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{
"shabby":{
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shabby wallpaper that was peeling from the walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shabby , stained clothes that are barely better than rags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"related":[
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"dingy",
"faded",
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"shredded",
"holey",
"patchy",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky"
],
"synonyms":[
"frayed",
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"tattered",
"threadbare",
"worn-out"
]
}
},
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"shackling":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unfettering",
"unshackling"
],
"examples":[
"unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"disengaging"
],
"related":[
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"ironing",
"lashing",
"securing",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"joining",
"linking",
"confining",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"entangling",
"tangling"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"chaining",
"enchaining",
"enfettering",
"fettering",
"gyving",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"pinioning",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
],
"examples":[
"shackled by poverty and ignorance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"related":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"shade":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a lovely shade of blue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"related":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone"
]
},
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
],
"examples":[
"enjoying the cool shade of the evening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"related":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just a shade taller than his dance partner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"related":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was hard to see in the shade after being in the brilliant sunlight",
"the trees cast shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"lightness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy"
],
"related":[
"blackness",
"dimness",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"murkiness",
"obscurity",
"semidarkness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"penumbra",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
]
},
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spirits and shades haunting the night"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
]
},
"to shelter (something) from light and heat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illuminate",
"light",
"lighten",
"expose"
],
"related":[
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dull",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"canopy",
"cover",
"protect",
"screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"shadow"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"shaded":{
"protected from the sun's rays":{
"antonyms":[
"exposed",
"shadeless",
"sunny"
],
"examples":[
"walking along the park's shaded pathway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"incandescent",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminary",
"luminous",
"beaming",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"shining",
"lustrous"
],
"related":[
"canopied",
"covered",
"sheltered",
"cloudy",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"inky",
"moonless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"penumbral",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless"
],
"synonyms":[
"shadowed",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"umbrageous"
]
},
"to shelter (something) from light and heat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illuminated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted",
"exposed"
],
"related":[
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"canopied",
"covered",
"protected",
"screened"
],
"synonyms":[
"shadowed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shading":{
"to shelter (something) from light and heat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illuminating",
"lightening",
"lighting",
"exposing"
],
"related":[
"clouding",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"canopying",
"covering",
"protecting",
"screening"
],
"synonyms":[
"shadowing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"shadowiness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shags":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"shake (off)":{
"as in recover (from) , rally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"shake down":{
"as in couch , bunk bed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in dry run":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in pursuit , reconnaissance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rumor is that he started his career shaking people down as an enforcer for the mob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shaken":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"related":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"gotten around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocked",
"swayed",
"swung",
"chattered",
"quavered",
"shivered",
"thrilled",
"trembled",
"twitched",
"doddered",
"wavered",
"flickered",
"fluctuated",
"fluttered",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"waved",
"beaten",
"beat",
"palpitated",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"pulsated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bucketed",
"convulsed",
"jerked",
"jiggled",
"joggled",
"jolted",
"jounced",
"juddered",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shuddered",
"vibrated",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shaken up":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffered",
"cushioned",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"charmed",
"enticed",
"tempted",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"reassured"
],
"related":[
"astonished",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"freaked (out)",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"dismayed",
"frighted",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"scared",
"scarified",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off",
"displeased",
"offended",
"outraged",
"scandalized",
"amazed",
"astounded",
"awed",
"chilled",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"dispirited",
"emasculated",
"undone",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"shaken",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"crushed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalled",
"floored",
"jolted",
"shocked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shakily":{
"as in delicately , faintly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"shakiness":{
"the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position":{
"antonyms":[
"fastness",
"fixedness",
"security",
"stability",
"steadiness"
],
"examples":[
"we added a couple more ropes to help reduce the shakiness of the footbridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"soundness",
"substantiality"
],
"related":[
"insubstantiality",
"unsoundness",
"changeability",
"inconstancy",
"mutability",
"laxness",
"looseness",
"slackness"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecurity",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"unstableness",
"unsteadiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"shaking out":{
"to come to be":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"developing",
"emerging",
"evolving",
"germinating",
"playing out",
"unfolding",
"working out"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming out",
"falling out",
"panning out",
"proving",
"turning out"
]
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"she sold her share in the business to her partner"
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],
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"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
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"segments"
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"takes"
]
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"a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement"
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"nearsighted",
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"you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly"
],
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"burnish",
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"smooth"
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]
},
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"sharpened":{
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blunt",
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"obtuse"
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],
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"the sharpened blade of a lawn mower"
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],
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"you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly"
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"carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money"
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"unbreakable"
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},
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"verb"
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"husk",
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"shell"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"sheaves":{
"a considerable amount":{
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"spots",
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"dozen",
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"good deals",
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"hundred",
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"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
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"volumes",
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"wealths",
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"noun"
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"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
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"discard",
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"jettison",
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"shuck (off)",
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"you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change"
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"hold back",
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"related":[
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"cashier",
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"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
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"exorcize",
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"pitch",
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"sluff (off)",
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"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"sheds":{
"as in lean-tos":{
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"synonyms":[]
},
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
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"a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin"
],
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"related":[
"flakes",
"peels",
"scales",
"chucks",
"discards",
"ditches",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"scraps",
"shucks (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
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"exfoliates",
"molts",
"slips",
"sloughs",
"sluffs"
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},
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"you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change"
],
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"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
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"rejects",
"scraps",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
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"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"sheepfold":{
"as in":{
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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},
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"noun"
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},
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"as in lambskin , cowhide":{
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"sheik":{
"as in womanizer , lady-killer":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"shell game":{
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"it's amazing how intelligent people fall for that investment-fund shell game"
],
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"hoax",
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"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
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"hustle",
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},
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"noun"
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},
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"the sudden fierce storm forced us to run to the nearest shelter"
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"castle",
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"sanctuary",
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},
"to be or provide a shelter for":{
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"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
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],
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"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"shipping":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"receiving"
],
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"examples":[
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"we shipped those books out yesterday"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"acquiring",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing"
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],
"related":[
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"conveying",
"delivering",
"handing over",
"passing",
"rendering",
"advancing",
"dropping",
"launching",
"addressing",
"forwarding",
"exporting",
"importing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"resending",
"returning"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"consigning",
"dispatching",
"packing (off)",
"sending",
"shooting",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"transporting"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"live wires",
"pistols",
"powerhouses",
"doers",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters"
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],
"related":[
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"malingerers",
"dropouts",
"quitters",
"drones",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"goldbricks",
"slackers"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shirks":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you \"forgot\" your wallet"
],
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"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
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],
"related":[
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"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)"
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]
},
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"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"attends (to)",
"remembers"
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],
"examples":[
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"a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"keeps up",
"maintains"
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],
"related":[
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"slacks (off)"
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],
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"forgets",
"neglects"
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]
},
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"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"crawls",
"creeps",
"edges",
"inches",
"worms",
"ghosts",
"pads",
"tiptoes"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"lurks",
"mooches",
"mouses",
"pussyfoots",
"skulks",
"slides",
"slinks",
"slips",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"steals"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shirty":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
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"antonyms":[
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"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
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],
"examples":[
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"the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
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],
"related":[
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"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
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],
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"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
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]
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shivering":{
"a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the shivering of the crystal chandeliers while there was construction work next door"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"juddering",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"jiggle",
"palpitation",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shiver",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"tremor",
"twitch"
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],
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"jiggling",
"oscillation",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"twitching",
"vibration"
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]
},
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"as in shaking , shuddering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in shivery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in splitting , splintering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shlub":{
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
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"examples":[
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"you're a complete schlub \u2014you should do great around here"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
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],
"related":[
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"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shlubs":{
"a stupid person":{
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"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
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"examples":[
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"you're a complete schlub \u2014you should do great around here"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
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],
"related":[
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"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"shmoozing":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
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]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
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]
},
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"shoot":{
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"excrescence",
"growth",
"bough",
"branchlet",
"limb",
"twig",
"bud",
"floret",
"spray",
"sprig",
"spur"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"sprout"
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]
},
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"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
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],
"related":[
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"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache"
],
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"synonyms":[
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"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
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]
},
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"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"BB guns shoot small round metal pellets"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"launch",
"project",
"blaze (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"cast",
"catapult",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"lob",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"loose",
"squeeze off"
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]
},
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"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
"blaze",
"pepper",
"plink",
"potshot",
"snipe"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"discharge",
"fire"
]
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},
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"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accept",
"receive"
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],
"examples":[
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"shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"acquire",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure"
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],
"related":[
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"convey",
"deliver",
"hand over",
"pass",
"render",
"advance",
"drop",
"launch",
"address",
"forward",
"export",
"import",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"resend",
"return"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"consign",
"dispatch",
"pack (off)",
"send",
"ship",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"transport"
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]
},
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"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"hazel eyes that were brown shot with green"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"fleck",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
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]
},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
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},
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"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"blow away",
"bring down",
"drop",
"pick off",
"shoot down",
"blaze",
"pepper",
"potshot",
"snipe (at)",
"blast (at)",
"fire (at)",
"pistol",
"shotgun",
