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"sweet" ], "antonyms":[ "angerless", "delighted", "pleased" ] }, "having visible particles in liquid suspension":{ "examples":[ "take care not to stir up the bottom of the stream when you fill the dipper, or your water will be riley" ], "synonyms":[ "cloudy", "muddy", "roiled", "turbid" ], "near synonyms":[ "dingy", "filmy", "hazy", "scummy", "unfiltered", "inky", "muddied", "muddled", "murky", "puddled", "sludgy", "opaque" ], "near antonyms":[ "clarified", "filtered", "purified", "colorless", "transparent", "uncolored" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "crystal clear", "crystalline" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "rill":{ "a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{ "examples":[ "there are a few tiny fish in the rill" ], "synonyms":[ "beck", "bourn", "bourne", "brook", "brooklet", "burn", "creek", "gill", "rivulet", "run", "runlet", "runnel", "streamlet" ], "near synonyms":[ "arroyo", "billabong", "fresh", "freshet", "runoff", "bayou", "coulee", "slough", "slew", "slue", "stream", 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