4539 lines
88 KiB
JSON
4539 lines
88 KiB
JSON
{
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"GIs":{
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"as in soldiers , servicemen":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to remove the dirt from":{
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"antonyms":[
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"besmirches",
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"dirties",
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"fouls",
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"soils",
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"spots",
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"stains",
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"sullies"
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],
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"examples":[
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"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begrimes",
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"muddies",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"blackens",
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"discolors"
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],
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"related":[
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"decontaminates",
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"purges",
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"purifies",
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"disinfects",
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"sanitizes",
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"brushes",
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"combs",
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"dry-cleans",
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"dusts",
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"launders",
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"mops",
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"mucks (out)",
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"rinses",
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"scours",
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"scrubs",
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"shampoos",
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"sponges",
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"swabs",
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"sweeps",
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"vacuums",
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"washes",
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"wipes",
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"brightens",
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"deodorizes",
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"freshens",
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"spruces (up)",
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"sweetens",
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"picks up",
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"straightens (up)",
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"tidies",
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"unclutters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleans",
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"cleanses",
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"deterges",
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"turns out"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gibbeting":{
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"as in pillorying , excoriating":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gibbets":{
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"as in pillories , excoriates":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"giber":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gift":{
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"a special and usually inborn ability":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"has a gift for making guests feel right at home"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disability",
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"handicap",
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"inability",
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"incapacity",
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"shortcoming",
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"weakness"
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],
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"related":[
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"affinity",
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"bias",
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"disposition",
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"habitude",
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"impulse",
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"inclination",
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"leaning",
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"partiality",
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"penchant",
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"predilection",
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"predisposition",
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"proclivity",
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"propensity",
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"tendency",
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"turn",
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"ear",
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"eye",
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"mind",
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"nose",
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"feel",
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"hang",
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"instinct",
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"touch",
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"way",
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"capability",
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"competence",
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"facility",
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"proficiency",
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"skill",
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"capacity",
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"potential",
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"power",
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"forte",
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"specialism",
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"speciality",
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"specialty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aptitude",
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"bent",
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"endowment",
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"faculty",
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"flair",
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"genius",
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"head",
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"knack",
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"talent"
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]
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},
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"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"gave him an unusual birthday gift"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"loan",
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"bribe",
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"douceur",
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"peace offering",
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"sop"
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],
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"related":[
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"alms",
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"benefaction",
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"beneficence",
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"benevolence",
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"charity",
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"contribution",
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"dole",
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"handout",
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"oblation",
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"offering",
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"philanthropy",
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"tithe",
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"box",
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"care package",
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"foy",
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"grant",
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"subsidy",
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"remembrance",
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"tribute",
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"valentine",
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"bonus",
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"boon",
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"windfall",
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"courtesy",
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"favor",
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"generosity",
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"sacrifice",
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"gratuity",
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"propine",
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"tip",
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"award",
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"prize",
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"reward",
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"dowry",
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"bequest",
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"legacy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bestowal",
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"comp",
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"donation",
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"donative",
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"fairing",
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"freebie",
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"freebee",
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"giveaway",
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"handsel",
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"lagniappe",
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"largesse",
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"largess",
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"present",
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"presentation"
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]
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},
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"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossess",
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"divest",
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"strip",
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"deplete",
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"drain",
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"exhaust",
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"skimp",
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"stint"
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],
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"related":[
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"equip",
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"provide",
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"supply",
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"bestow (on or upon)",
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"clothe",
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"confer (on)",
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"cover",
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"accord",
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"award",
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"grant",
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"empower",
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"enable",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"heighten",
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"bequeath",
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"will"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bless",
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"endow",
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"endue",
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"indue",
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"favor",
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"invest"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gifted":{
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"as in blessed , privileged":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in talented , inspired":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossessed",
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"divested",
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"stripped",
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"stript",
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"depleted",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"skimped",
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"stinted"
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],
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"related":[
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"equipped",
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"provided",
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"supplied",
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"bestowed (on or upon)",
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"clothed",
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"clad",
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"conferred (on)",
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"covered",
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"accorded",
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"awarded",
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"granted",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"enhanced",
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"enriched",
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"heightened",
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"bequeathed",
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"willed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"endowed",
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"endued",
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"indued",
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"favored",
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"invested"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gigantesque":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"unusually large":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"bitty",
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"diminutive",
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"infinitesimal",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little bitty",
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"micro",
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"microminiature",
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"microscopic",
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"microscopical",
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"midget",
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"miniature",
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"minuscule",
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"minute",
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"pocket",
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"pygmy",
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"teensy",
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"teensy-weensy",
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"teeny",
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"teeny-weeny",
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"tiny",
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"wee"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a gigantesque poster of the rock star covered most of the wall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"little",
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"mini",
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"petite",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"puny",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"undersized",
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"undersize",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"half-pint"
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],
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"related":[
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"big",
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"bulky",
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"considerable",
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"extensive",
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"good",
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"goodly",
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"great",
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"gross",
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"handsome",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"largish",
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"major",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overgrown",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"voluminous",
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"august",
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"formidable",
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"grandiose",
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"imposing",
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"lofty",
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"majestic",
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"cavernous",
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"monolithic",
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"overwhelming",
