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"tormented", "tortured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday" ], "synonyms":[ "chaffed", "jived", "joked", "joshed", "kidded", "rallied", "razzed", "ribbed", "roasted", "teased" ], "near synonyms":[ "bantered", "fooled", "funned", "strung along", "jested", "quipped", "wisecracked", "gagged", "japed", "jollied", "yukked", "yucked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{ "examples":[ "a condor riding high in the sky" ], "synonyms":[ "drifted", "floated", "glided", "hovered", "hung", "hanged", "poised", "sailed", "swam", "wafted" ], "near synonyms":[ "bobbed", "dangled", "suspended", "buoyed", "ballooned", "rafted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dived", "dove", "lunged", "plunged", "dipped", "immersed", "submerged", "submersed" ], "antonyms":[ "sank", "sunk", "settled" ] }, "to be determined by, based on, or 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"antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rode (out)":{ "to come safely through":{ "examples":[ "just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis" ], "synonyms":[ "survived", "weathered" ], "near synonyms":[ "outlasted", "outlived", "wore out", "pulled through", "abided", "abode", "continued", "endured", "held on", "held out", "held up", "hung on", "lasted", "led", "persisted", "stood", "stuck out", "withstood", "breathed", "existed", "lived", "subsisted", "was", "flourished", "prospered", "thrived", "throve" ], "near antonyms":[ "croaked", "deceased", "departed", "died", "expired", "passed away", "passed (on)", "perished", "succumbed", "disappeared", "evaporated", "faded", "vanished", "ceased", "ended", "stopped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rod":{ "a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{ "examples":[ "arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws" ], "synonyms":[ "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "nightstick", "rung", "sap", "shillelagh", "shillalah", "staff", "truncheon", "waddy" ], "near synonyms":[ "blackjack", "knobkerrie", "mace", "birch", "crabstick", "hickory", "rattan", "stave", "switch", "beetle", "gavel", "hammer", "mallet", "maul", "sledgehammer", "crook", "crosier", "crozier", "walking stick", "whangee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{ "examples":[ "a curtain rod" ], "synonyms":[ "bar", "billet" ], "near synonyms":[ "arbor", "beam", "board", "crossbar", "crossbeam", "girder", "band", "strip", "bloom", "ingot", "slab", "stick" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }