{ "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" ] } }, "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" ] }, "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" ] }, "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" ] }, "shadowiness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shags":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shake (off)":{ "as in recover (from) , rally":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "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" ] }, "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" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shaky":{ "giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{ "antonyms":[ "certain", "hands-down", "incontestable", "indisputable", "indubitable", "questionless", "sure", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unproblematic", "unquestionable" ], "examples":[ "results that were arrived at using some shaky experimental procedures" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "definitive", "clear", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "positive" ], "related":[ "alleged", "so-called", "supposed", "moot", "ambiguous", "open", "unclear", "uncertain", "undecided", "undetermined", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "unlikely", "weak" ], "synonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "dodgy", "doubtable", "doubtful", "dubious", "dubitable", "equivocal", "fishy", "problematic", "problematical", "queer", "questionable", "shady", "suspect", "suspicious" ] }, "marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the old man's hands were so shaky that I was afraid he'd drop the glass" ], "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", "shuddering", "shuddery", "tottering", "tottery", "trembling", "trembly", "tremulous", "wobbling", "wabbling", "wobbly", "wabbly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shamble":{ "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breeze", "coast", "glide", "slide", "waltz", "whisk" ], "examples":[ "disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room" ], "near antonyms":[ "drift", "float", "hang", "hover", "poise", "waft" ], "related":[ "drag", "flop", "haul", "blunder", "careen", "dodder", "lurch", "reel", "stagger", "sway", "teeter", "totter", "waddle", "weave", "wobble", "wabble" ], "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tramp", "tromp", "trudge" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shambled":{ "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breezed", "coasted", "glided", "slid", "waltzed", "whisked" ], "examples":[ "disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifted", "floated", "hovered", "hung", "hanged", "poised", "wafted" ], "related":[ "dragged", "flopped", "hauled", "blundered", "careened", "doddered", "lurched", "reeled", "staggered", "swayed", "teetered", "tottered", "waddled", "weaved", "wobbled", "wabbled" ], "synonyms":[ "barged", "clumped", "flogged", "floundered", "galumphed", "lumbered", "lumped", "plodded", "pounded", "scuffed", "scuffled", "shuffled", "slogged", "sloughed", "stamped", "stomped", "stumbled", "stumped", "tramped", "tromped", "trudged" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shambling":{ "as in wobbly , lumbering":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ], "examples":[ "disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room" ], "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", "shuffling", "slogging", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "shame":{ "a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{ "antonyms":[ "impenitence", "remorselessness" ], "examples":[ "racked with shame over her actions of the previous week" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compunction", "misgiving", "prick", "qualm", "scruple", "blame", "culpability", "fault", "liability", "rap", "responsibility", "chagrin", "embarrassment", "anguish", "distress", "grief", "ruth", "sadness", "sorrow", "bloodguilt", "bloodguiltiness", "apology", "excuses", "hand-wringing", "mea culpa" ], "synonyms":[ "contriteness", "contrition", "guilt", "penitence", "regret", "remorse", "remorsefulness", "repentance", "rue", "self-reproach" ] }, "a regrettable or blameworthy act":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it's a shame you won't be able to come to the party" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "outrage", "scandal" ], "synonyms":[ "crime", "disgrace", "pity", "sin" ] }, "the state of having lost the esteem of others":{ "antonyms":[ "esteem", "honor", "respect" ], "examples":[ "left the room in shame after his angry outburst" ], "near antonyms":[ "admiration", "appreciation", "estimation", "regard", "awe", "fear", "reverence", "fame", "glory", "renown", "repute" ], "related":[ "scandal", "contempt", "despite", "disdain", "scorn", "deprecation", "disapprobation", "disapproval", "disfavor", "abasement", "debasement", "debasing", "degradation", "dust", "humbling", "humiliation", "blot", "brand", "shadow", "slur", "smirch", "spot", "stain", "stigma", "taint" ], "synonyms":[ "discredit", "disesteem", "disgrace", "dishonor", "disrepute", "ignominy", "infamy", "obloquy", "odium", "opprobrium", "reproach" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ], "examples":[ "shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "related":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humble", "humiliate", "lower", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shanghaied":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shank":{ "an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ 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"frameworks", "shells", "skeletons", "arrangements", "designs", "formats", "layouts", "makeups", "organizations", "patterns", "plans", "setups" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "configurations", "conformations", "fashions", "figures", "forms", "geometries" ] }, "the type of body that a person has":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some specialty clothing stores sell clothing that suits people that have a particular shape" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "anatomies", "structures" ], "synonyms":[ "builds", "constitutions", "figures", "forms", "frames", "habits", "physiques" ] }, "to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a dress shaped to the customer's particular figure" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjusts" ], "related":[ "readapts", "readjusts", "customizes", "gears", "matches", "models", "patterns", "attunes", "corrects", "harmonizes", "squares", "tunes", "establishes", "roots", "settles", "acquaints", "familiarizes", "orientates", "orients", "equips", "prepares", "primes", "rehearses", "hardens", "inures", "seasons", "toughens", "alters", "converts", "makes over", "modifies", "recasts", "reclaims", "recycles", "redesigns", "redevelops", "redoes", "reengineers", "refashions", "refigures", "refits", "refocuses", "reinvents", "rejiggers", "remakes", "remodels", "revamps", "revises", "reworks", "transforms", "accustoms", "habilitates", "habituates", "naturalizes", "readies", "trains", "bends", "fiddles (with)", "fine-tunes", "phases", "registers", "regulates", "rigs" ], "synonyms":[ "acclimates", "acclimatizes", "accommodates", "adapts", "adjusts", "conditions", "conforms", "doctors", "edits", "fashions", "fits", "puts", "suits", "tailors" ] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "over the winter the committee shaped the company's new marketing strategy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "conspires", "contrives", "devises", "intrigues", "machinates", "plots", "puts up", "concerts", "gets up", "drafts", "outlines", "sketches", "aims", "figures", "has on", "intends", "means", "contemplates", "meditates", "premeditates" ], "synonyms":[ "arranges", "blueprints", "budgets", "calculates", "charts", "choreographs", "designs", "frames", "lays out", "maps (out)", "organizes", "plans", "prepares", "projects", "schemes (out)", "strategizes (about)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shard":{ "a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "share (out)":{ "as in hand out , dole out":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shares":{ "a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she sold her share in the business to her partner" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "co-ownerships", "ownerships", "partnerships", "parts", "possessions", "titles" ], "synonyms":[ "claims", "interests", "stakes" ] }, "something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my share of the lottery winnings is over a million dollars", "her share of the bill comes to $13.44" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "pools", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "wholes" ], "related":[ "lots", "rations", "commissions", "percentages", "members", "partitions", "sections", "segments" ], "synonyms":[ "allotments", "allowances", "cuts", "ends", "parts", "pieces", "portions", "proportions", "quotas", "slices", "takes" ] }, "to take a share or part":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "endures", "experiences", "feels", "knows", "sees", "tastes", "undergoes", "encounters", "meets", "accepts", "receives" ], "synonyms":[ "partakes", "participates" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sharp-eyed":{ "having unusually keen vision":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement" ], "near antonyms":[ "blind", "eyeless", "sightless", "stone-blind", "visionless", "astigmatic", "myopic", "nearsighted", "shortsighted", "purblind" ], "related":[ "sighted", "alert", "attentive", "aware", "observant", "observing", "vigilant", "watchful" ], "synonyms":[ "clear-sighted", "eagle-eyed", "hawkeyed", "lynx-eyed", "sharp-sighted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sharpen":{ "to make sharp or sharper":{ "antonyms":[ "blunt", "dull" ], "examples":[ "you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly" ], "near antonyms":[ "buff", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "round", "smooth" ], "related":[ "file" ], "synonyms":[ "edge", "grind", "hone", "stone", "strop", "whet" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sharpened":{ "having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{ "antonyms":[ "blunt", "blunted", "dull", "dulled", "obtuse" ], "examples":[ "the sharpened blade of a lawn mower" ], "near antonyms":[ "rounded", "smooth", "soft", "even", "flat", "level", "slick" ], "related":[ "clawlike", "daggerlike", "knifelike", "jabbing", "jagged", "lacerating", "piercing", "scratching", "stabbing", "pointed", "pointy", "spiky", "spikey" ], "synonyms":[ "cutting", "edged", "edgy", "ground", "honed", "keen", "sharp", "stropped", "trenchant", "whetted" ] }, "to make sharp or sharper":{ "antonyms":[ "blunted", "dulled" ], "examples":[ "you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly" ], "near antonyms":[ "buffed", "burnished", "glossed", "polished", "rounded", "smoothed" ], "related":[ "filed" ], "synonyms":[ "edged", "ground", "honed", "stoned", "stropped", "whetted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sharper":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "synonyms":[ "bilk", "bilker", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sharpies":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to 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"antonyms":[ "unbroken" ], "examples":[ "the glass mirror lay shattered on the floor" ], "near antonyms":[ "fixed", "healed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "repaired", "infrangible", "unbreakable" ], "related":[ "blasted", "detonated", "exploded", "cracked", "slivered", "splintered", "split", "collapsed", "imploded", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "pulverized", "ruinate", "ruined", "wrecked", "damaged", "defaced", "disintegrated", "dynamited", "mangled", "mutilated", "eradicated", "exterminated", "extirpated", "obliterated", "wiped out", "breakable", "brittle", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible" ], "synonyms":[ "broken", "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "smashed" ] }, "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "antonyms":[ "built", "constructed", "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up" ], "examples":[ "tried to restore their shattered hopes" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "reconditioned", "repaired", "revamped", "created", "invented", "assembled", "fabricated", "fashioned", "forged", "formed", "framed", "made", "manufactured", "molded", "produced", "shaped", "brought about", "constituted", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "remodeled", "renovated", "restored" ], "related":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "mangled", "marred", "mutilated", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "eroded", "scoured", "swept (away)", "washed out", "wore (away)", "dilapidated", "disassembled", "dismantled", "gutted", "took down", "unbuilt", "undid", "unmade", "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extirpated", "liquidated", "obliterated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out", "despoiled", "havocked", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "trampled", "trashed", "vandalized", "assassinated", "butchered", "cut down", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "killed", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "murdered", "slaughtered", "slew", "took out", "zapped" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ] }, "to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an 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"thudded", "thwacked", "whacked" ], "related":[ "bumped", "contacted", "scraped", "sideswiped", "struck", "swept", "swiped", "touched", "bounced", "caromed", "glanced", "rebounded", "ricocheted", "ricochetted", "skipped", "caressed", "cuddled", "fondled", "loved", "patted", "petted", "stroked", "missed", "skirted" ], "synonyms":[ "brushed", "grazed", "kissed", "nudged", "skimmed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sheath":{ "something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he removed his knife from its sheath and started to whittle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cartridge", "cassette", "casette", "bark", "crust", "carapace", "house", "mail", "panoply", "plate", "plating", "shield", "cuticle", "hide", "skin", "envelope", "package", "wrapper", "backing", "coating", "coverture", "facing" ], "synonyms":[ "armor", "capsule", "case", "casing", "cocoon", "cover", "covering", "encasement", "housing", "hull", "husk", "jacket", "pod", "shell" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheaves":{ "a considerable amount":{ "antonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "handfuls", "handsful", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "mouthfuls", "nips", "ounces", "peanuts", "pinches", "pittances", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "specks", "spots", "sprinkles", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "tastes", "touches", "traces" ], "examples":[ "contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state" ], "near antonyms":[ "atoms", "crumbs", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "fragments", "grains", "granules", "iotas", "jots", "modicums", "molecules", "motes", "nubbins", "particles", "rays", "scintillas", "scraps", "shreds", "tittles", "whits", "smatterings", "smatters", "dashes", "drops", "morsels", "shots", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "absences", "dearths", "famines", "lacks", "paucities", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants", "deficiencies", "deficits", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies" ], "related":[ "epidemics", "plagues", "rashes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "plethoras", "redundancies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "deluges", "floods", "overflows", "armies", "bevies", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "scores", "seas", "swarms", "throngs", "gazillions", "jillions", "kazillions", "millions", "million", "thousands", "trillions", "zillions" ], "synonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "basketfuls", "basketsful", "boatloads", "buckets", "bunches", "bundles", "bushels", "carloads", "chunks", "deals", "dozens", "dozen", "fistfuls", "gobs", "good deals", "heaps", "hundreds", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "multiplicities", "myriads", "oodles", "packs", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "platefuls", "plenitudes", "plenties", "plentitudes", "potfuls", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "shiploads", "sights", "slews", "spates", "stacks", "stores", "tons", "truckloads", "volumes", "wads", "wealths", "yards" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shed":{ "as in lean-to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flake", "peel", "scale", "chuck", "discard", "ditch", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "scrap", "shuck (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "unload" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliate", "molt", "slip", "slough", "sluff" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopt", "embrace", "take on", "employ", "use", "utilize", "hold", "hold back", "keep", "retain" ], "related":[ "abandon", "abdicate", "desert", "forsake", "dismiss", "kick out", "abolish", "annihilate", "eliminate", "eradicate", "expunge", "exterminate", "extinguish", "extirpate", "liquidate", "remove", "root (out)", "stamp (out)", "wipe out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashier", "cast (off)", "chuck", "deep-six", "discard", "ditch", "dump", "eighty-six", "86", "exorcise", "exorcize", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "lay by", "lose", "pitch", "reject", "scrap", "shuck (off)", "slough (off)", "sluff (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "toss", "unload" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sheds":{ "as in lean-tos":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flakes", "peels", "scales", "chucks", "discards", "ditches", "flings (off or away)", "jettisons", "junks", "scraps", "shucks (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "unloads" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliates", "molts", "slips", "sloughs", "sluffs" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopts", "embraces", "takes on", "employs", "uses", "utilizes", "holds", "holds back", "keeps", "retains" ], "related":[ "abandons", "abdicates", "deserts", "forsakes", "dismisses", "kicks out", "abolishes", "annihilates", "eliminates", "eradicates", "expunges", "exterminates", "extinguishes", "extirpates", "liquidates", "removes", "roots (out)", "stamps (out)", "wipes out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiers", "casts (off)", "chucks", "deep-sixes", "discards", "ditches", "dumps", "eighty-sixes", "86es", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "flings (off or away)", "jettisons", "junks", "lays by", "loses", "pitches", "rejects", "scraps", "shucks (off)", "sloughs (off)", "sluffs (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "tosses", "unloads" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sheepfold":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheepishness":{ "as in diffidence , timidness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheepskin":{ "as in lambskin , cowhide":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheik":{ "as in womanizer , lady-killer":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shell game":{ "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it's amazing how intelligent people fall for that investment-fund shell game" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cross", "fix", "Ponzi scheme", "pyramid scheme", "racket", "rip-off", "thimblerig", "three-card monte", "device", "dodge", "gimmick", "jig", "ploy", "scheme", "sleight", "stratagem", "trick", "wile", "gouging", "overcharging", "soaking", "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "humbug", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "synonyms":[ "bunco", "bunko", "con", "fiddle", "flimflam", "fraud", "hustle", "scam", "sting", "swindle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shelter":{ "something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sudden fierce storm forced us to run to the nearest shelter" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "oasis", "anchorage", "mooring", "port", "cover", "screen", "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "habitation", "house", "housing", "lodging", "lodgment", "lodgement", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence", "rest", "roof", "cloister", "closet", "covert", "den", "hermitage", "hideaway", "hideout", "lair", "castle", "fastness", "fort", "fortress", "palisade", "redoubt", "stronghold", "lean-to", "lee", "shed", "windbreak" ], "synonyms":[ "asylum", "bolt-hole", "harbor", "harborage", "haven", "refuge", "retreat", "sanctuary", "sanctum" ] }, "to be or provide a shelter for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats" ], "near antonyms":[ "expose" ], "related":[ "cover", "defend", "protect", "safeguard", "screen", "secure", "shield", "ward", "domicile", "house", "place", "quarter", "shade", "shadow" ], "synonyms":[ "harbor", "refuge" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "evict" ], "related":[ "ensconce", "home", "roost", "secure", "shed", "stable", "tent", "barrack", "bed (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "bestow", "billet", "bivouac", "board", "bunk", "camp", "chamber", "domicile", "encamp", "harbor", "house", "lodge", "put up", "quarter", "roof", "room", "take in" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shelve":{ "to assign to a later time":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's shelve the project for now" ], "near antonyms":[ "act", "deal (with)", "decide (upon)", "do", "work (on)" ], "related":[ "suspend", "hesitate", "pause", "stay", "detain", "retard", "slow", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch (out)", "wait" ], "synonyms":[ "defer", "delay", "hold off (on)", "hold over", "hold up", "lay over", "postpone", "put off", "put over", "remit" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shepherd":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "godfather", "direct", "engineer", "steer", "sway", "accompany", "attend", "chaperone", "chaperon", "convoy", "escort", "see", "squire", "oversee", "superintend", "supervise", "drill", "train", "brief", "enlighten", "inform", "instruct", "school", "teach", "inculcate", "indoctrinate", "cultivate", "foster", "nurture" ], "synonyms":[ "coach", "counsel", "guide", "lead", "mentor", "pilot", "show", "tutor" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shepherding":{ "as in steering , piloting":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "godfathering", "directing", "engineering", "steering", "swaying", "accompanying", "attending", "chaperoning", "convoying", "escorting", "seeing", "squiring", "overseeing", "superintending", "supervising", "drilling", "training", "briefing", "enlightening", "informing", "instructing", "schooling", "teaching", "inculcating", "indoctrinating", "cultivating", "fostering", "nurturing" ], "synonyms":[ "coaching", "counseling", "counselling", "guiding", "leading", "mentoring", "piloting", "showing", "tutoring" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shied (from or away from)":{ "as in objected (to) , disapproved (of)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "shielding":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking" ], "examples":[ "celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombarding", "storming", "besetting", "besieging", "overrunning", "capitulating", "caving", "submitting", "yielding" ], "related":[ "averting", "preventing", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding", "battling", "contending", "fighting", "warring", "conserving", "preserving", "saving", "buffering", "palisading", "picketing", "walling" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarking", "covering", "defending", "fencing", "fending", "forfending", "guarding", "keeping", "protecting", "safeguarding", "screening", "securing", "warding" ] }, "to place a protective layer over":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand" ], "near antonyms":[ "baring", "exposing", "uncovering" ], "related":[ "cloaking", "clothing", "veiling", "draping", "palling", "canopying", "capping", "crowning", "disguising", "masking", "obscuring" ], "synonyms":[ "covering", "screening" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "shifting":{ "the act or an instance of changing position":{ "antonyms":[ "motionlessness" ], "examples":[ "the shifting of the toys to the front of the display was a direct result of their sudden popularity" ], "near antonyms":[ "immobility", "inertia", "inertness", "stillness", "cessation", "discontinuance", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "pause", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "related":[ "dislocation", "migration", "relocation", "locomotion", "mobility", "motility", "motivity", "fiddling", "fidgeting", "squirm", "squirming", "twitching", "wriggling", "writhing", "flailing", "flapping", "waving" ], "synonyms":[ "motion", "move", "movement", "shift", "stir", "stirring" ] }, "to change one's position":{ "antonyms":[ "freezing", "stilling" ], "examples":[ "she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview" ], "near antonyms":[ "hanging around", "remaining", "staying", "sticking around", "tarrying", "stabilizing" ], "related":[ "fiddling", "fidgeting", "jiggling", "squiggling", "squirming", "tossing", "twitching", "wiggling", "wriggling", "writhing", "rousing" ], "synonyms":[ "budging", "locomoting", "moving", "stirring" ] }, "to change the place or position of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over" ], "near antonyms":[ "anchoring", "fixing", "freezing", "mooring", "securing", "setting", "stabilizing", "embedding", "imbedding", "entrenching", "intrenching", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "lodging", "rooting" ], "related":[ "bearing", "carrying", "carting", "conveying", "driving", "hauling", "lugging", "toting", "transmitting", "transplanting", "transporting", "replacing", "superseding", "supplanting", "altering", "making over", "modifying", "redoing", "refashioning", "remaking", "remodeling", "revamping", "revising", "reworking", "varying" ], "synonyms":[ "budging", "dislocating", "displacing", "disturbing", "moving", "relocating", "removing", "repositioning", "transferring", "transposing" ] }, "to give up (something) and take something else in return":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "interchanging", "displacing", "replacing", "superseding", "ceding", "handing over", "surrendering", "yielding", "reciprocating" ], "synonyms":[ "changing", "commuting", "exchanging", "substituting", "swapping", "switching", "trading" ] }, "to meet one's day-to-day needs":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "left the others to shift for themselves" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsing", "failing", "falling short", "fizzling", "floundering", "declining", "petering (out)", "slumping", "waning", "giving up" ], "related":[ "carrying on", "contriving", "scraping (by or through)", "scrounging", "lasting", "surviving", "eking out", "scraping (out)", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing", "affording", "swinging" ], "synonyms":[ "coping", "doing", "faring", "getting along", "getting by", "getting on", "making out", "managing" ] }, "to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{ "antonyms":[ "plateauing", "stabilizing" ], "examples":[ "she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "metamorphosing", "morphing", "transmuting", "bettering", "improving", "deteriorating", "worsening", "turning around", "seesawing", "teetering", "vacillating", "wavering" ], "synonyms":[ "changing", "fluctuating", "mutating", "snapping", "varying" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shiftlessness":{ "an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{ "antonyms":[ "drive", "industriousness", "industry" ], "examples":[ "with the start of the warm weather, combating the students' shiftlessness was a constant ordeal" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambition", "enterprise", "go", "hustle", "initiative", "assiduity", "assiduousness", "diligence", "perseverance", "animation", "briskness", "energy", "exuberance", "jazziness", "liveliness", "lustiness", "pep", "peppiness", "robustness", "sprightliness", "vibrancy", "vigor", "vim", "vitality", "vivacity" ], "related":[ "apathy", "languor", "lassitude", "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "supineness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "synonyms":[ "idleness", "indolence", "inertia", "laziness", "sloth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shimmery":{ "as in shimmering , sparkling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agleam", "aglitter", "blinding", "coruscant", "flaring", "flashing", "flickering", "gemmy", "glancing", "glaring", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glistering", "glittering", "scintillant", "scintillating", "shimmering", "sparkling", "sunny", "twinkling", "winking", "ablaze", "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "fiery", "flaming", "red-hot", "burnished", "polished", "shined", "beaming", "bedazzling", "bright", "brilliant", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "lustrous", "radiant", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid", "superbright", "ultrabright" ], "near antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "lackluster", "unbright", "unbrilliant", "blackened", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dimmed", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "somber", "sombre", "sunless", "tenebrous", "unlit", "cloudy", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "palish" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shine":{ "a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the shines they pulled at summer camp have become embellished with each retelling" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "skylarking", "adventure", "experience", "game", "lark", "time", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "play", "roughhousing", "rowdyism", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "joking", "kidding", "teasing", "gambit", "hoax", "maneuver", "ploy", "deed", "feat", "mission", "performance", "stunt", "caprice", "conceit", "fancy", "vagary", "whim", "whimsy", "whimsey", "deceit", "deception", "delusion", "fooling", "fraud", "hanky-panky", "hoodwinking", "ruse", "sham", "stratagem", "subterfuge", "trickery", "wile" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "caper", "capriccio", "dido", "escapade", "frolic", "gag", "jest", "knavery", "monkeyshine(s)", "practical joke", "prank", "rag", "roguery", "shavie", "trick", "waggery" ] }, "brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the troop inspector insisted on nothing less than a dazzling shine from every pair of shoes in the line of review" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "dinginess", "dirtiness", "drabness", "dullness", "dulness", "flatness", "grayness", "paleness", "cloudiness", "gloom", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "somberness" ], "related":[ "glare", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glow", "shimmer", "blink", "flicker", "sparkle", "twinkle", "illumination", "irradiation", "iridescence", "luminescence", "brilliance", "luminosity", "radiance", "radiancy", "refulgence", "finish", "glaze" ], "synonyms":[ "burnish", "gloss", "luminance", "luster", "lustre", "polish", "sheen" ] }, "positive regard for something":{ "antonyms":[ "aversion", "disfavor", "disgust", "dislike", "distaste", "hatred", "loathing", "mislike" ], "examples":[ "took quite a shine to the new neighbors" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathy", "disinclination", "indifference", "unconcern" ], "related":[ "craving", "desire", "hankering", "longing", "thirst", "yen", "enthusiasm", "gusto", "interest", "passion", "bias", "prejudice", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "propensity", "tendency", "tooth", "palate", "weakness" ], "synonyms":[ "appetite", "fancy", "favor", "fondness", "like", "liking", "love", "love affair", "partiality", "preference", "relish", "taste", "use" ] }, "the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "by the shine of the full moon we could see the rabbit helping himself to our garden vegetables" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dimness", "dusk", "duskiness", "gloom", "night", "shadow" ], "related":[ "flash", "glimmer", "glint", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle", "daylight", "moonlight", "sunlight", "sunshine", "afterglow", "aureole", "aureola", "aurora", "beam", "halo", "ray", "shaft", "streak", "stream", "sunbeam", "glisten", "gloss", "luster", "lustre", "polish", "reflection", "sheen" ], "synonyms":[ "blaze", "flare", "fluorescence", "glare", "gleam", "glow", "illumination", "incandescence", "light", "luminescence", "radiance" ] }, "to emit rays of light":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth" ], "near antonyms":[ "blacken", "darken", "lower", "lour" ], "related":[ "blaze", "burn", "fire", "flame", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glister", "glitter", "glow", "luminesce", "sheen", "shimmer", "blink", "coruscate", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "luster", "lustre", "scintillate", "spangle", "sparkle", "twinkle", "wink", "winkle", "beat (down)", "glare", "brighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "irradiate", "light", "lighten", "bedazzle", "blind", "daze", "dazzle" ], "synonyms":[ "beam", "radiate", "ray" ] }, "to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house" ], "near antonyms":[ "rough (up)", "roughen", "ruffle", "scuff (up)" ], "related":[ "sleek", "slick", "coat", "glaze", "japan", "lacquer", "varnish", "face", "finish", "veneer", "brighten", "file", "rasp", "sand", "sandblast", "sandpaper", "scour", "scrape", "scrub", "bob", "bone", "lap" ], "synonyms":[ "buff", "burnish", "dress", "furbish", "gloss", "grind", "polish", "rub", "smooth", "smoothen" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shingling":{ "as in overlap , overlaying":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in overlapping , overlaying":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shininess":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shipload":{ "a considerable amount":{ "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ], "examples":[ "it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion" ], "near antonyms":[ "atom", "crumb", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "fragment", "grain", "granule", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "ray", "scintilla", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit", "smatter", "smattering", "dash", "drop", "morsel", "shot", "piece", "portion", "section", "absence", "dearth", "famine", "lack", "paucity", "poverty", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want", "deficiency", "deficit", "inadequacy", "insufficiency", "meagerness", "scantiness", "scantness", "skimpiness" ], "related":[ "epidemic", "plague", "rash", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "plethora", "redundancy", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "overflow", "army", "bevy", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mob", "multitude", "press", "score", "sea", "swarm", "throng", "gazillion", "jillion", "kazillion", "million", "thousands", "trillion", "zillion" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "multiplicity", "myriad", "oodles", "pack", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plateful", "plenitude", "plentitude", "plenty", "pot", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "sheaf", "sight", "slew", "spate", "stack", "store", "ton", "truckload", "volume", "wad", "wealth", "yard" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shipping":{ "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[ "accepting", "receiving" ], "examples":[ "we shipped those books out yesterday" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiring", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "garnering", "getting", "obtaining", "procuring", "securing" ], "related":[ "conveying", "delivering", "handing over", "passing", "rendering", "advancing", "dropping", "launching", "addressing", "forwarding", "exporting", "importing", "bestowing", "contributing", "donating", "giving", "presenting", "resending", "returning" ], 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"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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "angered", "angry", "apoplectic", "ballistic", "cheesed off", "choleric", "enraged", "foaming", "fuming", "furious", "hopping", "horn-mad", "hot", "incensed", "indignant", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriate", "infuriated", "irate", "ireful", "livid", "mad", "outraged", "rabid", "rankled", "riled", "riley", "roiled", "sore", "steamed up", "steaming", "teed off", "ticked", "wrathful", "wroth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shivered":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shivering":{ "a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the shivering 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"sharpy" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shlubs":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ], "examples":[ "you're a complete schlub \u2014you should do great around here" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shmoozing":{ "to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's 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be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "ease", "easiness" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "ache", "pain", "pang", "prick", "smart", "sting", "stitch", "throe", "tingle", "twinge" ] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "BB guns shoot small round metal pellets" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "launch", "project", "blaze (at)", "snipe (at)", "cast", "catapult", "fling", "heave", "hurl", "hurtle", "lob", "pelt", "pitch", "sling", "throw", "toss" ], "synonyms":[ "blast", "discharge", "fire", "loose", "squeeze off" ] }, "to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blaze", "pepper", "plink", "potshot", "snipe" ], "synonyms":[ "blast", "discharge", "fire" ] }, "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[ "accept", "receive" ], "examples":[ "shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquire", "draw", "earn", "gain", "garner", "get", "obtain", "procure", "secure" ], "related":[ "convey", "deliver", "hand over", "pass", "render", "advance", "drop", "launch", "address", "forward", "export", "import", "bestow", "contribute", "donate", "give", "present", "resend", "return" ], "synonyms":[ "consign", "dispatch", "pack (off)", "send", "ship", "transfer", "transmit", "transport" ] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hazel eyes that were brown shot with green" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blot", "dye", "stain", "band", "bar", "streak", "stripe", "intersperse", "set", "stud", "bespatter", "spatter" ], "synonyms":[ "blotch", "dapple", "dot", "fleck", "freckle", "marble", "mottle", "pepper", "speck", "speckle", "splotch", "spot", "sprinkle", "stipple" ] }, "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" ] }, "to strike with a missile from a gun":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "drill", "gun", "plug", "pop" ] }, "to take a photograph of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "image", "picture", "rephotograph", "retake", "film", "videotape" ], "synonyms":[ "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", "discharge", "emanate", "emit", "evolve", "exhale", "expel", "expire", "give out", "irradiate", "issue", "radiate", "release", "send (out)", "throw out", "vent" ] }, "to voice one's opinions freely with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "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" ], "related":[ "bawl", "bay", "bellow", "call", "cry", "holler", "roar", "shout", "sing (out)", "thunder", "vociferate", "yell", "articulate", "enounce", "enunciate" ], "synonyms":[ "pipe up", "sound off", "speak out", "speak up", "spout (off)", "talk up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shooting the breeze":{ "to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gossiping", "tattling", "descanting", "discussing", "expatiating", "yakking", "yacking", "yammering", "yapping" ], "synonyms":[ "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" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "shore":{ "a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shoring", "column", "pedestal", "pilaster", "pillar", "arch", "bolster", "bracket", "cantilever", "girder", "bearing", "crutch", "peg", "post", "stake", "stanchion", "stand", "stilt", "strut", "truss", "base", "foundation", "frame" ], "synonyms":[ "brace", "buttress", "mount", "mounting", "prop", "reinforcement", "spur", "stay", "support", "underpinning" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shore (up)":{ "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steady", "truss", "underlie" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "bolster", "brace", "buttress", "carry", "prop (up)", "stay", "support", "sustain", "undergird", "underpin", "uphold" ] }, "to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape" ], "near