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"staggering",
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"stupendous",
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"towering",
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"boundless",
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"immeasurable",
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"infinite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomical",
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"astronomic",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"bumper",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"grand",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"Himalayan",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"massive",
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"mega",
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"mighty",
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"monster",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"oceanic",
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"pharaonic",
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"planetary",
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"prodigious",
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"super",
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"super-duper",
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"supersize",
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"supersized",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
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"vast",
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"vasty",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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]
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}
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},
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"gigantism":{
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"the quality or state of being very large":{
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"antonyms":[
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"diminutiveness",
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"minuteness",
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"tininess"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"littleness",
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"puniness",
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"smallness",
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"triviality"
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],
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"related":[
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"bigness",
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"extensiveness",
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"greatness",
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"largeness",
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"sizableness",
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"voluminousness",
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"weightiness",
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"awesomeness",
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"grandness",
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"stupendousness",
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"tremendousness",
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"boundlessness",
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"limitlessness",
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"ampleness",
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"capaciousness",
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"commodiousness",
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"spaciousness",
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"excessiveness",
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"extravagance",
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"extremeness",
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"gaudiness",
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"grandiosity",
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"immoderacy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enormity",
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"enormousness",
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"giantism",
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"hugeness",
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"immenseness",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude",
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"massiveness",
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"prodigiousness",
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"vastitude",
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"vastness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"giggling":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"blubbering",
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"crying",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping",
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"howling",
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"squalling",
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"wailing",
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"yowling",
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"bleating",
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"puling",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"sniffling",
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"sniveling",
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"snivelling",
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"groaning",
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"moaning",
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"sighing"
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],
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"related":[
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"grinning",
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"smiling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking up",
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"cackling",
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"chortling",
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"chuckling",
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"cracking up",
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"hee-hawing",
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"laughing",
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"roaring",
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"screaming",
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"snickering",
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"tittering",
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"twittering"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gigglingly":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"gilding":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gillnetter":{
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"as in scalloper , trawler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gilt":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gimmick":{
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"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that free dinner is just a sales gimmick to get you to listen to their sales pitch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bluff",
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"end run",
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"feint",
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"cheating",
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"chicanery",
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"cozenage",
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"craft",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deception",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"fakery",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"skulduggery",
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"skullduggery",
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"subterfuge",
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"swindling",
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"trickery",
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"fraud",
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"gaff",
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"hoax",
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"sham",
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"swindle",
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"blind",
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"front",
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"smoke screen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"device",
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"dodge",
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"fetch",
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"flimflam",
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"gambit",
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"jig",
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"juggle",
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"knack",
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"play",
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"ploy",
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"ruse",
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"scheme",
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"shenanigan",
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"sleight",
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"stratagem",
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"trick",
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"wile"
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]
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},
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"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the deal sounds too good to be true, so make sure there aren't any gimmicks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"snare",
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"trap",
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"trip wire",
|
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"web",
|
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"hazard",
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"peril",
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"risk",
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|
"bomb",
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|
"bombshell",
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"kicker",
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|
"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"bait",
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"decoy",
|
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"lure"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gotcha",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
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|
"antonyms":[],
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|
"examples":[
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|
"a car equipped with a parking spot locator and other neat gimmicks"
|
|
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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|
"related":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmicks":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that free dinner is just a sales gimmick to get you to listen to their sales pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deal sounds too good to be true, so make sure there aren't any gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"trip wires",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gotchas",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a car equipped with a parking spot locator and other neat gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"utensils",
|
|
"ingenuities",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gizmos",
|
|
"gismos",
|
|
"jiggers",
|
|
"widgets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ginger (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingerbreaded":{
|
|
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gingerbreaded gazebo with multicolored shingles and frilly fretwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingered (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gird":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her farewell speech, the departing governor got in some retaliatory girds at the media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"reequip",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refurnish",
|
|
"reoutfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"kit (up or out)",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"provision",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girded":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refurnished",
|
|
"reoutfitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted (out)",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"kitted (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdle":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"baldric",
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
"obi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
"sash",
|
|
"self-belt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumambulate",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdled":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumambulated",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdling":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlfriends":{
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he proposed to his girlfriend of seven years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"molls",
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"old ladies",
|
|
"women"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlishness":{
|
|
"as in femaleness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girly":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girt":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girting":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gismo":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gists":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give (in)":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give in and have some chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"buckle (under)",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"give over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give away":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offering a Caribbean vacation giveaway to the millionth customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"douceur",
|
|
"peace offering",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave away all her potted plants when she moved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give in (to)":{
|
|
"as in submit (to) , succumb (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"give one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"undertake",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give the lie to":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New methodologies give the lie to the notion that students who struggle with standardized tests lack intelligence."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give-and-takes":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a give-and-take about what we should do Saturday night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"negotiating the terms of the deal will require some give-and-take on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse trades",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"mediations",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"negotiations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giveaway":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offering a Caribbean vacation giveaway to the millionth customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"douceur",
|
|
"peace offering",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave away all her potted plants when she moved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"trothing",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenanting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving out":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's information that I'm not prepared to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sending (out)",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gizmo":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gizmos":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"utensils",
|
|
"ingenuities",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jiggers",
|
|
"widgets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives off":{
|
|
"as in discharges , emits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give up the ghost":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her estranged sister gave up the ghost years ago."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbered":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop gibbering , and pull yourself together!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give air to":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He gave air to his concerns about the proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given the lie to":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New methodologies give the lie to the notion that students who struggle with standardized tests lack intelligence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"shot down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"manifested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gill":{
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every Jack must have his Gill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"moll",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow gill in the Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow but surprisingly deep gill runs the length of the rocky gorge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"rill",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"runnel",
|
|
"streamlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"freshet",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"confluent",
|
|
"distributary",
|
|
"influent",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingers (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girding":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"fitting (out)",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"kitting (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"reequipping",
|
|
"re-equipping",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refurnishing",
|
|
"reoutfitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |