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"girlhood", "effeminacy", "effeteness", "femaleness", "girlishness", "femininity", "feminity", "muliebrity", "womanhood", "womanishness", "womanliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "manhood", "manliness", "masculinity", "virility", "androgyny", "boyishness", "mannishness", "tomboyishness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Main Streets":{ "as in high streets":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "high streets", "through streets", "backstreets", "branches", "bystreets", "byways", "crossroads", "secondary roads", "shunpikes", "side roads", "side streets", "corniches", "switchbacks", "alleys", "alleyways", "beltways", "bypasses", "parkways", "ring roads", "circles", "lanes", "laneways", "mews", "places", "autobahns", "autoroutes", "autostradas", "autostrade", "dual carriageways", "interstates", "motorways", "superhighways", "closes", "culs-de-sac", "cul-de-sacs", "dead ends", "causeways" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "maisonette":{ "as in garden 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"mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown", "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep in good condition":{ "examples":[ "he repairs and maintains antique cars as a hobby" ], "synonyms":[ "conserved", "kept up", "preserved", "saved" ], "near synonyms":[ "serviced", "supported", "sustained", "cared (for)", "husbanded", "managed", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "safeguarded", "screened", "shielded", "cured", "fixed", "healed", "remedied", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "rehabilitated", "rejuvenated", "restored" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "broke", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{ 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