antonyms":[ "undercut", "undermine", "weaken" ], "related":[ "confirm", "establish", "prove", "verify", "affirm", "avouch", "validate" ], "synonyms":[ "back", "bolster", "buttress", "corroborate", "reinforce", "reenforce", "substantiate", "support" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shored (up)":{ "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steadied", "trussed", "underlay" ], "synonyms":[ "bolstered", "bore", "braced", "buttressed", "carried", "propped (up)", "stayed", "supported", "sustained", "undergirded", "underpinned", "upheld" ] }, "to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape" ], "near antonyms":[ "undercut", "undermined", "weakened" ], "related":[ "confirmed", "established", "proved", "verified", "affirmed", "avouched", "validated" ], "synonyms":[ "backed", "bolstered", "buttressed", "corroborated", "reinforced", "reenforced", "substantiated", "supported" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shores":{ "a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the carpenter placed a shore underneath the sagging roof of the porch" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shorings", "columns", "pedestals", "pilasters", "pillars", "arches", "bolsters", "brackets", "cantilevers", "girders", "bearings", "crutches", "pegs", "posts", "stakes", "stanchions", "stands", "stilts", "struts", "trusses", "bases", "foundations", "frames" ], "synonyms":[ "braces", "buttresses", "mountings", "mounts", "props", "reinforcements", "spurs", "stays", "supports", "underpinnings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shoring":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "short-circuit":{ "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "antonyms":[ "aid", "assist", "facilitate", "help" ], "examples":[ "for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "make way", "open", "unclog", "unplug", "unstop", "free", "liberate", "release", "untie", "loosen", "smooth", "encourage", "further", "promote" ], "related":[ "balk", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "bind", "chain", "halter", "leash", "tether", "tie", "arrest", "brake", "delay", "retain", "retard", "barricade", "block", "blockade", "roadblock", "bog (down)", "mire", "choke", "smother", "stifle", "strangle", "suffocate", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "stump", "thwart", "derail", "disrupt", "sabotage", "muzzle", "repress", "suppress", "confine", "hedge (in)", "hem (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "clog", "cramp", "embarrass", "encumber", "fetter", "hamper", "handcuff", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hog-tie", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "inhibit", "interfere (with)", "manacle", "obstruct", "shackle", "stymie", "tie up", "trammel" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "short-lived":{ "lasting only for a short time":{ "antonyms":[ "ceaseless", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "lasting", "long-lived", "permanent", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending" ], "examples":[ "the skier's triumph turned out to be short-lived , as the next competitor bested her time" ], "near antonyms":[ "lifelong", "continuing", "durable", "persistent", "imperishable", "indefectible", "indestructible" ], "related":[ "little", "short", "shortish", "acting", "interim", "provisional", "short-term" ], "synonyms":[ "brief", "deciduous", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "flash", "fleeting", "fugacious", "fugitive", "impermanent", "momentary", "passing", "temporary", "transient", "transitory" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shortage":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ], "examples":[ "there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "copiousness", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "related":[ "absence", "omission", "meagerness", "poorness", "skimpiness", "necessity", "need", "privation" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "dearth", "deficiency", "deficit", "drought", "drouth", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "lack", "lacuna", "paucity", "pinch", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "undersupply", "want" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shortchanged":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "was 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"cannon operators often had to use several shots to figure out the range of their targets" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "potshot", "barrage", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "bombardment", "broadside", "burst", "cannonade", "drumfire", "fusillade", "hail", "salvo", "shower", "storm", "volley" ], "synonyms":[ "blasting", "discharge", "firing" ] }, "a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we have a real shot at getting into the championship if we win this next match" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "play", "way", "juncture", "pass" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "chance", "occasion", "opening", "opportunity", "room" ] }, "a person skilled in shooting at a target":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a soldier who's an excellent shot with a rifle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "sniper", "rifleman", "trapshooter", "gun", "gunman", "gunner", "markswoman" ], "synonyms":[ "marksman", "sharpshooter", "shooter" ] }, "a picture created from an image 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reckoning", "guessing", "guesswork", "speculation", "hunch", "intuition", "belief", "faith" ], "synonyms":[ "conjecture", "guess", "supposition", "surmise" ] }, "the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "drank a shot of whisky" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dram", "drop" ], "synonyms":[ "belt", "draft", "drag", "drink", "gulp", "nip", "quaff", "sip", "slug", "snort", "sup", "swallow", "swig", "swill" ] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "BB guns shoot small round metal pellets" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "launched", "projected", "blazed (at)", "sniped (at)", "cast", "catapulted", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "lobbed", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "discharged", "fired", "loosed", "squeezed off" ] }, "to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blazed", "peppered", "plinked", "potshot", "sniped" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "discharged", "fired" ] }, "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[ "accepted", "received" ], "examples":[ "shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquired", "drew", "earned", "gained", "garnered", "got", "obtained", "procured", "secured" ], "related":[ "conveyed", "delivered", "handed over", "passed", "rendered", "advanced", "dropped", "launched", "addressed", "forwarded", "exported", "imported", "bestowed", "contributed", "donated", "gave", "presented", "resent", "returned" ], "synonyms":[ "consigned", "dispatched", "packed (off)", "sent", "shipped", "transferred", "transmitted", "transported" ] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hazel eyes that were brown shot with green" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blotted", "dyed", "stained", "banded", "barred", "streaked", "striped", "interspersed", "set", "studded", "bespattered", "spattered" ], "synonyms":[ "blotched", "dappled", "dotted", "flecked", "freckled", "marbled", "mottled", "peppered", "specked", "speckled", "splotched", "spotted", "sprinkled", "stippled" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ], "examples":[ "some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope" ], "near antonyms":[ "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)" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "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" ] }, "to strike with a missile from a gun":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "drilled", "gunned", "plugged", "popped" ] }, "to take a photograph of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "imaged", "pictured", "rephotographed", "retook", "filmed", "videotaped" ], "synonyms":[ "mugged", "photoed", "photographed", "snapped" ] }, "to throw or give off":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbed", "inhaled", "soaked (up)", "sponged", "sucked (up)", "took up" ], "related":[ "eliminated", "evacuated", "excreted", "exuded", "oozed", "secreted", "ejected", "erupted", "gushed", "jetted", "outpoured", "poured", "spewed", "spouted", "sprayed", "spurted", "squirted" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharged", "emanated", "emitted", "evolved", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired", "gave out", "irradiated", "issued", "radiated", "released", "sent (out)", "threw out", "vented" ] }, "to voice one's opinions freely with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot" ], "near antonyms":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "piped up", "sounded off", "spoke out", "spoke up", "spouted (off)", "talked up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shot in the arm":{ "something that arouses action or activity":{ "antonyms":[ "counterincentive", "disincentive" ], "examples":[ "Getting laid off was the shot in the arm he needed to go back to school." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "inducement", "invitation", "antecedent", "cause", "consideration", "grounds", "motive", "occasion", "reason", "catalyst", "catalyzer", "fuel", "spark" ], "synonyms":[ "boost", "encouragement", "goad", "impetus", "impulse", "incentive", "incitation", "incitement", "instigation", "momentum", "motivation", "provocation", "spur", "stimulant", "stimulus", "yeast" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "shot up":{ "to rise abruptly and rapidly":{ "antonyms":[ "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "slumped", "tumbled" ], "examples":[ "gas prices shot up seemingly overnight" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "fell", "contracted", "decreased", "diminished", "dropped", "lessened", "waned" ], "related":[ "accumulated", "appreciated", "ballooned", "built up", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "mounted", "multiplied", "mushroomed", "proliferated", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed", "crested", "peaked", "surged", "heightened", "intensified" ], "synonyms":[ "rocketed", "skyrocketed", "soared", "zoomed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shotgun":{ "as in scattershot":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "scattershot", "accidental", "casual", "chance", "chancy", "contingent", "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "inadvertent", "incidental", "lucky", "unconsidered", "unintended", "unintentional", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "irregular", "odd", "sporadic", "spot", "aimless", "arbitrary", "catch-as-catch-can", "desultory", "erratic", "haphazard", "helter-skelter", "hit-or-miss", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "directionless", "objectless", "purposeless", "indiscriminate", "unsystematic", "undirected", "disorderly", "disorganized", "undiscriminating", "unselective" ], "near antonyms":[ "methodical", "methodic", "nonrandom", "orderly", "organized", "regular", "systematic", "systematized", "established", "fixed", "regular", "set", "stable", "steady", "constant", "continuous", "even", "arranged", "managed", "orchestrated", "ordered", "planned", "aware", "conscious", "deliberate", "purposeful", "thoughtful", "willful", "wilful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in musket , flintlock":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blunderbuss", "breechloader", "culverin", "fieldpiece", "firelock", "flintlock", "harquebus", "arquebus", "matchlock", "musket", "smoothbore", "twenty-two", ".22", "arm", "firearm", "heat", "piece", "small arm", "derringer", "forty-five", ".45", "gat", "handgun", "pistol", "revolver", "rod", "roscoe", "sidearm", "six-gun", "six-shooter", "zip gun", "self-loader", "semiautomatic", "AK-47", "assault rifle", "assault weapon", "automatic", "carbine", "machine gun", "machine pistol", "repeater", "submachine gun", "tommy gun", "speargun" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pistol":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pistol", "blast (at)", "fire (at)", "machine-gun", "tommy-gun", "blaze", "pepper", "potshot", "snipe (at)", "croak", "destroy", "dispatch", "do in", "fell", "ice", "kill", "slay", "blow away", "bring down", "drop", "pick off", "shoot down", "annihilate", "blot out", "butcher", "decimate", "massacre", "slaughter", "wipe out", "drill", "gun", "plug", "pop", "shoot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "shout":{ "a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "gasp", "whimper", "whisper" ], "related":[ "ejaculation", "interjection", "scream", "screech", "shriek", "shrill", "squall", "squeak", "squeal", "yelp", "bawl", "bellow", "clamor", "outcry", "roar", "caterwaul", "plaint", "wail" ], "synonyms":[ "cry", "holler", "hoot", "howl", "whoop", "yell", "yowl" ] }, "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock" ], "near antonyms":[ "breathe", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "whisper" ], "related":[ "crow", "whoop", "scream", "screech", "shriek", "shrill", "squeak", "squeal", "caterwaul", "howl", "ululate", "wail", "yawp", "yaup", "yowl", "hail", "speak out", "speak up" ], "synonyms":[ "bawl", "bay", "bellow", "call", "cry", "holler", "hollo", "halloo", "hallo", "roar", "sound off", "thunder", "vociferate", "yell" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "show bills":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "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" ] }, "to get to a destination":{ "antonyms":[ "go", "leave" ], "examples":[ "the band showed up an hour late" ], "near antonyms":[ "check out", "clock (out)", "flee", "vamoose" ], "related":[ "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)" ], "synonyms":[ "appear", "arrive", "come", "get in", "get through", "land", "turn up" ] }, "to reveal the true nature of":{ "antonyms":[ "camouflage", "cloak", "disguise", "mask" ], "examples":[ "were shown up for what they really are" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceal", "hide", "secrete", "veil" ], "related":[ "demolish", "discredit", "disprove", "disclose", "divulge", "tell", "unveil" ], "synonyms":[ "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 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up", "turned up", "unfolded" ] }, "to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{ "antonyms":[ "disproved" ], "examples":[ "that shows we're right" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuted", "discredited", "invalidated", "rebutted", "refuted" ], "related":[ "attested", "authenticated", "bore out", "documented", "evidenced", "supported", "sustained", "upheld", "confirmed", "corroborated", "justified", "validated", "verified" ], "synonyms":[ "demonstrated", "established", "proved", "substantiated" ] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "showed me how to play the guitar" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "godfathered", "directed", "engineered", "steered", "swayed", "accompanied", "attended", "chaperoned", "convoyed", "escorted", "saw", "squired", "oversaw", "superintended", "supervised", "drilled", "trained", "briefed", "enlightened", "informed", "instructed", "schooled", "taught", "inculcated", "indoctrinated", "cultivated", "fostered", "nurtured" ], "synonyms":[ "coached", "counseled", "counselled", "guided", "led", "mentored", "piloted", "shepherded", "tutored" ] }, "to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the actor's expressive face shows his every thought and emotion clearly" ], "near antonyms":[ "belied", "misrepresented", "distorted", "falsified", "garbled", "twisted", "camouflaged", "disguised", "gilded", "gilt", "glossed (over)", "varnished", "whitewashed", "concealed", "counterfeited", "covered", "hid", "masked", "obscured", "occluded", "veiled" ], "related":[ "bared", "disclosed", "unbosomed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "placarded", "proclaimed", "publicized", "sounded", "trumpeted", "projected" ], "synonyms":[ "bespoke", "betrayed", "communicated", "declared", "demonstrated", "displayed", "evinced", "exposed", "gave away", "manifested", "revealed" ] }, "to point 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"publicized", "sounded", "trumpeted", "divulged", "talked (about)", "told (of)", "bared", "discovered", "revealed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked" ], "synonyms":[ "displayed", "disported", "exhibited", "exposed", "flashed", "flaunted", "laid out", "paraded", "produced", "showed off", "sported", "strutted", "unveiled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "showed off":{ "to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "carried on", "misbehaved", "roughhoused", "capered", "cavorted", "disported", "frisked", "frolicked", "gamboled", "gambolled", "larked", "rollicked", "romped", "caroused", "mafficked", "reveled", "revelled", "roared", "wassailed" ], "synonyms":[ "acted up", "clowned (around)", "cut up", "fooled around", "horsed around", "hotdogged", "monkeyed (around)", "showboated", "skylarked" ] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she just wants to show off her new jewelry" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflaged", "disguised", "masked", "concealed", "covered", "curtained", "enshrouded", "hid", "obscured", "occluded", "occulted", "shrouded", "veiled" ], "related":[ "brandished", "flourished", "waved", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "heralded", "placarded", "posted", "proclaimed", "publicized", "sounded", "trumpeted", "divulged", "talked (about)", "told (of)", "bared", "discovered", "revealed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked" ], "synonyms":[ "displayed", "disported", "exhibited", "exposed", "flashed", "flaunted", "laid out", "paraded", "produced", "showed", "sported", "strutted", "unveiled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shower":{ "a heavy fall of objects":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a shower of books fell from the collapsing shelves" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "barrage", "bombardment", "broadside", "cannonade", "fusillade", "salvo", "volley", "flood", "gush", "rush", "spate", "torrent", "eruption", "outbreak", "outburst" ], "synonyms":[ "hail", "rain", "storm" ] }, "a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a shower of insults and curses rained down on the criminal as he was led through the crowd" ], "near antonyms":[ "dribble", "drip", "trickle" ], "related":[ "broadside", "earful", "avalanche", "burst", "cataclysm", "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" ], "synonyms":[ "barrage", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "bombardment", "cannonade", "drumbeat", "drumfire", "flurry", "fusillade", "hail", "salvo", "storm", "volley" ] }, "to give readily and in large quantities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "showered gifts on the guests of honor" ], "near antonyms":[ "hold back", "keep", "reserve", "retain", "withhold" ], "related":[ "gush", "stream", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "overwhelm", "swamp", "bombard", "hail" ], "synonyms":[ "heap", "lavish", "pour", "rain" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "showering":{ "to give readily and in large quantities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "showered gifts on the guests of honor" ], "near antonyms":[ "holding back", "keeping", "reserving", "retaining", "withholding" ], "related":[ "gushing", "streaming", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "overwhelming", "swamping", "bombarding", "hailing" ], "synonyms":[ "heaping", "lavishing", "pouring", "raining" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "showery":{ "as in rainy , misty":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "showing up":{ "to come into view":{ "antonyms":[ "clearing", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evanescing", "evaporating", "fading", "going (away)", "melting (away)", "vanishing" ], "examples":[ "normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups" ], "near antonyms":[ "departing", "leaving", "retiring", "withdrawing" ], "related":[ "reappearing", "resurfacing", "bulking", "looming", "arriving", "coming", "dawning", "debuting", "arising", "blossoming", "bobbing (up)", "breaking", "breaking out", "cropping (up)", "emerging", "erupting", "issuing", "outcropping", "rising", "shooting (up)", "springing (up)", "surfacing", "happening", "occurring", "reappearing", "rematerializing" ], "synonyms":[ "appearing", "coming out", "materializing", "showing", "turning up", "unfolding" ] }, "to get to a destination":{ "antonyms":[ "going", "leaving" ], "examples":[ "the band showed up an hour late" ], "near antonyms":[ "checking out", "clocking (out)", "fleeing", "vamoosing" ], "related":[ "fetching", "hitting", "making", "reaching", "pulling in", "touching down", "debarking", "disembarking", "barging (in)", "blowing in", "breezing (in)", "bursting (in or into)", "waltzing (in)", "checking in", "clocking (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "appearing", "arriving", "coming", "getting in", "getting through", "landing", "turning up" ] }, "to reveal the true nature of":{ "antonyms":[ "camouflaging", "cloaking", "disguising", "masking" ], "examples":[ "were shown up for what they really are" ], "near antonyms":[ "concealing", "hiding", "secreting", "veiling" ], "related":[ "demolishing", "discrediting", "disproving", "disclosing", "divulging", "telling", "unveiling" ], "synonyms":[ "debunking", "exposing", "nailing", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "undressing", "unmasking" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shrills":{ "as in screams , shrieks":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmurs", "mutters", "whispers" ], "related":[ "bays", "caterwauls", "keens", "squawks", "wails", "yawps", "yaups", "yowls", "bawls", "calls", "cries", "hollers", "shouts", "thunders", "vociferates" ], "synonyms":[ "howls", "screams", "screeches", "shrieks", "squalls", "squeals", "yells", "yelps" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shrimper":{ "as in trawler , lugger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shrimpy":{ "of a size that is less than average":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ], "examples":[ "a couple of shrimpy bushes in the front are the house's only landscaping" ], 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"minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "fine", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "pygmy", "slight", "small", "smallish", "subnormal", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shrinkages":{ "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ], "examples":[ "she knew that her diet was working by the striking shrinkage of her waist" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "related":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "declines", "decreases", "decrements", "dents", "depletions", "depressions", "diminishments", "diminutions", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "step-downs" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shrivel":{ "to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{ "examples":[ "Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "wilt", "wither", "dry up", "mummify", "wizen", "dehumidify", "drain", "evaporate", "air-dry", "bake", "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear", "collapse", "deflate", "flatten", "abate", "decrease", "diminish", "dwindle", "lessen", "decline", "fade", "wane", "recede", "retreat", "withdraw", "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "shrink" ], "near antonyms":[ "freshen", "revive", "bloom", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive", "accumulate", "grow", "increase", "balloon", "inflate", "puff (up)", "expand", "snowball", "swell" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shriveled":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "shrivels":{ "to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shriven":{ "as in remitted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shroud":{ "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":[ "blind", "concealer", "screen", "shield", "fig leaf", "Potemkin village", "Trojan horse", "camouflage", "disguise", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "face", "veneer", "gloss", "varnish" ], "synonyms":[ "blanket", "cloak", "cope", "cover", "cover-up", "covering", "coverture", "curtain", "hood", "mantle", "mask", "pall", "penumbra", "robe", "veil", "wraps" ] }, "to keep secret or shut off from view":{ "antonyms":[ "bare", "disclose", "display", "divulge", "expose", "reveal", "show", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask", "unveil" ], "examples":[ "shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted" ], "near antonyms":[ "bring out", "present", "clarify", "illuminate", "advertise", "air", "broadcast", "get out", "proclaim", "publicize", "publish", "spread" ], "related":[ "bury", "camouflage", "cover (up)", "smother", "gild", "gloss (over)", "varnish", "whitewash", "becloud", "bedim", "befog", "block", "cloud", "darken", "eclipse", "obstruct", "occlude", "overcast", "overshadow", "shade" ], "synonyms":[ "belie", "blanket", "blot out", "cloak", "conceal", "cover", "curtain", "disguise", "enshroud", "hide", "mask", "obscure", "occult", "paper over", "screen", "suppress", "veil" ] }, "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "antonyms":[ "brighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "light (up)", "lighten" ], "examples":[ "the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "expose", "reveal", "uncover", "unveil" ], "related":[ "adumbrate", "blot out", "conceal", "eclipse", "hide", "obliterate", "screen", "shade", "camouflage", "cloak", "cover", "curtain", "disguise", "mask", "veil" ], "synonyms":[ "becloud", "bedim", "befog", "blacken", "blear", "blur", "cloud", "darken", "dim", "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 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"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":[ 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"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":{ "examples":[ "shushed the crying baby" ], "synonyms":[ "dumbed", "extinguished", "hushed", "muted", "quelled", "quieted", "quietened", "settled", "shut up", "silenced", "squelched", "stilled" ], "near 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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" ], "synonyms":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "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)" 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"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" ], "synonyms":[ "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", 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"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" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shin":{ "as in thigh , calf":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in skin , shimmy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "show bill":{ "as in flyer , handout":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shipmate":{ "as in crewman , deckhand":{ 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"built", "busty", "buxom", "chesty", "stacked", "well-endowed", "callipygian", "callipygous", "well-turned" ], "near antonyms":[ "shapeless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shares (out)":{ "as in hands out , doles out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shortfalls":{ "a failure to get what is expected or needed":{ "examples":[ "a shortfall in milk production", "profit shortfalls" ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shibboleth":{ "an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{ "examples":[ "we knew that their claim of giving \"the best deal in town\" was just a shibboleth" ], "synonyms":[ "banner", "catchphrase", "cry", "slogan", "tagline", "watchword" ], "near synonyms":[ "expression", "idiom", "catchword", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "maxim", "motto", "battle cry", "war cry" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{ "examples":[ "there's a lot of truth in the shibboleth that if you give some people an inch, they'll take a mile" ], "synonyms":[ "banality", "bromide", "chestnut", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "commonplace", "groaner", "homily", "platitude", "trope", "truism" ], "near synonyms":[ "conventional wisdom", "party line", "routine", "inanity", "generality", "generalization", "simplification", "adage", "proverb", "saw", "saying", "old wives' tale", "stereotype" ], "near antonyms":[ "profundity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shriving":{ "as in forgiving , pardoning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "forgiving", "pardoning", "remitting", "reclaiming", "reforming", "blessing", "hallowing", "delivering", "redeeming", "saving", "consecrating", "purifying", "sanctifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shows up (for)":{ "as in attends":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attends" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows off", "cuts", "misses", "skips", "ignores", "neglects", "passes over", "absents oneself", "plays hooky" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shops (for)":{ "to go in search of":{ "examples":[ "engineers are still shopping around for solutions to several critical flaws in the aircraft's design" ], "synonyms":[ "casts about (for)", "casts around (for)", "chases (down)", "forages (for)", "hunts", "looks up", "pursues", "quests", "searches (for or out)", "seeks" ], "near synonyms":[ "ferrets (out)", "roots (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "hides", "loses", "ignores", "neglects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sharer":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "all pilots are sharers of the same air space" ], "synonyms":[ "actor", "partaker", "participant", "participator", "party", "player" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "aide", "assistant", "helper", "colleague", "partner" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystander", "looker-on", "observer", "onlooker", "spectator", "watcher", "wallflower" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipant" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shoddies":{ "as in bastards , duffers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bastards", "brummagems", "duffers", "simulations", "synthetics", "frauds", "gaffs", "impostures", "spoofs", "swindles", "dummies", "mock-ups", "copies", "facsimiles", "replicas", "reproductions", "copycats", "knockoffs", "counterfeits", "fakes", "forgeries", "hoaxes", "humbug", "phonies", "phoneys", "shams" ], "near antonyms":[ "originals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shadeless":{ "as in sunny , exposed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "exposed", "sunny", "bedazzling", "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "dazzling", "effulgent", "illuminated", "illumined", "incandescent", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lucent", "lucid", "luminary", "luminous", "beaming", "lambent", "radiant", "shining", "lustrous" ], "near antonyms":[ "shaded", "shadowed", "shadowy", "shady", "umbrageous", "canopied", "covered", "sheltered", "cloudy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "showstopping":{ "as in striking , eye-catching":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arresting", "eye-catching", "flamboyant", "flashy", "glossy", "showy", "slick", "snazzy", "splashy", "striking", "zingy", "flawless", "perfect", "radiant", "alluring", "appealing", "charming", "cunning", "delightful", "engaging", "fascinating", "glamorous", "glamourous", "prepossessing", "beaming", "bedazzling", "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "radiant", "refulgent", "shining", "aesthetic", "esthetic", "aesthetical", "esthetical", "beauteous", "beautiful", "bonny", "bonnie", "comely", "cute", "drop-dead", "fair", "fetching", "good", "good-looking", "goodly", "gorgeous", "handsome", "knockout", "likely", "lovely", "lovesome", "pretty", "ravishing", "seemly", "sightly", "stunning", "taking", "well-favored", "elegant", "exquisite", "glorious", "Junoesque", "magnificent", "resplendent", "splendid", "statuesque", "sublime", "superb" ], "near antonyms":[ "unappealing", "unappetizing", "unimposing", "unpleasant", "unprepossessing", "frumpish", "frumpy", "unbecoming", "unshapely", "drab", "dull", "homely", "plain", "ugly", "unaesthetic", "unattractive", "unbeautiful", "uncomely", "uncute", "unhandsome", "unlovely", "unpleasing", "unpretty", "unsightly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sheepskins":{ "as in lambskins , cowhides":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "alligators", "antelope", "antelopes", "buckskins", "cabrettas", "calfskins", "capeskins", "chamois", "chamoix", "cordovans", "cowhides", "crocodiles", "deerskins", "doeskins", "goatskins", "horsehides", "kids", "kidskins", "lambskins", "moroccos", "ostriches", "pigskins", "seals", "sharkskins", "snakeskins", "coats", "fleeces", "furs", "pelts", "nubucks", "patent leathers", "suedes", "hides", "leathers", "skins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shameful":{ "not respectable":{ "examples":[ "shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors" ], "synonyms":[ "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "infamous", "louche", "notorious", "opprobrious", "shady", "shoddy", "shy", "unrespectable" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "criminal", "immoral", "seamy", "sordid", "unethical", "unsavory", "wicked", "base", "contemptible", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "low", "mean", "miserable", "vile", "wretched", "evil", "iniquitous", "nefarious", "rotten", "sinful", "unrighteous", "vicious", "villainous", "wrong", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "inglorious", "reprehensible", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "depraved", "dissolute", "gamy", "gamey", "libertine", "loose", "perverted", "reprobate" ], "near antonyms":[ "decent", "ethical", "good", "honest", "just", "moral", "noble", "principled", "righteous", "upright", "upstanding", "esteemed", "prestigious", "reputed", "respected", "authorized", "legal", "licensed", "permissible", "permitted", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "clean", "correct", "decorous", "exemplary", "proper", "seemly", "blameless", "commendable", "creditable", "guiltless" ], "antonyms":[ "honorable", "reputable", "respectable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shortenings":{ "as in condensations , abbreviations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abbreviations", "abridgments", "abridgements", "compendiums", "compendia", "compends", "condensations", "curtailments", "abstracts", "breviaries", "briefs", "capsules", "conspectuses", "digests", "encapsulations", "epitomes", "inventories", "outlines", "pr\u00e9cis", "recapitulations", "recaps", "r\u00e9sum\u00e9s", "resumes", "resum\u00e9s", "roundups", "rundowns", "run-throughs", "summae", "summaries", "summarizations", "summings-up", "sums", "sum-ups", "synopses", "wrap-ups", "simplifications", "rehashes", "reprises", "conclusions", "epilogues", "epilogs" ], "near antonyms":[ "amplifications", "enlargements", "expansions", "addenda", "addendums", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ships":{ "a large craft for travel by water":{ "examples":[ "a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean" ], "synonyms":[ "boats", "keels", "vessels" ], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchantmen", "merchant ships", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "examples":[ "we shipped those books out yesterday" ], "synonyms":[ "consigns", "dispatches", "packs (off)", "sends", "shoots", "transfers", "transmits", "transports" ], "near synonyms":[ "conveys", "delivers", "hands over", "passes", "renders", "advances", "drops", "launches", "addresses", "forwards", "exports", "imports", "bestows", "contributes", "donates", "gives", "presents", "resends", "returns" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquires", "draws", "earns", "gains", "garners", "gets", "obtains", "procures", "secures" ], "antonyms":[ "accepts", "receives" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shopped":{ "as in turned in , ratted (on)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "informed (on)", "peached", "ratted (on)", "snitched (on)", "split (on)", "told (on)", "turned in", "gave away", "backstabbed", "betrayed", "crossed", "double-crossed", "sold (out)", "two-timed" ], "near antonyms":[ "stood by", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "safeguarded", "saved", "shielded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shuts 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":[ "bans", "bars", "closes out", "counts (out)", "debars", "eliminates", "excepts", "excludes", "freezes out", "rules out" ], "near synonyms":[ "blackballs", "blacklists", "excommunicates", "ostracizes", "banishes", "deports", "exiles", "expels", "ousts", "throws out", "obviates", "precludes", "prevents", "prohibits", "blocks", "hinders", "impedes", "obstructs", "ceases", "discontinues", "halts", "suspends", "deters", "staves off", "wards (off)", "checks off", "disregards", "combs (out)", "weeds (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "embraces", "entertains", "receives", "takes in", "welcomes", "unbans" ], "antonyms":[ "admits", "includes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "show (someone) the door":{ "to let go from office, service, or employment":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "ax", "axe", "bounce", "can", "cashier", "discharge", "dismiss", "fire", "muster out", "pink-slip", "release", "remove", "retire", "sack", "terminate", "turn off" ], "near synonyms":[ "downsize", "excess", "furlough", "lay off", "trim", "boot (out)", "chuck (out)", "drum (out)", "kick out", "throw out", "unseat", "separate" ], "near antonyms":[ "keep", "reemploy", "rehire", "contract", "subcontract", "recruit" ], "antonyms":[ "employ", "engage", "hire", "retain", "sign (up or on)", "take on" ] }, "type":[] }, "sheared":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "it took almost a week to shear all the wool off the flock of sheep" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbed", "clipped", "cropped", "cut", "cut back", "docked", "lopped (off)", "nipped", "pared", "polled", "pruned", "shaved", "snipped", "trimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "skived", "whittled", "manicured", "mowed", "pinched", "stumped", "curtailed", "shortened" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{ "examples":[ "the shark's razor-sharp teeth sheared the swimmer's flesh right down to the bone" ], "synonyms":[ "cut", "gashed", "incised", "ripped", "slashed", "sliced", "slit" ], "near synonyms":[ "crosscut", "hacksawed", "scissored", "cleaved", "cleft", "rived", "split", "pierced", "stabbed", "bruised", "butchered", "hacked", "haggled", "lacerated", "mangled", "rent", "rended", "tore", "carved", "chipped", "chiseled", "chiselled", "notched", "anatomized", "dissected", "sectioned", "chopped", "diced", "minced", "amputated", "cut off", "severed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shortish":{ "as in short , little":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "little", "short", "brief", "deciduous", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "flash", "fleeting", "fugacious", "fugitive", "impermanent", "momentary", "passing", "short-lived", "temporary", "transient", "transitory", "acting", "interim", "provisional", "short-term" ], "near antonyms":[ "ceaseless", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "lasting", "long-lived", "permanent", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending", "lifelong", "continuing", "durable", "persistent", "imperishable", "indefectible", "indestructible" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shoots at":{ "to make an effort to do":{ "examples":[ "Let's shoot at a 6:30 arrival." ], "synonyms":[ "assays", "attempts", "endeavors", "essays", "seeks", "strives", "tries" ], "near synonyms":[ "fights", "strains", "struggles", "toils", "troubles", "works", "aims", "aspires", "hopes", "assumes", "takes up", "undertakes" ], "near antonyms":[ "drops", "gives up", "quits" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "shoot at":{ "to make an effort to do":{ "examples":[ "Let's shoot at a 6:30 arrival." ], "synonyms":[ "assay", "attempt", "endeavor", "essay", "seek", "strive", "try" ], "near synonyms":[ "fight", "strain", "struggle", "toil", "trouble", "work", "aim", "aspire", "hope", "assume", "take up", "undertake" ], "near antonyms":[ "drop", "give up", "quit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sharkskins":{ "as in snakeskins , deerskins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "alligators", "antelope", "antelopes", "buckskins", "cabrettas", "calfskins", "capeskins", "chamois", "chamoix", "cordovans", "cowhides", "crocodiles", "deerskins", "doeskins", "goatskins", "horsehides", "kids", "kidskins", "lambskins", "moroccos", "ostriches", "pigskins", "seals", "sheepskins", "snakeskins", "coats", "fleeces", "furs", "pelts", "nubucks", "patent leathers", "suedes", "hides", "leathers", "skins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }