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had left off" ], "near antonyms":[ "complete", "conclude", "consummate", "end", "finalize", "finish", "belay", "break", "can", "cease", "check", "cut", "desist", "discontinue", "drop", "halt", "knock off", "leave off", "quit", "scuttle", "shut off", "stay", "stop", "terminate" ], "related":[ "resuscitate", "revive", "recrudesce" ], "synonyms":[ "continue", "proceed (with)", "renew", "reopen", "restart", "resume" ] }, "to bring together in one body or place":{ "antonyms":[ "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "scatter" ], "examples":[ "pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark" ], "near antonyms":[ "break up", "disband", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "separate", "sever", "split (up)", "dismiss", "send" ], "related":[ "ball", "batch", "bunch", "cluster", "huddle", "heap", "pile", "stack", "band", "brigade", "muster", "raise", "rally", "flock", "herd", "hive", "pack", "press", "swarm", "throng", "combine", "connect", "join", "link", "merge", "pool", "unite", "archive", "arrange", "collate", "compile", "organize", "systematize", "scrape (up or together)", "re-collect", "regather", "regroup" ], "synonyms":[ "accumulate", "amass", "assemble", "bulk (up)", "collect", "concentrate", "congregate", "constellate", "corral", "garner", "gather", "group", "lump", "round up" ] }, "to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "could you pick up some milk at the store?" ], "near antonyms":[ "deal (in)", "market", "merchandise", "merchandize", "retail", "sell", "vend" ], "related":[ "acquire", "gain", "garner", "get", "obtain", "procure", "secure", "win", "finance", "pay (for)", "spring (for)", "barter (for)", "deal (for)", "dicker (over)", "exchange (for)", "haggle (for)", "negotiate (about)", "trade (for)", "bargain (with)", "chaffer (with)", "horse-trade (with)", "palter (with)", "bid", "offer", "rebuy", "repurchase" ], "synonyms":[ "buy", "cop", "purchase", "take" ] }, "to gradually increase in":{ "antonyms":[ "decrease (in)", "lose" ], "examples":[ "the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat" ], "near antonyms":[ "abate", "decline (in)", "diminish (in)", "dip", "dwindle", "fall (in)", "lessen", "taper", "taper off" ], "related":[ "double (in)", "triple (in)", "accrue", "accumulate", "amass", "excite", "stimulate", "enhance", "enlarge", "enrich", "expand", "extend", "maximize", "boost", "elevate", "jack (up)", "mount", "ramp (up)", "step up" ], "synonyms":[ "build up", "gain", "gather", "grow (in)" ] }, "to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?" ], "near antonyms":[ "clutter", "disarrange", "mess (up)" ], "related":[ "houseclean", "housekeep", "clean (off)", "neaten", "police (up)", "straighten (up)", "turn out", "unclutter", "arrange", "order" ], "synonyms":[ "clean (up)", "tidy (up)" ] }, "to make neat":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while" ], "near antonyms":[ "disarrange", "disarray", "discompose", "dishevel", "disorder", "disorganize", "disrupt", "disturb", "jumble", "mess (up)", "mix (up)", "muddle", "muss", "rumple", "scramble", "shuffle", "tousle", "tumble", "upset" ], "related":[ "arrange", "array", "classify", "codify", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "range", "systematize" ], "synonyms":[ "neaten", "redd (up or out)", "spruce (up)", "straighten (up or out)", "tidy (up)", "trim" ] }, "to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{ "antonyms":[ "drop", "lower" ], "examples":[ "pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa" ], "near antonyms":[ "descend", "dip", "fall", "pitch", "plunge", "slip", "bear", "depress", "press", "push", "sink", "submerge" ], "related":[ "ascend", "mount", "rise", "rear", "upend" ], "synonyms":[ "boost", "crane", "elevate", "heave", "heft", "heighten", "hike", "hoist", "jack (up)", "lift", "perk (up)", "raise", "take up", "up", "uphold", "uplift", "upraise" ] }, "to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{ "antonyms":[ "discharge" ], "examples":[ "police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipate", "free", "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "release", "spring", "unbind", "unchain" ], "related":[ "bag", "capture", "catch", "get", "grab", "grapple", "hook", "land", "snap (up)", "snare", "snatch", "trap", "commit", "confine", "detain", "hold", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "jug", "lock (up)", "bind", "enchain", "fetter", "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "rearrest", "remand" ], "synonyms":[ "apprehend", "arrest", "bust", "collar", "nab", "nail", "nick", "pinch", "pull in", "restrain", "run in", "seize" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "picking%20off":{ "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ 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"shadowy", "ambiguous", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "inscrutable", "mysterious" ], "related":[ "depicted", "descriptive", "expressive", "concrete", "explicit", "specific", "faithful", "lifelike", "natural", "photographic", "realistic", "fresh", "incisive", "sharp" ], "synonyms":[ "delineated", "graphic", "graphical", "pictorial", "visual", "vivid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "piddly":{ "so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "considerable", "important", "material", "significant" ], "examples":[ "there's only a piddly difference in price between the two paintings, so take whichever you prefer" ], "near antonyms":[ "serious", "substantial", "weighty", "eventful", "momentous", "pivotal", "conspicuous", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "striking", "appreciable", "discernible", "discernable", "measurable" ], "related":[ "inferior", "mean", "imperceptible", "inappreciable", "little", "puny", "tiny", "hairsplitting", "nitpicking", "pettifogging", "quibbling", "one-horse", "small-fry", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "chicken", "de minimis", "footling", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "measly", "Mickey Mouse", "minute", "negligible", "niggling", "no-account", "nominal", "paltry", "peanut", "petty", "picayune", "piddling", "piffling", "pimping", "slight", "trifling", "trivial" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "piecing (together)":{ "as in assembling , compounding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in figuring out , working out":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pierce":{ "to go or come in or into":{ "antonyms":[ "depart", "exit", "leave" ], "examples":[ "thoughts of revenge relentlessly pierced her mind" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "barge (in)", "breeze (in)", "burst (in or into)", "waltz (in)", "drop in", "pop (in)", "stray (into)", "wander (into)", "crash", "encroach", "gate-crash", "infiltrate", "infringe", "intrude", "invade", "trespass" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "enter", "penetrate" ] }, "to make a hole or series of holes in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pierced his ears with a needle" ], "near antonyms":[ "fill", "patch", "plug", "seal" ], "related":[ "broach", "tap", "poke", "prick", "prickle", "penetrate", "burrow (into)", "excavate", "gouge", "groove", "hollow", "break", "cut", "gash", "notch", "rend", "rupture", "slash", "slit", "split" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "drill", "hole", "perforate", "punch", "puncture", "riddle" ] }, "to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "spindle", "perforate", "riddle", "bayonet", "dirk", "gimlet", "pike", "poniard", "prong", "quill", "pinprick", "poke", "prick", "punch", "thrust", "cut", "knife", "slice" ], "synonyms":[ "gore", "harpoon", "impale", "jab", "lance", "peck", "pick", "pink", "puncture", "run through", "skewer", "spear", "spike", "spit", "stab", "stick", "transfix", "transpierce" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigeonhole":{ "as in cubbyhole , snuggery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pigeonholed":{ "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigeonholes":{ "as in cubbyholes , snuggeries":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pigmenting":{ "to give color or a different color to":{ "antonyms":[ "decolorizing" ], "examples":[ "pigmented varnishes" ], "near antonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "whitening" ], "related":[ "brightening", "lightening", "darkening", "embrowning", "toning (down)", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "specking", "speckling", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "variegating" ], "synonyms":[ "bepainting", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "piled":{ "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kids piled into the car" ], "near antonyms":[ "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)" ], "related":[ "assembled", "collected", "concentered", "concentrated", "conglomerated", "congregated", "convened", "converged", "flocked", "forgathered", "foregathered", "herded", "swarmed", "thronged", "encircled", "mobbed", "surrounded", "embraced", "hugged" ], "synonyms":[ "bunched", "clustered", "crowded", "huddled", "pressed" ] }, "to lay or throw on top of one another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "banked", "layered", "pyramided", "accumulated", "amassed", "assembled", "collected", "concentrated", "garnered", "gathered", "grouped", "massed", "bunched", "clumped", "lumped" ], "synonyms":[ "heaped", "mounded", "stacked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pillage":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soldiers pillaging the countryside for anything of value" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "break in", "burglarize", "rip off", "steal (from)", "comb", "hunt", "rake", "rifle", "rummage", "harry", "raid", "ravish" ], "synonyms":[ "despoil", "loot", "maraud", "plunder", "ransack", "sack" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "valuables stolen or taken by force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the pirate ship was laden with the pillage of merchant ships from across the Spanish