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"level", "steady" ], "antonyms":[ "sober", "straight" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pie holes":{ "the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{ "examples":[ "\"Shut your piehole or I'll shut it for you,\" the bully threatened" ], "synonyms":[ "chops", "gobs", "kissers", "mouths", "mugs", "traps", "yaps" ], "near synonyms":[ "countenances", "faces", "pusses", "visages", "muzzles", "jaws", "mandibles", "maxillae", "maxillas", "gullets", "maws" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "piercingly":{ "as in sharply , keenly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously", "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "pier glass":{ "as in cheval glass , hand glass":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cheval glass", "dressing 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"rends", "ruptures", "slashes", "slits", "splits" ], "near antonyms":[ "fills", "patches", "plugs", "seals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{ "examples":[ "the saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood" ], "synonyms":[ "gores", "harpoons", "impales", "jabs", "lances", "pecks", "picks", "pinks", "punctures", "runs through", "skewers", "spears", "spikes", "spits", "stabs", "sticks", "transfixes", "transpierces" ], "near synonyms":[ "spindles", "perforates", "riddles", "bayonets", "dirks", "gimlets", "pikes", "poniards", "prongs", "quills", "pinpricks", "pokes", "pricks", "punches", "thrusts", "cuts", "knifes", "slices" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "piercing":{ "causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{ "examples":[ "that light sweater will be no match for the piercing wind outside" ], "synonyms":[ "biting", "bitter", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "raw", "sharp", "shrewd", "smarting", "stinging" 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"gentle", "low", "soft" ] }, "to go or come in or into":{ "examples":[ "thoughts of revenge relentlessly pierced her mind" ], "synonyms":[ "accessing", "entering", "penetrating" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "breezing (in)", "bursting (in or into)", "waltzing (in)", "dropping in", "popping (in)", "straying (into)", "wandering (into)", "crashing", "encroaching", "gate-crashing", "infiltrating", "infringing", "intruding", "invading", "trespassing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "departing", "exiting", "leaving" ] }, "to make a hole or series of holes in":{ "examples":[ "pierced his ears with a needle" ], "synonyms":[ "boring", "drilling", "holing", "perforating", "punching", "puncturing", "riddling" ], "near synonyms":[ "broaching", "tapping", "poking", "pricking", "prickling", "penetrating", "burrowing (into)", "excavating", "gouging", "grooving", "hollowing", "breaking", "cutting", "gashing", "notching", "rending", "rupturing", "slashing", "slitting", "splitting" ], "near 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"profane", "sacrilegious", "nonreligious", "secular", "unspiritual", "worldly", "backsliding", "unfaithful", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "sinful", "sinning", "unrighteous", "wicked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pieces of the action":{ "something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "allotments", "allowances", "cuts", "ends", "parts", "pieces", "portions", "proportions", "quotas", "shares", "slices", "takes" ], "near synonyms":[ "lots", "rations", "commissions", "percentages", "members", "partitions", "sections", "segments" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "pools", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "wholes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "piece of the action":{ "something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{ "examples":[ "An early investor who demanded a piece of the action in the founding of the company" ], "synonyms":[ "allotment", "allowance", "cut", "end", "part", "piece", "portion", "proportion", "quota", "share", "slice", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "lot", "ration", "commission", "percentage", "member", "partition", "section", "segment" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "pool", "sum", "total", "totality", "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "piecing":{ "to form by putting together parts or materials":{ "examples":[ "you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth" ], "synonyms":[ "assembling", "building", "confecting", "constructing", "erecting", "fabricating", "making", "making up", "putting up", "raising", "rearing", "setting up" ], "near synonyms":[ "carpentering", "fashioning", "forging", "framing", "hammering", "handcrafting", "manufacturing", "molding", "producing", "shaping", "prefabricating", "beginning", "coining", "creating", "generating", "inaugurating", "initiating", "innovating", "inventing", "originating", 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