"machine-gun",
"tommy-gun",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"ice",
"kill",
"slay",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"butcher",
"decimate",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"wipe out"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"drill",
"gun",
"plug",
"pop"
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]
},
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"to take a photograph of":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"image",
"picture",
"rephotograph",
"retake",
"film",
"videotape"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"mug",
"photo",
"photograph",
"snap"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"related":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
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"discharge",
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"emanate",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"throw out",
"vent"
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]
},
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"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belt up",
"clam up",
"dummy up",
"hush",
"shut up",
"suppress",
"quiet"
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],
"related":[
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"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"roar",
"shout",
"sing (out)",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell",
"articulate",
"enounce",
"enunciate"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"pipe up",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shooting the breeze":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly."
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
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]
},
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"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"shore":{
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"shoring",
"column",
"pedestal",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"bearing",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stand",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"base",
"foundation",
"frame"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shore (up)":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bear",
"bolster",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
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]
},
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"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
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],
"related":[
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"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"substantiate",
"support"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shored (up)":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
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]
},
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"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
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],
"related":[
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"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"substantiated",
"supported"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shores":{
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"shorings",
"columns",
"pedestals",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"arches",
"bolsters",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"bearings",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stands",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses",
"bases",
"foundations",
"frames"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"reinforcements",
"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"aid",
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"facilitate",
"help"
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],
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"for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds"
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"clear",
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"unplug",
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],
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"balk",
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"chain",
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"hedge (in)",
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],
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"clog",
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]
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"type":[
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"examples":[
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"the skier's triumph turned out to be short-lived , as the next competitor bested her time"
],
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"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
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],
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"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
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],
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"brief",
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"fugacious",
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]
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
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"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
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],
"examples":[
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"there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year"
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],
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"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
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],
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"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
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],
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"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"undersupply",
"want"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"was shortchanged out of a promotion"
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],
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"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
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"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
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"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
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],
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"beat",
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"bled",
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"choused",
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"squeezed",
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"stung",
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"victimized"
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"was shortchanged out of a promotion"
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],
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"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
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"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
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"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
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],
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"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
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"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
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"does",
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"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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"a failure to get what is expected or needed":{
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"a shortfall in milk production",
"profit shortfalls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"noun"
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"charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"extorts",
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"wrests",
"wrings",
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"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
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],
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"beats",
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"thimblerigs",
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"shot":{
"a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"cannon operators often had to use several shots to figure out the range of their targets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"potshot",
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"broadside",
"burst",
"cannonade",
"drumfire",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
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],
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"blasting",
"discharge",
"firing"
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]
},
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"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we have a real shot at getting into the championship if we win this next match"
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],
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"related":[
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"play",
"way",
"juncture",
"pass"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"break",
"chance",
"occasion",
"opening",
"opportunity",
"room"
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]
},
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"a person skilled in shooting at a target":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a soldier who's an excellent shot with a rifle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"sniper",
"rifleman",
"trapshooter",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunner",
"markswoman"
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],
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"marksman",
"sharpshooter",
"shooter"
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]
},
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"a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"took a shot of his family for the scrapbook"
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],
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"related":[
"blowup",
"close-up",
"enlargement",
"still",
"telephoto",
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype"
],
"synonyms":[
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"snap",
"snapshot"
]
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},
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"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"let's take another shot at the puzzle"
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],
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"related":[
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"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
]
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},
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"an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"I have no idea what's different about you, but I'll take a shot : you cut your hair?"
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],
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"related":[
"hypothesis",
"hypothetical",
"theory",
"thesis",
"dead reckoning",
"guessing",
"guesswork",
"speculation",
"hunch",
"intuition",
"belief",
"faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjecture",
"guess",
"supposition",
"surmise"
]
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},
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"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"drank a shot of whisky"
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],
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"related":[
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"dram",
"drop"
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],
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"belt",
"draft",
"drag",
"drink",
"gulp",
"nip",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug",
"snort",
"sup",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
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]
},
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"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"BB guns shoot small round metal pellets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"launched",
"projected",
"blazed (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"cast",
"catapulted",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"lobbed",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
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],
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"blasted",
"discharged",
"fired",
"loosed",
"squeezed off"
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]
},
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"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly"
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],
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"related":[
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"blazed",
"peppered",
"plinked",
"potshot",
"sniped"
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],
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"blasted",
"discharged",
"fired"
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]
},
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"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"received"
],
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"examples":[
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"shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news"
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],
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"acquired",
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"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured"
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],
"related":[
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"conveyed",
"delivered",
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"synonyms":[
"consigned",
"dispatched",
"packed (off)",
"sent",
"shipped",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"transported"
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]
},
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"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"hazel eyes that were brown shot with green"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
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]
},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
],
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"examples":[
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"some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
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],
"related":[
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"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
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]
},
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"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"blew away",
"brought down",
"dropped",
"picked off",
"shot down",
"blazed",
"peppered",
"potshot",
"sniped (at)",
"blasted (at)",
"fired (at)",
"pistoled",
"pistolled",
"shotgunned",
"machine-gunned",
"tommy-gunned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"iced",
"killed",
"slew",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"butchered",
"decimated",
"massacred",
"slaughtered",
"wiped out"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"drilled",
"gunned",
"plugged",
"popped"
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]
},
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"to take a photograph of":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"imaged",
"pictured",
"rephotographed",
"retook",
"filmed",
"videotaped"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"mugged",
"photoed",
"photographed",
"snapped"
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]
},
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"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"absorbed",
"inhaled",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
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],
"related":[
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"eliminated",
"evacuated",
"excreted",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"secreted",
"ejected",
"erupted",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"outpoured",
"poured",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"sprayed",
"spurted",
"squirted"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"cast",
"discharged",
"emanated",
"emitted",
"evolved",
"exhaled",
"expelled",
"expired",
"gave out",
"irradiated",
"issued",
"radiated",
"released",
"sent (out)",
"threw out",
"vented"
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]
},
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"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"shut up",
"suppressed",
"quieted"
],
"related":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"roared",
"sang (out)",
"sung (out)",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled",
"articulated",
"enounced",
"enunciated"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
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]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"shot in the arm":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
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],
"examples":[
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"Getting laid off was the shot in the arm he needed to go back to school."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
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]
},
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"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"shot up":{
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
"antonyms":[
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"slumped",
"tumbled"
],
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"examples":[
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"gas prices shot up seemingly overnight"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"collapsed",
"fell",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dropped",
"lessened",
"waned"
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],
"related":[
"accumulated",
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"appreciated",
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"ballooned",
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"built up",
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"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
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"multiplied",
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"mushroomed",
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"proliferated",
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"snowballed",
"swelled",
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"waxed",
"crested",
"peaked",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"soared",
"zoomed"
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]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"shotgun":{
"as in musket , flintlock":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in pistol":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in scattershot":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"adjective",
"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"shout":{
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"gasp",
"whimper",
"whisper"
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],
"related":[
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"ejaculation",
"interjection",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"bawl",
"bellow",
"clamor",
"outcry",
"roar",
"caterwaul",
"plaint",
"wail"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl"
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]
},
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"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
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],
"related":[
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"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"show bills":{
"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"show up":{
"to come into view":{
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish"
],
"examples":[
"normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw"
],
"related":[
"reappear",
"resurface",
"bulk",
"loom",
"arrive",
"come",
"dawn",
"debut",
"arise",
"blossom",
"bob (up)",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"happen",
"occur",
"reappear",
"rematerialize"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"turn up",
"unfold"
]
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},
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"to get to a destination":{
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"antonyms":[
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"go",
"leave"
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],
"examples":[
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"the band showed up an hour late"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
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],
"related":[
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"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"turn up"
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]
},
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"to reveal the true nature of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask"
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],
"examples":[
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"were shown up for what they really are"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"conceal",
"hide",
"secrete",
"veil"
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],
"related":[
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"demolish",
"discredit",
"disprove",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"debunk",
"expose",
"nail",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"undress",
"unmask"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"showcase":{
"a storage case that is used for displaying objects":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"In the years since he began collecting fossils, his showcase has become quite a sight to behold."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"an occasion for presenting someone or something in an attractive or favorable way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The concert proved to be an excellent showcase for local musicians looking to attract a national audience.",
"Actors are invited to participate in a theatrical showcase this Friday."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to present in a favorable or attractive manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Applicants are asked to submit writing samples that showcase their creativity.",
"The restaurant's varied menu showcases the chef's eclectic culinary background."
],
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"disproved"
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"that shows we're right"
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"showed me how to play the guitar"
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"ushered"
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"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
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"masked",
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"covered",
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"the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started"
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"disported",
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"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"caroused",
"mafficked",
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"revelled",
"roared",
"wassailed"
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"monkeyed (around)",
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"skylarked"
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"masked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"occulted",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
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"divulged",
"talked (about)",
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"discovered",
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"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
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"exposed",
"flashed",
"flaunted",
"laid out",
"paraded",
"produced",
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"sported",
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"unveiled"
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"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"salvo",
"volley",
"flood",
"gush",
"rush",
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"torrent",
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"drip",
"trickle"
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"burst",
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"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
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"bombardment",
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"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"storm",
"volley"
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"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold"
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"related":[
"gush",
"stream",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"swamp",
"bombard",
"hail"
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"verb"
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"holding back",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding"
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"related":[
"gushing",
"streaming",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"swamping",
"bombarding",
"hailing"
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"pouring",
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"verb"
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"dissolving",
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"evaporating",
"fading",
"going (away)",
"melting (away)",
"vanishing"
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"leaving",
"retiring",
"withdrawing"
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"looming",
"arriving",
"coming",
"dawning",
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"arising",
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"bobbing (up)",
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"breaking out",
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"emerging",
"erupting",
"issuing",
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"rising",
"shooting (up)",
"springing (up)",
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"reappearing",
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"leaving"
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"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
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"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
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"debarking",
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"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
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"hiding",
"secreting",
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"disproving",
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"divulging",
"telling",
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"verb"
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"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
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"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
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"titanic",
"tremendous",
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"thick",
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"wide",
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"microscopical",
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"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
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"scarce",
"skimp",
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"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