Main" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "prize", "catch", "haul", "take", "treasure", "pilferage", "windfall" ], "synonyms":[ "booty", "loot", "plunder", "spoil", "swag" ] } }, "pilule":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pin":{ "a lower limb of an animal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "member", "foreleg", "forelimb", "calf", "drumstick", "ham", "shank", "shin", "thigh" ], "synonyms":[ "leg" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pin money":{ "a very small sum of money":{ "antonyms":[ "big buck(s)", "boodle", "bundle", "fortune", "king's ransom", "megabuck(s)", "mint", "wad" ], "examples":[ "the summer intern made only pin money but gained valuable work experience" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankroll", "capital", "funds", "means", "wherewithal", "opulence", "pelf", "riches", "treasure", "wealth", "heap", "pile", "pot", "bonanza", "mine", "treasure trove", "treasury" ], "related":[ "petty cash", "pocket money", "spending money" ], "synonyms":[ "chicken feed", "chump change", "dime", "hay", "mite", "peanuts", "pittance", "shoestring", "song", "two cents" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pinch":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ], "examples":[ "this labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts" ], "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", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want" ] }, "an instance of theft":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "break-in", "burglary", "holdup", "mugging", "stickup" ], "synonyms":[ "grab", "heist", "rip-off", "snatching", "swiping", "theft" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{ "antonyms":[ "discharge" ], "examples":[ "an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "liberation", "release" ], "related":[ "raid", "house arrest", "capture", "entrapment", "seizure", "captivity", "confinement", "detention", "enchainment", "hold", "immurement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "restraint", "rearrest", "remand" ], "synonyms":[ "apprehension", "arrest", "arrestment", "bust", "collar" ] }, "to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{ "antonyms":[ "waste" ], "examples":[ "if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "lavish", "misspend", "run through", "spend", "squander", "throw away", "splurge" ], "related":[ "conserve", "husband", "maintain", "manage", "preserve", "scrape", "cut back", "cut down", "retrench", "hoard", "lay up" ], "synonyms":[ "economize", "save", "scrimp", "skimp", "spare" ] }, "to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the zipper on those jeans always pinches me" ], "near antonyms":[ "drop", "free", "loose", "loosen", "release", "spring" ], "related":[ "crimp", "tweak", "clasp", "clutch", "grasp", "grip", "hold", "take" ], "synonyms":[ "nip" ] }, "to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer" ], "near antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase", "bestow", "contribute", "donate", "give", "hand over", "present" ], "related":[ "burglarize", "knock over", "rob", "loot", "pillage", "plunder", "sack", "carjack", "hijack", "highjack", "pick", "rifle", "poach", "rustle", "shoplift", "collar", "grab", "grasp", "nail", "seize", "snatch", "take", "mooch", "sponge", "abduct", "kidnap", "shanghai", "spirit" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriate", "boost", "filch", "heist", "hook", "lift", "misappropriate", "nick", "nip", "pilfer", "pocket", "purloin", "rip off", "snitch", "steal", "swipe", "thieve" ] }, "to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{ "antonyms":[ "discharge" ], "examples":[ "pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipate", "free", "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "release", "spring", "unbind", "unchain" ], "related":[ "bag", "capture", "catch", "get", "grab", "grapple", "hook", "land", "snap (up)", "snare", "snatch", "trap", "commit", "confine", "detain", "hold", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "jug", "lock (up)", "bind", "enchain", "fetter", "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "rearrest", "remand" ], "synonyms":[ "apprehend", "arrest", "bust", "collar", "nab", "nail", "nick", "pick up", "pull in", "restrain", "run in", "seize" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "pinchbeck":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pink-slipping":{ "to let go from office, service, or employment":{ "antonyms":[ "employing", "engaging", "hiring", "retaining", "signing (up or on)", "taking on" ], "examples":[ "the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeping", "reemploying", "re-employing", "rehiring", "contracting", "subcontracting", "recruiting" ], "related":[ "downsizing", "excessing", "furloughing", "laying off", "trimming", "booting (out)", "chucking (out)", "drumming (out)", "kicking out", "throwing out", "unseating", "separating" ], "synonyms":[ "axing", "bouncing", "canning", "cashiering", "discharging", "dismissing", "firing", "mustering out", "releasing", "removing", "retiring", "sacking", "terminating", "turning