
|
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"falling",
|
|
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
|
|
"going down",
|
|
|
|
"going under",
|
|
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
|
|
"failing",
|
|
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
|
|
"folding",
|
|
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winded":{
|
|
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"current",
|
|
|
|
"draft"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blast",
|
|
|
|
"blow",
|
|
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
|
|
"gale",
|
|
|
|
"gust",
|
|
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
|
|
"squall",
|
|
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
|
|
"breath",
|
|
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
|
|
"puff",
|
|
|
|
"waft",
|
|
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"current",
|
|
|
|
"direction",
|
|
|
|
"drift",
|
|
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
|
|
"run",
|
|
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
|
|
"tide",
|
|
|
|
"trend"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"curve",
|
|
|
|
"downside",
|
|
|
|
"shift",
|
|
|
|
"swing",
|
|
|
|
"turn",
|
|
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
|
|
"upside",
|
|
|
|
"custom",
|
|
|
|
"habit",
|
|
|
|
"propensity",
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"tenor",
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"way",
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"countercurrent",
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"countertrend",
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"undercurrent",
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"undertow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
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"examples":[
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"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bombast",
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"fustian",
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"gas",
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"grandiloquence",
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"hot air",
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"oratory",
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"rhetoric",
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"verbiage"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"claptrap",
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"drivel",
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"gibberish",
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"hogwash",
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"humbug",
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"jabberwocky",
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"jazz",
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"moonshine",
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"nonsense",
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"affectedness",
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"floweriness",
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"grandiosity",
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"loftiness",
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"pomposity",
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"pretension",
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"pretentiousness",
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"garrulity",
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"garrulousness",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that curves or is curved":{
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"examples":[
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"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angle",
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"arc",
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"arch",
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"bend",
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"bow",
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"crook",
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"curvature",
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"curve",
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"inflection",
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"turn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kink",
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"warp",
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"circle",
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"ring",
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"ringlet",
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"round",
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"coil",
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"curl",
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"curlicue",
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"curlycue",
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"buckle",
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"convolution",
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"flexure",
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"fold",
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"loop",
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"spiral",
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"swirl",
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"twist",
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|
|
"winding",
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|
"incurvature",
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|
|
"reflection",
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|
"decline",
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|
|
"inclination",
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|
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"incline",
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|
|
"slope",
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"corner",
|
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|
"turnoff",
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"dogleg",
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|
"hairpin"
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|
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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|
|
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},
|
|
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|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
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|
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"examples":[
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|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
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],
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"coil",
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|
|
"corkscrew",
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"curl",
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"entwine",
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"spiral",
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|
|
"twine",
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|
|
"twist"
|
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|
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],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"arc",
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|
|
"arch",
|
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|
|
"bend",
|
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|
|
"crook",
|
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|
|
"curve",
|
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|
|
"hook",
|
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|
|
"sweep",
|
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|
|
"swerve",
|
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|
|
"turn",
|
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|
|
"veer",
|
|
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
|
|
"circle",
|
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|
|
"encircle",
|
|
|
|
"loop",
|
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|
|
"enlace",
|
|
|
|
"interlace",
|
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|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
|
|
"lace",
|
|
|
|
"bow",
|
|
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
|
|
"meander",
|
|
|
|
"weave",
|
|
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
|
|
"slip",
|
|
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
|
|
"work in",
|
|
|
|
"worm",
|
|
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"creep",
|
|
|
|
"edge",
|
|
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
|
|
"insert",
|
|
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wined":{
|
|
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
|
|
"drank",
|
|
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
|
|
"slugged (down)",
|
|
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
|
|
"supped",
|
|
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
|
|
"tossed (down or off)",
|
|
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
|
|
"licked",
|
|
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
|
|
"downed",
|
|
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
|
|
"killed",
|
|
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
|
|
"put away",
|
|
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winked (at)":{
|
|
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
|
|
"excused",
|
|
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"explained",
|
|
|
|
"justified",
|
|
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
|
|
"waived",
|
|
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
|
|
"marked",
|
|
|
|
"minded",
|
|
|
|
"noted",
|
|
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
2022-07-10 05:08:12 +00:00
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"winkles":{
|
|
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
|
|
"flames",
|
|
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
|
|
"glances",
|
|
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
|
|
"glints",
|
|
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
|
|
"winks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beams",
|
|
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
|
|
"shines",
|
|
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
|
|
"burns",
|
|
|
|
"flares",
|
|
|
|
"glares",
|
|
|
|
"glows"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"wines":{
|
|
|
|
"as in sakes , meads":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"meads",
|
|
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
|
|
"juices",
|
|
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
|
|
"potables",
|
|
|
|
"rums",
|
|
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
|
|
"belts",
|
|
|
|
"loads",
|
|
|
|
"nips",
|
|
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
|
|
"pops",
|
|
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
|
|
"shots",
|
|
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
|
|
"tots",
|
|
|
|
"whets",
|
|
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
|
|
"ales",
|
|
|
|
"beers",
|
|
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
|
|
"brews",
|
|
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
|
|
"mums",
|
|
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
|
|
"gins",
|
|
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
|
|
"sips",
|
|
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
|
|
"sups",
|
|
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
|
|
"swills",
|
|
|
|
"tosses (down or off)",
|
|
|
|
"laps",
|
|
|
|
"licks",
|
|
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
|
|
"downs",
|
|
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
|
|
"kills",
|
|
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
|
|
"nips",
|
|
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
2022-07-10 04:31:07 +00:00
|
|
|
}
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