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"capsule"
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"dinky",
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"fine",
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"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
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"slight",
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"increments",
"raises",
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"upticks"
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],
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"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
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"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
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"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"step-downs"
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
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"as in remitted":{
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},
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"the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy"
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"Trojan horse",
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"curtain",
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"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"veil",
"wraps"
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},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
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"examples":[
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"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
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"cover (up)",
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"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
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"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
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"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"suppress",
"veil"
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},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
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"light (up)",
"lighten"
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"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
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"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
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"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
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"mask",
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"blacken",
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"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"related":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrouds":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"veils",
"wraps"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"examples":[
"shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"related":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"suppresses",
"veils"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
],
"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"related":[
"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fogs",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"related":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrunk":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"antonyms":[
"ballooned",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen"
],
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"grown",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)"
],
"related":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"dried up",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"related":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shaken",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"squinched",
"winced"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"risen",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
],
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"blown up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"given out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fallen",
"fallen away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shucked":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shucking peas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"scaled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"pared"
],
"synonyms":[
"barked",
"flayed",
"hulled",
"husked",
"peeled",
"shelled",
"skinned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shudder":{
"an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"agitation",
"convulsing",
"jolt",
"quake",
"shake",
"tremor",
"vibration",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"fluctuation",
"flutter",
"oscillation",
"wave",
"beat",
"palpitation",
"pulsation",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"synonyms":[
"quiver",
"shiver",
"tremble"
]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"huddled in the basement, we shuddered with fear as we heard the approaching tornado"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"chatter",
"quaver",
"shiver",
"thrill",
"tremble",
"twitch",
"dodder",
"waver",
"flicker",
"fluctuate",
"flutter",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wave",
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulsate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bucket",
"convulse",
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"joggle",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"judder",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"vibrate",
"wobble",
"wabble"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shuddery":{
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with a few shuddery strokes of a pen, she signed her last will and testament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"firm",
"settled",
"stable",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"convulsive",
"shivering",
"shivery",
"rocky",
"staggery",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"wavering",
"wavery",
"palpitating",
"pulsating",
"throbbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquiver",
"atremble",
"quaking",
"quavery",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shaky",
"shuddering",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"trembling",
"trembly",
"tremulous",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"wobbly",
"wabbly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"shuffle (out of)":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't know how the CEO managed to shuffle out of being held responsible for his company's weak performance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"related":[
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)",
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"preclude",
"rule out",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"skirt",
"foil",
"fox",
"frustrate",
"outfox",
"outsmart",
"outwit",
"overreach",
"thwart"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shuffled (out of)":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't know how the CEO managed to shuffle out of being held responsible for his company's weak performance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"related":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shuffling":{
"as in plodding , inching":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in wobbly , unsteady":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezing",
"coasting",
"gliding",
"sliding",
"waltzing",
"whisking"
],
"examples":[
"the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poising",
"wafting"
],
"related":[
"dragging",
"flopping",
"hauling",
"blundering",
"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"barging",
"clumping",
"flogging",
"floundering",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"plodding",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"slogging",
"sloughing",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"tromping",
"trudging"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"antonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"regulating",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying"
],
"examples":[
"shuffle the cards and deal five to each player"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"methodizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adjusting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"unscrambling"
],
"related":[
"embroiling",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"stirring (up)",
"unsettling",
"cluttering"
],
"synonyms":[
"confusing",