off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pinnacle":{ "the highest part or point":{ "antonyms":[ "bottom", "nadir", "rock bottom" ], "examples":[ "a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success" ], "near antonyms":[ "abyss", "base", "foot", "minimum" ], "related":[ "bloom", "blossom", "flood tide", "flower", "glory", "heyday", "prime", "cap", "ceiling", "roof", "extreme", "extremity", "tip", "vertex", "high", "highlight", "highspot" ], "synonyms":[ "acme", "apex", "apogee", "capstone", "climax", "crescendo", "crest", "crown", "culmination", "head", "height", "high noon", "high-water mark", "meridian", "ne plus ultra", "noon", "noontime", "peak", "sum", "summit", "tip-top", "top", "zenith" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pinprick":{ "a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gouge", "groove", "hollow", "break", "cut", "gash", "incision", "laceration", "notch", "rent", "rip", "rupture", "slash", "slit", "tear" ], "synonyms":[ "perforation", "pinhole", "prick", "punch", "puncture", "stab" ] }, "as in poke , punch":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pioneer":{ "a person who settles in a new region":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "explorer", "pathfinder", "trailblazer", "bushranger", "mountain man", "woodsman" ], "synonyms":[ "colonial", "colonist", "colonizer", "frontiersman", "homesteader", "settler" ] }, "coming before all others in time or order":{ "antonyms":[ "final", "last", "latest", "latter", "terminal", "terminating", "ultimate" ], "examples":[ "the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "late", "consequent", "ensuing", "following", "subsequent", "succeeding", "penultimate" ], "related":[ "ancient", "early", "primal", "primary", "prime", "primeval", "primitive", "primordial", "antecedent", "preceding", "previous" ], "synonyms":[ "earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "original", "premier", "virgin" ] }, "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{ "antonyms":[ "close (down)", "phase out", "shut (up)" ], "examples":[ "he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research" ], "near antonyms":[ "abolish", "annihilate", "annul", "nullify", "end", "finish", "halt", "stop", "terminate", "round (off or out)", "wind up", "wrap up" ], "related":[ "author", "father", "originate", "conceive", "concoct", "contrive", "cook (up)", "create", "devise", "fabricate", "invent", "make up", "manufacture", "produce", "think (up)", "construct", "put up", "develop", "enlarge", "expand", "endow", "finance", "fund", "subsidize", "arrange", "organize", "systematize", "systemize", "refound", "reinitiate", "reinstitute", "relaunch" ], "synonyms":[ "begin", "constitute", "establish", "found", "inaugurate", "initiate", "innovate", "institute", "introduce", "launch", "plant", "set up", "start" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "pioneering":{ "as in revolutionary , trailblazing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{ "antonyms":[ "closing (down)", "phasing out", "shutting (up)" ], "examples":[ "he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research" ], "near antonyms":[ "abolishing", "annihilating", "annulling", "nullifying", "ending", "finishing", "halting", "stopping", "terminating", "rounding (off or out)", "winding up", "wrapping up" ], "related":[ "authoring", "fathering", "originating", "conceiving", "concocting", "contriving", "cooking (up)", "creating", "devising", "fabricating", "inventing", "making up", "manufacturing", "producing", "thinking (up)", "constructing", "putting up", "developing", "enlarging", "expanding", "endowing", 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"ultrahot", "white-hot" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "piping%20up%20%28with%29":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pipping":{ "to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "baby birds pipping loudly in their nest" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cackling", "chattering", "jabbering", "singing", "trilling", "warbling" ], "synonyms":[ "cheeping", "chirping", "chirruping", "chittering", "jargoning", "peeping", "piping", "tweeting", "twittering" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "piquing":{ "serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{ "antonyms":[ "noninflammatory" ], "examples":[ "piquing remarks that were said mainly to get a rise out of the other guests at the party" ], "near antonyms":[ "subduing" ], "related":[ "explosive", "fiery", "incendiary", "inflammatory", "triggering", "inducing", "inspirational", "inspiring", "motivating", "motivational", "motivative", "jeering", "taunting", "teasing", "activating", "energizing", "galvanizing", "quickening", "vitalizing", "angering", "enraging", "maddening", "upsetting", "aggravating", "annoying", "bothersome", "exasperating", "galling", "irksome", "irritating", "pesky", "vexatious", "vexing" ], "synonyms":[ "charged", "edgy", "exciting", "inciting", "instigating", "instigative", "provocative", "provoking", "stimulating" ] }, "to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "her seat companion piqued her by repeatedly poking her in the ribs" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeasing", "conciliating", "mollifying", "obliging", "pacifying", "placating", "propitiating", "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "satisfying", "assuring", "cheering", "comforting", "consoling", "contenting", "quieting", "reassuring", "solacing", "soothing" ], "related":[ "hassling", "heckling", "nagging", "inflaming", "enflaming", "provoking", "rousing", "badgering", "baiting", "bullyragging", "ballyragging", "deviling", "devilling", "hagriding", "harassing", "harrying", "pestering", "plaguing", "teasing", "angering", "antagonizing", "enraging", "incensing", "infuriating", "maddening", "rankling", "roiling", "agitating", "discomforting", "discomposing", "disquieting", "distressing", "exercising", "freaking (out)", "fretting", "perturbing", "undoing", "unhinging", "unsettling", "upsetting", "worrying", "affronting", "insulting", "miffing", "offending", "outraging" ], "synonyms":[ "aggravating", "annoying", "bothering", "bugging", "burning (up)", "chafing", "eating", "exasperating", "frosting", "galling", "getting", "grating", "griping", "hacking (off)", "irking", "irritating", "itching", "narking", "nettling", "peeving", "persecuting", "putting out", "rasping", "riling", "ruffling", "spiting", "vexing" ] }, "to rouse to strong feeling or action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "their sarcastic comments piqued him to respond in kind" ], "near 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"self-starters", "achievers", "comers", "dashers", "doers", "enterprisers" ], "synonyms":[ "dynamos", "fireballs", "live wires" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pit-a-patting":{ "to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "her heart pit-a-patted with surprise" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fluctuating", "oscillating", "vibrating", "quivering", "trembling" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "palpitating", "pitter-pattering", "pulsating", "pulsing", "throbbing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pitch-black":{ "being without light or without much light":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "illuminated", "illumined", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lightsome", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous" ], "examples":[ "finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible" ], "near antonyms":[ "ablaze", "agleam", "aglitter", "alight", "beaming", "beamy", "effulgent", "glaring", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "radiant", "relucent", "resplendent", "shining", "sparkling", "ultrabright", "glossy", "lustrous", "shiny", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "moonlit", "moony", "starlit", "sunlit" ], "related":[ "crepuscular", "twilit", "moonless", "starless", "sunless", "cloudy", "dull", "dulled", "lackluster", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "beclouded", "befogged", "clouded", "foggy", "fuliginous", "misty", "smoggy", "soupy" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "caliginous", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dusk", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-dark", "pitchy", "rayless", "somber", "sombre", "stygian", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "unlit" ] }, "having the color of soot or coal":{ "antonyms":[ "white" ], "examples":[ "a pitch-black cat with green eyes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "brilliant", "light", "pale", "palish" ], "related":[ "dark", "dusky", "inky", "blackish", "brunet", "brunette" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "ebony", "pitch-dark", "pitchy", "raven", "sable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pitched":{ "inclined or twisted to one side":{ "antonyms":[ "even", "level", "straight" ], "examples":[ "pitched and badly weathered, the fence looked ready to fall down at any moment" ], "near antonyms":[ "ordered", "orderly", "regular", "uniform", "balanced", "symmetrical", "symmetric" ], "related":[ "asymmetrical", "asymmetric", "unbalanced", "unsymmetrical", "contorted", "disordered", "distorted", "irregular" ], "synonyms":[ "askew", "aslant", "atilt", "awry", "cock-a-hoop", "cockeyed", "crazy", "crooked", "listing", "lopsided", "oblique", "off-kilter", "skewed", "slanted", "slanting", "slantwise", "tilted", "tipping", "uneven" ] }, "running in a slanting direction":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sharply pitched rooftop" ], "near antonyms":[ "horizontal", "level", "plumb", "up-and-down", "vertical", "parallel", "perpendicular" ], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "cant", "canted", "diagonal", "graded", "inclined", "leaning", "listing", "oblique", "raked", "slant", "slanted", "slantwise", "sloped", "sloping", "tilted", "tilting" ] }, "to cast oneself head first into deep water":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake" ], "near antonyms":[ "surfaced" ], "related":[ "dipped", "immersed", "submerged", "belly flopped", "plumped", "plunked", "plonked" ], "synonyms":[ "dived", "dove", "plunged", "sounded" ] }, "to fix in an upright position":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "needed help pitching a tent" ], "near antonyms":[ "demolished", "flattened", "knocked down", "leveled", "levelled", "razed", "tore down" ], "related":[ "braced", "buttressed", "propped (up)", "shored (up)", "supported", "boosted", "craned", "elevated", "heaved", "hove", "hefted", "heightened", "hiked", "hoisted", "jacked (up)", "lifted", "perked (up)", "picked up", "upheld", "uplifted", "upped" ], "synonyms":[ "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up", "upended", "upraised" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "employed", "used", "utilized", "held", "held back", "kept", "retained" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "abdicated", "deserted", "forsook", "dismissed", "kicked out", "abolished", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extinguished", "extirpated", "liquidated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out" ], "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", "rejected", "scrapped", "shed", "shucked (off)", "sloughed (off)", "sluffed (off)", "threw away", "threw out", "tossed", "unloaded" ] }, "to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the ship pitched in the choppy sea" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blundered", "bucked", "doddered", "faltered", "floundered", "halted", "hitched", "hobbled", "jerked", "jolted", "reeled", "shook", "staggered", "stumbled", "teetered", "toddled", "tottered", "tumbled", "vacillated", "vibrated", "waddled", "wavered", "weaved", "oscillated", "undulated", "wagged", "waggled" ], "synonyms":[ "careened", "lurched", "rocked", "rolled", "seesawed", "swayed", "tossed", "wobbled", "wabbled" ] }, "to provide publicity for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "advertised", "barked", "merchandised", "merchandized", "sold", "pushed", "acclaimed", "hailed", "lauded", "praised", "endorsed", "indorsed", "plumped (for)", "plunked (for)", "plonked (for)", "recommended", "reviewed", "announced", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "published" ], "synonyms":[ "ballyhooed", "boosted", "hyped", "plugged", "promoted", "publicized", "talked up", "touted" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pitched the baseball almost 50 feet" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bowled", "darted", "flipped", "gunned", "hooked", "passed", "rolled", "shot", "bucked", "ejected", "impelled", "precipitated", "projected", "propelled", "rifled", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapulted", "chucked", "dashed", "fired", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "launched", "lobbed", "lofted", "pegged", "pelted", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ] }, "to set or cause to be at an angle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow" ], "near antonyms":[ "evened", "flattened", "leveled", "levelled", "straightened" ], "related":[ "banked", "bent", "deviated", "swerved", "veered", "declined", "descended", "reclined", "retreated" ], "synonyms":[ "angled", "canted", "cocked", "heeled", "inclined", "leaned", "listed", "slanted", "sloped", "tilted", "tipped" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "pitched%20battle":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "piths":{ "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "finally got to the pith of the discussion" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "courses", "directions", "drifts", "tenors", "bodies", "contents", "substances", "hypotheses", "propositions", "purports", "subjects", "themes", "theses" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom lines", "bull's-eyes", "bullseyes", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "gists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "meat and potatoes", "meats", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "pivots", "points", "roots", "sums" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pitter-patters":{ "to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his heart pitter-pattered with excitement as he waited for the right moment to propose" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fluctuates", "oscillates", "vibrates", "quivers", "trembles" ], "synonyms":[ "beats", "palpitates", "pit-a-pats", "pulsates", "pulses", "throbs" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pivot":{ "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an issue that is the real pivot of the controversy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "course", "direction", "drift", "tenor", "body", "content", "substance", "hypothesis", "proposition", "purport", "subject", "theme", "thesis" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom line", "bull's-eye", "centerpiece", "core", "crux", "essence", "gist", "heart", "kernel", "keynote", "meat", "meat and potatoes", "net", "nub", "nubbin", "nucleus", "pith", "point", "root", "sum" ] }, "to move 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