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disjointing",
"dislocating",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"hashing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shun":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just a ruse to shun the debt collectors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"related":[
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)",
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"preclude",
"rule out",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"skirt",
"foil",
"fox",
"frustrate",
"outfox",
"outsmart",
"outwit",
"overreach",
"thwart"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"weasel (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shunned":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just a ruse to shun the debt collectors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"related":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"weaseled (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shunpikes":{
"as in side streets , secondary roads":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shushed":{
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shushed the crying baby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"stirred"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"dumbed",
"extinguished",
"hushed",
"muted",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"settled",
"shut up",
"silenced",
"squelched",
"stilled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shut (in or up)":{
"as in contain , bottle (up)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shutdown":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"examples":[
"the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"related":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shutting out":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"antonyms":[
"admitting",
"including"
],
"examples":[
"local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"embracing",
"entertaining",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"unbanning"
],
"related":[
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"suspending",
"deterring",
"staving off",
"warding (off)",
"checking off",
"disregarding",
"combing (out)",
"weeding (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"closing out",
"counting (out)",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"freezing out",
"ruling out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shuck":{
"something of little importance":{
"examples":[
"it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagatelle",
"child's play",
"frippery",
"nonproblem",
"nothing",
"picayune",
"small beer",
"small change",
"trifle",
"triviality"
],
"related":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nothingness",
"smoke",
"zero",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song",
"straw",
"two bits",
"bunk",
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"folly",
"fribble",
"fudge",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"nonsense",
"piffle",
"rot",
"trash",
"trivia",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"lick",
"mite",
"ounce",
"particle",
"pinhead",
"scintilla",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"soup\u00e7on",
"speck",
"spot",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"shucking peas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bark",
"flay",
"hull",
"husk",
"peel",
"shell",
"skin"
],
"related":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"scale",
"strip",
"pare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shut out":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out"
],
"related":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"as in ruled out , excluded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sweep , blowout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whitewash , washout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shutdowns":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs"
],
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"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"related":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shorn":{
"as in bald , hairless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"shake":{
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"examples":[
"the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road"
],
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"agitate",
"bucket",
"convulse",
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"joggle",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"judder",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shudder",
"vibrate",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"related":[
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"chatter",
"quaver",
"shiver",
"thrill",
"tremble",
"twitch",
"dodder",
"waver",
"flicker",
"fluctuate",
"flutter",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wave",
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulsate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"related":[
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)",
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"preclude",
"rule out",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"skirt",
"foil",
"fox",
"frustrate",
"outfox",
"outsmart",
"outwit",
"overreach",
"thwart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"I'll be there in two shakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
"related":[
"microsecond",
"snatch",
"spurt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"forever",
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
"examples":[
"I get the shakes every time I hear her voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"nerves",
"screaming meemies",
"shivers",
"whim-whams",
"willies"
],
"related":[
"cold sweat",
"creeps",
"fidgets",
"goose bumps",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"fear",
"hysteria",
"uneasiness",
"frazzle",
"nervous breakdown",
"edginess",
"jumpiness",
"skittishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calm",
"composure",
"equanimity",
"imperturbability",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a shaking of the earth":{
"examples":[
"the shake was a modest 3.1 on the Richter scale"
],
"synonyms":[
"earthquake",
"quake",
"temblor",
"tremor"
],
"related":[
"aftershock",
"foreshock",
"shock",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"upheaval",
"microearthquake",
"microseism",
"seaquake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shucked (off)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"bad habits are hard to shuck off"
],
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"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sharing":{
"to take a share or part":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"partaking",
"participating"
],
"related":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"knowing",
"seeing",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shack":{
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
"examples":[
"a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabin",
"camp",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"hutment",
"shanty"
],
"related":[
"lean-to",
"shed",
"cot",
"cottage",
"lodge",
"cabana",
"bungalow",
"chalet",
"hogan",
"wickiup",
"wigwam",
"tent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shoved (off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"time to shove off for home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shred":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the vandals showed not a shred of decency"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"related":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"rend",
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"related":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"shaitan":{
"an evil spirit":{
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"examples":[
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"her fate was sealed once she let the shaitan out of the bottle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp"
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],
"related":[
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"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"shin":{
"as in thigh , calf":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skin , shimmy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"show bill":{
"as in flyer , handout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"shipmate":{
"as in crewman , deckhand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"noun"
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}
}
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